OS with controller support

jake765111 · November 1, 2020

Hello. I am looking for a OS that allows full control over the OS using a controller? I am aware of steam big picture. What about steamOS? Thanks!

tim0901 · November 1, 2020

9 minutes ago, jake765111 said:

Hello. I am looking for a OS that allows full control over the OS using a controller? I am aware of steam big picture. What about steamOS? Thanks!

SteamOS is basically dead at this point. It's been over 14 months since its last update.

Your best bet is probably software like Gopher360 - which allows you to use an Xbox controller to navigate around Windows. There might be one that's been updated more recently than Gopher if you hunt around.

Electronics Wizardy · November 1, 2020

steamos is basically steam big picutre on debian that runs at bootup.

I don't know of any distros that natively support controlleers. You can use programs that make it work like a mouse and keyboard on any os, but it won't be a great experience.

PlayStation 2 · November 1, 2020

6 minutes ago, tim0901 said:

SteamOS is basically dead at this point. It's been over 14 months since its last update.

Your best bet is probably software like Gopher360 - which allows you to use an Xbox controller to navigate around Windows. There might be one that's been updated more recently than Gopher if you hunt around.

To add to this, you can also configure Steam to use your controller for this purpose, too.