The gaming Linux distro everyone's switching to just made sudo way more secure with your fingerprint
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CachyOS April 2026 release introduces fingerprint scanner support for sudo authentication via automatic configuration through chwd, adding a convenient security layer for superuser commands. The update also replaces Octopi with Shelly as the GUI package manager, simplifying installation from AUR, Flathub, and AppImages. Existing users can update with 'sudo pacman -Syu'.
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