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You say this, but have you seen the quality of the drivers they produce on platforms they ostensibly support? You do not want vendor mouse/keyboard software on
by KerrAvon 2y ago
You say this, but have you seen the quality of the drivers they produce on platforms they ostensibly support? You do not want vendor mouse/keyboard software on any platform. Instead, improve the USB class drivers so that you don’t need third-party drivers.
- jeroenhd 2y agoI agree with you on general drivers, but what generic devices does Linux still lack? Controller HID support seems pretty universal, as do all manners of touch screens/touch pads, drawing tablets, and just about anything resembling a keyboard. The only hardware I know for sure is lacking is stuff like Stream Decks, but that kind of hardware is difficult to generalise for. Plus, most working hardware that doesn't fit a standard HID protocol already has drivers in the Linux kernel written by manufacturers.
- NekkoDroid 2y ago> The only hardware I know for sure is lacking is stuff like Stream Decks, but that kind of hardware is difficult to generalise for. I know that Georges Stavracas has been working on a controller for the Elgato devices for a while (https://flathub.org/apps/com.feaneron.Boatswain https://flathub.org/apps/com.feaneron.Boatswain) though it needs direct access to the devices instead of through some generic driver (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/boatswain#udev-rules https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/boatswain#udev-rules).