Are you purely having trouble with this old Xbox controllers? I’ve got 3 controllers on my deck, 2 8bitdos via dongles and one Xbox via Bluetooth. They all work fine, though one of the 8bitdos required an update first.

What’s the better option though? I assumed a native service was superior since I found arch specific versions.

Yeah that would be preferred but the NTFS drive is 16TB of backups and media.

Swapped to CachyOS

Pros:

• Super easy OS install
• Good tool for installing steam
• Most games play fine but knew this already from my steam deck

Cons:

• Struggled to find how to setup services like Jellfin, SABnzbd, etc. Not as simple as just installing them on windows, but not bad once I figured out how services work.
• Heavily modded games like Total War Warhammer 3 were a pain since the modding tools are designed for Windows. Got them working, but stability was worse.
• No Virtual Desktop for my Quest 3. I’ve heard I can get VR working on it, but only for games.
• Getting write access on my existing NTFS drive was a pain. Read access worked, by I had to change ownership from root on all files to allow changes.

Ultimate 2. It’s got a gyroscope and back paddles.

You’re probably right, but I hope not. Those third parties keep focusing on chips poorly optimized for a handheld and ditching touchpads.

UGREEN has a nice one with 3 normal USB and one USB C. Went with it because it folds up nice for packing and the dock to deck cord is removable so I can easily use a different cable if I want to use it with my laptop.

Chorus: Arcadey space combat. Gameplay is ok so far, but not a fan of the weird mystical voice over they’ve got going on for the MC.

Lego Star Wars Complete (not Skywalker): Fun and silly. Good 2 player game.