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In general, or for this particular reader? The Framework fingerprint reader works well.
For most readers from what I found. Framework is Linux only and readers do exist that work on Linux but they are more rare.
FWIW, most ThinkPad fingerprint readers (except a couple of models maybe) work out-of-the-box on Linux. Like the one on my Z13 for instance, I didn't have to do anything to get it going on Fedora.
Also, take a look at the libfprint compatibility list here, there's nearly 200 compatible readers listed, so I wouldn't exactly say the number of readers that work on Linux are "rare".
The one on my E15 doesn't work :(