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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.

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Chronographs@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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