Immediately after logging in I got hit by a Windows 11 pop-up telling me Windows 10 is dead and that I gotta "upgrade" or else. Guess I'm getting my mark of the beast now

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

My 10 machine is stuck on trying to update and it uses up all my disk space. I have to get off my lazy ass and install mint.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I already have a drive with Mint that I sometimes dual boot to but I don't want to reinstall all my Steam games and figure out which of the programs I use have Linux equivalents

No Linux version of DS4Windows, for example

[–] lurkerlady@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Handhelddaemon for bazzite works with that afaik

[–] Demifriend@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

IDK about other programs but you shouldn't need DS4Windows or an equivalent, the Linux kernel has built in support for Playstation controllers. Also IIRC from when I was using mint, I was able to read from (but not write to) NTFS drives so if it's connected to the same system you could probably just copy the games from one drive to the other, or maybe even just run the games directly from your NTFS drive depending on where the game stores saves and config files and whatnot.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I need more than basic support though. DS4Windows lets me configure every aspect of the controller and set up hotkeys and macros that I can bind to clicks and swipes on the touch pad. It makes the DS4 really useful for PC gaming.

Steam also lets you do some of this stuff but the controller setup UI is fucking godawful console garbage meant for the Steam Deck or something

DS4Windows just looks like a WinXP program and is much more intuitive to use

Also IIRC from when I was using mint, I was able to read from (but not write to) NTFS drives

When I'm using Mint I can fuck with files on my other drives just fine. thonk

[–] Demifriend@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

no arguments here about steam input being garbage. also idk about the mint files thing maybe i just had a weird setup or something lol. mint was my first distro and i’ve been off both it and windows for a while

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

i found out all my games just work with my ds4 controller on linux whereas on windows its a huge goddamn headache and requires 3rd party tools

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