I think the bigger hurdle here is that you need to do some legwork and research, else you would not be here asking this question 😉
It's possible but then I'd ask why? What's the purpose of booting a different DE based on the controller type?
My guess is that they want only the necessary software to run when gaming, which KDE is not. But I'll let OP speak for themselves.
This could use some clarification. Do you mean that you want...
The possibilities really depend on what you're after.
My understanding is that lutris is a program whereas as Plasma is a desktop environment so I guess I would be looking for plasma to start regardless and if connected to a ps5 controller then open lutris to big picture mode.
I am mainly looking to mirror the current setup of a games console and smart devices from my machine of choice. It is toward usability for the family.
My understanding is that lutris is a program whereas as Plasma is a desktop environment
Yes, that's right.
so I guess I would be looking for plasma to start regardless and if connected to a ps5 controller then open lutris to big picture mode.
Plasma (like many other desktop environments) can automatically launch whatever you like when you log in, if you create an XDG Autostart file for it in the $HOME/.config/autostart/ directory. (Hint: It uses the .desktop file format.)
You could write a script that checks for a Playstation controller and launches Lutris if one is detected. You could then reference that script in the autostart file's Exec= line.
The simplest way I know of to detect a Playstation controller in a shell script would be something like this:
#!/bin/sh
udevadm info -t |grep -q DRIVER=playstation && echo "Hello, Playstation!"
You would have to make the script executable, and replace the echo command at the end with a lutris command line, of course.
Terminology correction to your original post: Booting is something that a computer does when you power it on. Launching a game or game launcher (on a machine that has an OS) is not booting.
Certainly seems like you could make a udev rule to do something along these lines, I know you can execute specific commands /w udev, whether or not you can enable or disable a system service or whatever, I dunno, guess you could always execute a custom start script before WM that decides which WM to start
Do you mind explaining the incentives, why would you want a different controller to boot different things like that?
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