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Big tbh. The SDL guy even works for Valve and puts this in.
Linux + Valve has got to be gaming history's peak team-up.
Considering that they hired Wine devs and basically said "keep doing what you're already doing" to build Proton... yes.
Also just nice to see a company that understands that a healthy community helps them business wise. So refreshing in an age of enshittification.
Well that was fast. Going to be great to try it out when I get one
This is awesome
Nice it's not doa.
The controller by default only worked with Steam?? Disappointing
As far as I understand the stream controller had functionality that was not supported by the normal input drivers.
Yeah, the controller boots into "lizard mode" by default, which is a mouse emulation mode (Same as what's used when the steam deck runs in desktop mode). You need to tell the controller to switch into actual "controller" mode (Which Steam handles when it launches a game), and once it does it functions as you'd expect.
It's a bit weird to get your fancy new controller, plug it in, and find nothing can see it though.
this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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