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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's really annoying is getting this error when you're already on the latest version in the windows preview program.

Thank goodness for steam. I just do my controller config in there now.

(Side note. Buying a steam deck finally pushed me over the edge to try to do all my gaming on Linux. So far so good.)

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To anyone who hasnt: do it! I did it a year ago and the only things you cant do are games with kernel level anticheat, but pretty much any of those games arent worth playing in my opinion anyways.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I tried with two different GPUs (Nvidia and AMD), and 6 different distros (including gaming specific ones), and my experience was garbage. Everything was super laggy, including steam itself.

Eventually I gave up and reinstalled windows.

And I'm not a windows fan boy. That install is the only non-linux system I run apart from my work PC (which I just use to remote into Linux).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Give Pop!_OS a try. It has Nvidia drivers baked in. Make sure to enable GPU accelerated web views in steam.

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

Out of curiosity, which games? Was steam flatpak or from repo?

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

BG3 was the most recent, but all games I tried had issues, even ones that are Linux verified. And I think it was from repo for the distros that weren't specifically for gaming.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

BG3 runs fine for me on Nvidia 3090 using BazziteOS.

Did you use different distros that were actually from different code bases, or was it just 6 flavors of Debian? BazziteOS is based off Fedora. I've had issues only with Debian based distros (which technically includes Ubuntu btw)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree with the other guy, I've done 3 playthroughs of that game on openSUSE tumbleweed with a GTX 1080.

My experience is don't try and run most games linux native, run them through proton in steam. Far more consistently out of the box working. If you run into any trouble, ProtonDB will have the fix posted 90% of the time

I personally find games to be more glitchy on Wayland, so if you're picking a compositor and want stability I'd say go X11.

That said, if you want "just works" go Linux Mint. I set my partner up with it near december 2023 and it's been smooth sailing. And they don't touch the command line at all

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I wish Steam would let me filter games with rootkits so I don't even see them.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

This thread is weird. People complain about Microsoft doing its Microsoft thing but the moment someone suggests to stop using Microsoft products and switch to an increasingly viable and approachable alternative they get downvoted.

"I don't want a solution, I want to be angry!"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Because telling someone to completely abandon their previous working setup for a complete new one with new bugs and zero understanding of the environment, while also having to relearn their entire workflow is not a solution to a controller not working.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's windows users for you. Only complaining and never putting any effort into learning the alternatives.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

While this does seem overly restrictive and out of place there, the result of this isn't bad, because everyone should be at the most recent vesion at all times, period. If you aren't, you're exposed to more security holes and bugs. So it's weird that that program forces you to do that, but it's still not bad that you're forced to do it. If you get what I mean. For some less-caring users who'd otherwise never install updates, forced updates are actually a net positive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

However, as you can see, the creation dates for both the virtual disk of the VM and the Windows 10 ISO are August 2, 2024—just under nine days ago. I seriously doubt there is a significant Windows update that would prevent me from running Xbox Accessory without first updating my operating system

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

I thought they meant to install windows 11.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)

That's a lot of words for "just use Linux".

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Ugh so much snark in this thread

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Middle Finger to Microsoft, just use Linux

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm using linux, tho I wanted to reverse engineer the program to make the controller customizable under linux, but if I don't run windows I can't do that!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"We need to update windows for ermmm ~~security~~ spyware and apps That use all your resources we want to shove the most spyware we will shove edge gx to gamers and regular edge to regular users and we will ~~force~~ all companies ~~to not~~ make their software cross platform" -Microsoft

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I suffer from having to update the firmware of my Xbox controllers through a Windows Laptop we use for office work (using LibreOffice, btw) because they will stop working on my Fedora Linux machine after some time when I update the kernel modules for xone and xpadneo.

It’s interesting to me that you can do that using a VM!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Get rid of Windows. There's literally no good reason to have it anymore. None.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't have time to troubleshoot Linux all the time. So there's one good reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Assuming it will need a huge amount of troubleshooting is a little crazy.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I've had less time troubleshooting Fedora linux lately than I have on Windows

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

From all the time saved not troubleshooting windows you might actually have to pick up a hobby, which I suppose to some is a reason

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

How do I play my VR games? How do I test the cross platform application I develop runs correctly on Windows? How do I update the firmware on a device for which the firmware updater only works on Windows?

I use Linux. These are some of the reasons I keep a Windows VM around. So no, it's not true there is "literally no good reason".

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Try the program "REWASD". Or for linux, Input Remapper (Pop OS has this by default in their repository)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've heard of it before, but the one thing preventing me from using it is my uncertainty about whether the mapping is done through software. Do I need Rewasd to always run in the background, or with the Elite V2 can I remap the key bindings directly on the controller without needing the software to be active?

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

I accidentally bought an Xbox controller but luckily realized driver updates and so on would be an endless parade of bullshit while I was still within the return window. Unbelievable that they are getting away with such poor user experience.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Xbox one controllers work out of the box

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

OTOH, that dialog looks horrible. Who designed that? Are all Xbox dialogs like that?

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