6 Tips to Get Your Game Controllers Working on Linux

Despite the dominance of Windows, Linux is an excellent gaming platform. Developers are increasingly offering native Linux support. Major titles including Alien: Isolation are cross-platform compatible. Valve further promoted Linux gaming with its Linux-based SteamOS. Plus, the likes of The Linux Gamer on YouTube prove that gaming on Linux is far from an oxymoron. On the contrary, Linux boasts support for 16-bit and 32-bit games, which remain difficult (if not impossible) to run on 64-bit Windows operating systems. This widespread compatibility is bolstered with gaming using Wine as well as the Wine front-end PlayOnLinux. Along with the rise of Linux gaming,...

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