▲ 438 ▼ Steam Controller (2026) - PCGamer Review (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 4 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 171 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (3 children) I think it's only Windows and Mac that are like that. Linux you can install just the steam-devices package for Valve hardware drivers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) The steam-devices package is just udev rules and the drivers are already built into the kernel, right? So there's a good chance you'll just already have the drivers! (...in theory. Debian critters may want to run testing+unstable rather than stable for the next while, if the new steam controller needs specially written drivers that won't be in current stable.) -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Indeed, and to expand a bit on this, it's very likely that the drivers have been in the kernel for a while, after all the Steam Deck has the exact same inputs so it's very likely that it uses the same driver. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably. I haven't looked that deep. I only know that Steam Flatpak asks me to install the steam-devices package from my distro for device support until I do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago Yeah, thinking about how SteamOS works, I think we might actually be in the clear. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Butterphinger@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 months ago Good to hear, good to hear. fuck em permalink fedilink source parent
[–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 23 points 4 months ago (2 children) The steam-devices package is just udev rules and the drivers are already built into the kernel, right? So there's a good chance you'll just already have the drivers! (...in theory. Debian critters may want to run testing+unstable rather than stable for the next while, if the new steam controller needs specially written drivers that won't be in current stable.) -- Frost permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Indeed, and to expand a bit on this, it's very likely that the drivers have been in the kernel for a while, after all the Steam Deck has the exact same inputs so it's very likely that it uses the same driver. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably. I haven't looked that deep. I only know that Steam Flatpak asks me to install the steam-devices package from my distro for device support until I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Indeed, and to expand a bit on this, it's very likely that the drivers have been in the kernel for a while, after all the Steam Deck has the exact same inputs so it's very likely that it uses the same driver. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably. I haven't looked that deep. I only know that Steam Flatpak asks me to install the steam-devices package from my distro for device support until I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago Yeah, thinking about how SteamOS works, I think we might actually be in the clear. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Butterphinger@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 months ago Good to hear, good to hear. fuck em permalink fedilink source parent