xow
Linux driver for the Xbox One wireless dongle (by medusalix)
steamos-compositor
SteamOS session compositing window manager (by ValveSoftware)
| xow | steamos-compositor | |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | 4 | |
| 1,411 | 112 | |
| - | 4.5% | |
| 2.7 | 0.0 | |
| about 2 years ago | 7 months ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
xow
Posts with mentions or reviews of xow.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-21.
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Making Xbox One wireless adapter work in LibreELEC on rpi4
https://github.com/medusalix/xow (deprecated)
- [Linux Gaming] Adaptateur de contrôleur sans fil Xbox sur Linux
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Kernel 6.2 Adds Official DualShock 4 Support, Stable Intel Arc GPU Graphics
Have you tried medusalix/xow?
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X Box series X controller with USB Dongle on Steam Deck?
It needs a driver, looks like there is one here: https://github.com/medusalix/xow
- Setting up your Linux Gaming System
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Recommended Controllers?
Been using Xbox One Elite controllers (both gen 1 and 2) for a couple years now without issue and I even use the proprietary Xbox wireless USB dongle. If you use this "xone" driver then it just works as it does in Windows. It's an evolution of the older "xow" driver where you'd just have to run a command to invoke the pairing process, if anyone was familiar with that driver.
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Has anyone tried using an Xbox Series X/S controller chatpad as a keyboard yet?
You need an Xbox wireless dongle, disabling read-only mode and install xow driver. https://github.com/medusalix/xow
- Xbox wireless controller adapter on Linux
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Compiling Linux driver for SteamDeck.
I am trying to add a Linux driver called XOW ( xow/README.md at master · medusalix/xow (github.com) ) to my steamdeck using Konsole. This driver allows the usb connection of the Microsoft controller dongle. I know I can use standard bluetooth but the dongle has lower latency, and well I guess I like a project. But I'm stuck.
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Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller support is coming to Linux
Have you tried xow or xone? xow made the official XBone wireless dongle plug-n-play for me. I've been using it since 2018 or so.
steamos-compositor
Posts with mentions or reviews of steamos-compositor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-04.
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Modern BPM Steam with Ubuntu 20.04?
I assume that this is because I'm still using ye olde steamos-compositor (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamos-compositor/.) I'm interested in switching to gamescope (https://github.com/Plagman/gamescope) but I'm getting the feeling it won't work on my 20.04 vintage Ubuntu; the required version of meson isn't available and I can't find a PPA that contains gamescope. My instinct act this point is to just live with the pain, as fully dealing with this will likely involve just switching all the way to Arch to more closely match the newest SteamOS and I just don't want to do that right now. Anyone know if there is a middleground that will support a modern steam big picture mode without having to totally redo everything?
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"An image of SteamOS 3 leaked and people are already getting it running on other portable consoles. Steam itself is just the same Linux client with a different view (it's JavaScript)." - Pavel Djundik
They've written two, actually. One for X11, and a new one for Wayland
- Will the Steamdeck version of SteamOS (the one thats based on arch) be open source?
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Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux
SteamOS compositor with commits from Valve devs: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamos-compositor/commits/...
I'm sure they also have/had contractors working on it like they do for the other Linux gaming effors but a claim that it was "was only contracted-out by Valve" needs something to back it up.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xow and steamos-compositor you can also consider the following projects:
xpadneo - Advanced Linux Driver for Xbox One Wireless Controller (shipped with Xbox One S)
protontricks - A wrapper that does winetricks things for Proton enabled games, requires Winetricks.
xone - Linux kernel driver for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S accessories
gamescope - SteamOS session compositing window manager [Moved to: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope]
xpad - Linux Kernel Driver for the Xbox/ Xbox 360/ Xbox One Controllers
lutris - Lutris desktop client
steamos_kernel - SteamOS kernel branches
flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
steamos_mesa - Patched branches of Mesa used in SteamOS
DS4Windows - Like those other ds4tools, but sexier
Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components