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127 ◴[] No.45038436[source]
Just recently moved onto Linux. Most likely not coming back when these kind of things just keep happening. I'm really surprised how well everything works. 120Hz HDR 4k Nvidia no issues on Wayland. Kubuntu 25.04/Plasma 6.3 is very nice. EasyEffects/PipeWire makes audio better compared to Windows. Steam/Proton/Wine works very well for games outside ones that have kernel level rootkits. Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth I can't think of anything that's worse than Windows while many things are better.
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craftkiller ◴[] No.45038836[source]
> Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth

FWIW I use a DualSense controller connected to my Linux computers all the time without issue and without having to do anything special. In fact, Sony is the author of the DualSense driver on Linux[0]. Do you connect anything else over bluetooth? I'm wondering if your bluetooth setup might just be broken in general rather than specifically for DualSense controllers.

[0] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sony-HID-PlayStation-PS5

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trelane ◴[] No.45042083[source]
Their point was that the dongle's proprietary firmware was buggy. The controllers just triggered the problem.
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craftkiller ◴[] No.45042296[source]
Where are you getting that from? I see no mention of dongles or firmware in the comment I replied to.
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1. trelane ◴[] No.45043274[source]
Oh. I thought you were replying to a sibling comment, sorry.

Sibling:

> there is a nuanced situation with some Realtek (RTL8671B) bluetooth firmware on Linux that is 'solved' by downgrading firmware version