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WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by zeusk »

29athrowaway wrote: post #12
alexdumitru wrote: post #4

This looks great. I hate Linux desktop and Windows server, so WSL has been a blessing for me.

I hate the Windows desktop (and server). Right now I am using XFCE. Much faster than Windows, lower memory footprint and I got it to look similar to macOS to some extent. Using Windows compared to using XFCE is like pulling a stubborn donkey. No, I don't want to update, I don't want a voice assistant, I don't want absurd UIs, I don't want telemetry, I just want a goddamn menu and desktop icons.

What do you mean I have to use iwconfig to fix my network? No, I just want to connect to a network. I don't want to write scripts for every device to suspend and resume.

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by 29athrowaway »

zeusk wrote: post #21
29athrowaway wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate the Windows desktop (and server). Right now I am using XFCE. Much faster than Windows, lower memory footprint and I got it to look similar to macOS to some extent. Using Windows compared to using XFCE is like pulling a stubborn donkey. No, I don't want to update, I don't want a voice assistant, I don't want absurd UIs, I don't want telemetry, I just want a goddamn menu and desktop icons.

What do you mean I have to use iwconfig to fix my network? No, I just want to connect to a network. I don't want to write scripts for every device to suspend and resume.

You don't need iwconfig to fix your network. You can just use the network settings UI. Next.

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by dataflow »

bsenftner wrote: post #13
MetricMike wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yep! PAM is "Pluggable Authentication Module" which sits between applications and the auth method, so you can put anything there. LDAP and ActiveDirectory are fairly common ones

Is there any library like PAM in the Windows ecosystem?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthn/cred...

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by throwaway8581 »

I’m going to repost this from the Mac thread:

What exactly is the point of sudo/UAC these days of single-user machines? I think https://xkcd.com/1200 put it well. Anything running as an unelevated user account can access my browser sessions where it can steal my passwords, emails, other other private info. It can turn on my microphone and camera. It can read all of my documents. Those are the things I care about protecting, not whatever special things root can do like install drivers and create virtual network interfaces.

The best configuration for WSL sudo is probably to just allow all commands without any authentication.

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by ranieuwe »

rhplus wrote: post #24

What kind of prompt is this? It looks like Windows Terminal running Bash, but are the icons PNGs (windows + home), or a specific type-face rendering emoji? https://github.com/nullpo-head/WSL-Hello-sudo/blob/master/de...

It is Windows Terminal. See https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by camilo86 »

ranieuwe wrote: post #27
rhplus wrote: post #24

What kind of prompt is this? It looks like Windows Terminal running Bash, but are the icons PNGs (windows + home), or a specific type-face rendering emoji? https://github.com/nullpo-head/WSL-Hello-sudo/blob/master/de...

It is Windows Terminal. See https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Windows terminal for the win! (pun intended haha)

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by kiwijamo »

zeusk wrote: post #21
29athrowaway wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate the Windows desktop (and server). Right now I am using XFCE. Much faster than Windows, lower memory footprint and I got it to look similar to macOS to some extent. Using Windows compared to using XFCE is like pulling a stubborn donkey. No, I don't want to update, I don't want a voice assistant, I don't want absurd UIs, I don't want telemetry, I just want a goddamn menu and desktop icons.

What do you mean I have to use iwconfig to fix my network? No, I just want to connect to a network. I don't want to write scripts for every device to suspend and resume.

It's been years since that was necessary. All major distros do this sort of thing automatically now with GUI configuration tools as a first class option. Even on bare bones distros like Debian.

Re: WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by kiwijamo »

throwaway8581 wrote: post #26

I’m going to repost this from the Mac thread: What exactly is the point of sudo/UAC these days of single-user machines? I think https://xkcd.com/1200 put it well. Anything running as an unelevated user account can access my browser sessions where it can steal my passwords, emails, other other private info. It can turn on my microphone and camera. It can read all of my documents. Those are the things I care about prot…

Have you forgotten what life was like before windows got UAC? Just because a machine is single user doesn't mean it's a good idea for all processes to run as root/Admin.
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