News Sony Releases Official PS5 Controller Driver for Linux

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Here’s a story that’s destined to delight Linux fans – and dismay Windows users. Sony has published an official DualSense driver for Linux, allowing the PlayStation 5 pad to be used in both USB and Bluetooth mode with the operating system. It includes the full array of functionality, including rumble, touchpad, the lightbar,...

• Fri 25th Dec 2020
• Sony
• PS5
• DualSense
• Linux

News Sony Could End Up Paying Millions to Angry Linux Fans

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Remember when you could install Linux on a PlayStation 3? If you answered "vaguely" to the previous question, then you may be eligible to compensation – well, $9 to be precise. For the past six years, Sony's been battling a class action lawsuit, which proposed that the platform holder wronged up to 10 million owners by removing the 'OtherOS'...

• Wed 22nd Jun 2016
• Sony
• PS3
• Linux
• Legal