General questions around Clear Linux - Gaming context

General Discussion
9

  1. Does Clear Linux come with Xbox Controller support out of the box?
    Yes (with a few caveats). I use an Xbox One S when playing clone hero through lutris but ymmv. I also use a Thrustmaster eswap (PS, Xbox variant fails). Clear linux also provides xboxdrv which was requested here xboxdrv · Issue #3175 · clearlinux/distribution · GitHub

  2. Is there a way to get some kind of Game mode running on it
    There have been others who were successful with this method, you may refer to this post Notes on building a Clear SteamOS appliance

  3. And do you know how performant the most uptodate Intel GPU drivers are?
    No, but you can ask @Aqua1ung . he has an Intel arc running through a thunderbolt dock
    Clear linux uses mesa git for its driver stack. Its good, but i use an AMD R9 Fury X, so cant comment on intel performance. I plan on getting an ARC gpu as my next card so Im looking forward to testing it on CL

I’m not a part of the dev team, but we occasionally report bugs and fixes on the CL Github repo.
There is an unofficial discord link floating around this forum, but you can ask @Gorian or @pixelgeek for an invite to the official one

1 Like