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Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri

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On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:04:17 -0500, jayjwa wrote:

> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> 
>>> Good luck using Linux without PAM, udev, or dbus on a modern system.
>>
>> Well, unless your definition of “modern” is circular (i.e. a system
>> *with* PAM, udev and D-Bus)
> Well, you got me there. My point was, that PAM is somewhat new in
> Slackware and, once things reach a certain critial mass, everyone has to
> jump on board with it. Such was the case with udev, PAM, dbus,
> etc. systemd will be like this.

I recently found out more about PAM than I really wanted to know on a 
Lenovo laptop running EndeavourOS.  The laptop has a fingerprint reader 
that I was trying to get working and that required editing PAM files.

I got it to work but it didn't work well with my use case. The laptop is 
usually on a KVM switch and reaching over to the reader to sudo was 
awkward. It would be better if using it as a laptop.

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KaOS dropping KDE, going ti Niri rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-17 01:50 +0000
  Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going ti Niri John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> - 2026-02-17 02:37 +0000
    Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-17 03:54 +0000
    Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going ti Niri rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-17 05:07 +0000
    Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-02-17 11:57 -0500
      Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-02-17 11:25 -0800
      Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-17 21:44 +0000
        Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-02-18 12:04 -0500
          Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going to Niri rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-18 19:20 +0000
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    Re: KaOS dropping KDE, going ti Niri Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-02-17 16:09 +0100
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