Rare VS libx52

Note there is an open source alternative to the epic launcher in case you don't trust it : Legendary (command line based) https://github.com/derrod/legendary Rare (standalone user friendly frontend for Legendary) https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare Heroic (another user friendly standalone frontend for legendary) https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher

I have been doing a bit of research and found a github page with an open source driver for the Logitech x52 hotas https://github.com/nirenjan/libx52 I also found that CH Products offer gear that requires no drivers, just straight plug 'n play, and their stuff is priced decently, though it does look very plastic / cheap.

Lookup libevdev, it has a wrapper around uinput. If you want a sample, check out https://github.com/nirenjan/libx52/blob/master/daemon/x52d_mouse_evdev.c

If you want a sample project that uses libusb, feel free to peruse my libx52 project here.

I built a project to support the Saitek X52 joystick on Linux. It was primarily started to teach myself Linux programming, but it's grown much beyond it's original intent. My end goal is to support everything that the Windows driver does, and then some.

OBS is natively available for Linux iirc so that won't be much of an issue. I can't really speak on your external hardware like the Saitek or Elgato stuff but if they are for whatever reason not part of the 'linux-firmware' then this might be of interest for you. As you might have noticed on Linux github/gitlab will quickly become your friend so it might be wise to learn a few git commands.

Since I play mostly in Linux, I needed something to set up the device, I found a C library (https://github.com/nirenjan/x52pro-linux) and a GUI app (https://github.com/leinardi/gx52) that could do the job, but the only python module was Windows only (it used a Windows DirectOutput DLL).

There's a X52 tool for the CLI too, if you want to script in Bash. It's on https://github.com/nirenjan/x52pro-linux