Thankfully the Linux community is pretty active and just about everything is supported alreadh
The steam machine is also guaranteed to have official driver support for everything on the board which is definitely not the case if you install steamos on any given gaming pc
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I mean, true, and I am a Linux user. But my buddy managed to brick bazzite 3 times and has returned to windows, defeated.
I honestly don’t understand how, but here we are.
creation7758@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
What drivers? I didn’t know steam made specific drivers for the steam machine? They only have it preconfigured?
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I would assume they will for things like the built in steam controller antenna and whatever other custom parts they have but I was more saying that all the drivers for their hardware (and to a lesser degree the other hardware they’re supporting like the rog ally) should be included and maintained as part of steamos.
creation7758@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I would assume not. I’ve never had to install a specific driver for a generic controller. My levered and leverless controllers worked out of the box. It’s just plug and play.
I would assume most controllers follow the usb hid standards and it’s support is already built into the kernel. Same with Playstation controllers as well. Sony hid is inbuilt and steam hid is inbuilt. If the new controllers require new drivers it’s going to be made a standard and be included in the Linux kernel so the controllers will be plug and play for all distros.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
The controller was just an example but whether it’s part of steamos or built into the linux kernel isn’t really relevant as what I was trying to say is that valve has a vested interest in making sure it’s there and maintained, as opposed to your typical windows gaming pc and peripherals which do not have that guarantee as they are sold with an expectation that the users will be running windows.