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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

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Even gamers nexus' Steve today said that they're about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It's happening, y'all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Edit: just wanted to clarify that Steve from GN didn't precisely say they're starting to test soon, he said they will start WHEN the steam OS releases and is adopted. Sorry about that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not the person you asked, but don't get the dongle-only version. Upgrade to the version with Bluetooth. The former is cheaper, but it gives me trouble on Linux, and I've never seen people complain about the Bluetooth version (I think it's called the 8bitdo Ultimate?).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This one? It says Bluetooth is only for Apple devices.

https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-ultimate-2-4g-controller-with-charging-dock-hall-effect-joysticks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, this one:

https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-ultimate-wireless-bluetooth-gaming-controller-with-charging-dock-for-nintendo-switch-and-pc-windows-10-11-steam-deck

It should be compatible with everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks! How does that "ultimate software" for PC work, is it necessary?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

My brief time using it, it's how you set up profiles (for sharing a controller or using specific layouts for different games), it's how you tell the controller what buttons the back paddles map to, and it's how you update the firmware.

It's not really necessary, in my experience, unless you want to use the back paddles. Steam Input just sees the controller as a standard xinput device, so the back paddles are otherwise ignored.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Sorry to continue harassing you about it!

I'm going to be going Linux only in the near future. Do you know if that software Linux/deck compatible?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

When I tried it a year or two ago, no. But the Deck wasn't as popular, so who knows now?

I've also read that you can maybe update the firmware with fwupd over a wired connection, but I haven't been able to verify.