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Sony Publishes an Official Linux Driver for Playstation 5 DualSense
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Author : thg
Score : 73 points
Date : 2020-12-24 21:09 UTC (1 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.phoronix.com)
| scorchin wrote:
| The patches to the Kernel are in review and can be seen here:
| https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-input/patch/20201...
| sneeuwpopsneeuw wrote:
| I still remember that I connected a PS4 controller a few years
| ago to test a unity game that I was making. I typed apt search
| ps4 but could not find something so I pressed some buttons and
| magicly the UI changed. It all just worked no setup no nothing. I
| also used the controller on windows 10 but you had to use the
| xbox driver with special software to map the controls to that
| driver. The fact that everything just worked on linux amazes me
| to this day.
| ErikBjare wrote:
| I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that
| PlayStation runs FreeBSD. Maybe the source was close enough
| that porting to Linux wasn't a major effort?
| augusto-moura wrote:
| Yes! Also the touchpad in the controller also maps to the mouse
| and if you plug a headset on the controller it is detected by
| the system as a proper audio driver. For some time my p2 input
| was messed up on my PC so I used the controller as a improvised
| USB to Audio input adapter and it worked flawless
| russellbeattie wrote:
| Does anyone know if the PS5 still runs on a variant of FreeBSD
| like the PS4? Just curious...
| MeinBlutIstBlau wrote:
| It'd be pretty cool if I could buy a Linux controller that didn't
| cost $70 and break so easily. We have yet to see how this new gen
| holds up but last gen was trash. I had 2 ps4 controllers just
| stop working via bluetooth and 1 even had a bad usb port so it
| couldn't even hold a charge/maintain a connection.
|
| I'm sticking with 8bitdo for a while.
| toast0 wrote:
| I don't know if it's worthwhile anymore, but playstation 2 ->
| usb HID adaptors work pretty well. Modern Windows doesn't seem
| to care for them very much anymore though (they still work, but
| very little UI support).
| anakaine wrote:
| We can assume, then, that linux will be a viable place for gaming
| in the near future.
|
| /s
| 2III7 wrote:
| Linux, since the inception of Proton is a viable place for
| gaming. Go ahead and try it out, I promise you will be
| pleasantly surprised ;)
| gshulegaard wrote:
| Just to temper expectations, gaming on Linux is still not a
| plug and play type experience (although it is a LOT closer
| than it was 5 years ago).
|
| Even games that have reasonable performance on Linux may
| require custom builds of Proton, winetrick startup
| modifications, etc. I love Proton and the work Valve has been
| doing, but I certainly feel the friction when gaming on Linux
| still.
| mrbungie wrote:
| Considering it's not native I would say it is still pretty
| impressive. And hopefully at the speed these developments
| are being made right now it is just a matter of time until
| we get that plug and play experience we are all hoping for
| ;)
| ErikBjare wrote:
| I mean, we kinda already have plug and play, just mostly
| for older, popular games.
|
| New issues always crop up whenever there's a new AAA
| title with the latest tech. It's inevitable.
| ndiscussion wrote:
| Two years ago, I deleted my Windows partition, because I never
| used it.
|
| I'm the kind of person that has spent over 10,000 hours on
| video games... maybe 20k or more.
|
| I don't think it's fair to deride Linux in this way. Thank
| Gaben for that.
| chrisacky wrote:
| I spend 99% of my time on Ubuntu, but still keep a stray
| Windows OS around for Dota/Warzone. This last year I've only
| clocked 4 hours granted... but It'd be nice to actually not
| care anymore.
|
| It's really weird, one of the things as a kid I remember
| losing my main WIndows install being a big deal.. days or
| recovery. Now I just sit down at a Windows machine and it I
| don't care what's on it. I don't use windows for anything but
| the odd game.
| da_big_ghey wrote:
| I don't use it much, but I have heard from others that do that
| Proton is good and continually getting better. While things
| like drivers are still hard problems, distros like Ubuntu have
| made them easier for users that aren't super technical. Linux
| is a much better place for gaming than it was just a few years
| ago.
| neilv wrote:
| I have mixed feelings about the emulating-Windows approaches.
| They've let some people run some games, without running
| Windows, for whatever reason they want to do that, but...
|
| Another way to look at it is that this has been going on for
| 20+ years, and it's kept relieving whatever pressure exists
| to get games then on Windows to be on something more open.
|
| (Yes, I built a SteamOS box a few years ago, but that turned
| out to look mostly like a negotiation tactic, for Valve's
| continued coexistence with Microsoft. Maybe there will be
| another attempt someday, supported by Vulkan.)
| danielheath wrote:
| Microsoft has fired the testing team that makes backwards
| compatibility so reliable. Having a separate open source
| implementation will be the only way to run many of those
| games 10 years from now.
| radicaldreamer wrote:
| They keep making revenue from the Windows workstation
| business even though they've clearly telegraphed that
| none of the stuff people are paying for and expecting to
| work will do so in a decade... it's ridiculous
| hhggfdss wrote:
| Proton is based on WINE. WINE stands for WINE Is Not an
| Emulator. It's a compatibility layer, and why shouldn't
| Linux have a Windows compatibility layer? The more you can
| do on Linux, the better.
| sidibe wrote:
| I am just using Linux for gaming these days with Stadia. I
| don't see any reason that cloud gaming won't become more
| popular in the near future, in which case Linux is perfectly
| fine for gaming
| weego wrote:
| After all, 2021 _is_ the year of Linux desktop
| ydnaclementine wrote:
| People who want to use these controllers when emulating games on
| rpis will be grateful
| paulcarroty wrote:
| I'm ignore all Sony products since PS3 bullshit:
| https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/if-you-used-to-r...
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