this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
31 points (94.3% liked)

Steam Deck

17158 readers
30 users here now

A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I have my steam deck mostly in my dock on my big screen but I been needing a controller for it.

Does anybody know a good brand that's not Xbox or PlayStation or Nintendo that supports Linux and there software for there controller works on the steam deck to be able to adjust the settings on the controller?

Preferably with holo joystick and can work wirelessly or wired with back buttons like a steam deck.

I thought about 8bitdo buy there software don't work on Linux.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Subscript5676@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What sort of configurations are you looking to do with the controller that Steam Input wouldn’t cover? Cause if you don’t actually need specific features from the 8bitdo config software, it works just fine with Linux. In fact, I’m using one right now, and have been using it for years.

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well it's mainly I play games with steam off for more performance (yes I know it's little to none but still) and back buttons, changing the LEDs and updating the controller, plus I'm trying to find accessories that have software that is Linux compatible, basically I want everything I have to be natively working on Linux, software and all.

[–] Subscript5676@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Ahh that’s gonna be a real hard find.

I thought OpenRGB would be able to give some starting point so I looked it up, but there’s a grand total of 11 supported gamepads, half of which are the PS controllers. So we’re out of luck there.