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Distro with working Xbox wireless adapter (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi guys.

Just started looking at using Linux on my main pc. I don't use it too often these days but I like to play around with my pc.

I tried Fedora and it seems fine. I chose Fedora 41 as I wanted to have working Nvidia drivers and secure boot. Got that working but then I tried to use my wireless Xbox series X controller and had no luck getting it working. I tried to install xone but was getting errors.

I've tried Ubuntu is the past but just wasn't to my liking. Linux mint was ok but didn't like the available desktop environments.

I know Nobara is available, but I'd prefer to have something minimal and be able to configure everything myself to my liking.

I'm not so fussed about which distro. Can anyone recommend something that works with: Nvidia drivers Secure boot xone (or something else)

I like the gnome desktop environment.

Thanks. ☮️❤️

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[–] symbioticremnant 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Arch seems like it would probably be one of the best distros to pick for gaming because of Valve's use and support of it for the Steam Deck. I can't answer the specific question

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

It involves a lot of self-setup and management. A lot of the benefits of Valve working on Arch will find their way to upstream and then to other distros, so that benefit is likely very small.

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

Happy to try an Arch based distro if it meets my needs. I have Cachyos downloaded but not looked into it yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I use CachyOS and it works great for my gaming needs. I use a PS4 controller on it just fine, no clue about the newer XBOX controllers, but I don't see why they wouldn't.