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Is there a similar program for Linux?
Linux has USBGuard and is likely in your distro's repos. It operates the same way with having rules on which usb devices to allow
So, uh, a udev GUI?
When I plug a USB device in on KDE I get prompted to see if I want to mount it or not.
the usb device is auto detected and activated, it's just asking you to mount if it happens to be a storage device