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Is it possible to add several gamepads model: I'm using two gamepads, x360 and Steam, I can only specify one.


Last edited by legluondunet on 25 April 2018 at 4:05 pm UTC

Quoting: legluondunetIs it possible to add several gamepads model: I'm using two gamepad, x360 and Steam, I can only specify one.

The usual rule has been to include the one you use most. This isn't about who owns the most hardware after all.

I've since moved back from a Ubuntu KDE setup to Manjaro MATE, no regrets. The only annoyance is some things can take quite a long time to compile, such as compilers themselves.

KDE is nicer an easier to customize absolutely, but kwin hates nvidia cards and I was running into too many headaches with applications unable to detect my displays correctly etc... shame.


Last edited by TheRiddick on 25 April 2018 at 9:21 am UTC

Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1080TI 11GB, 32GB DDR4, 250GB SSD + 960GB SSD, dual-boot, Debian 10 + Windows 10

Core i5-4670K, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR3, 480GB SSD + 4TB HDD, dual-boot, Mint + Windows 10

FX-8350, GTX 970 4GB, 16GB DDR3, 480GB SSD + 2TB HDD, dual-boot, Debian 8 + Windows 7

A8-5600K, GT 730 2GB, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Debian 8

NUC, Core i5, 8GB DDR3, 250GB M.2 SSD, Debian 9

NUC, Pentium N3700, 8GB DDR3, Debian 8

Acer E3-112 laptop, 8GB DDR3, Debian 8

Dell E6430 laptop, core i5, Windows 7

Chromebook, converted to Xubuntu, 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD

and then about 6 boxes of motherboards, cpu, ram, hard drives (mostly Core i5-4670K and FX-8320)

and about 7 Raspberry Pi (running Raspbian)

and even older PCs and laptops

yes, I work in IT ;)


Last edited by g000h on 25 April 2018 at 10:34 am UTC

When was the first GOL hardware survey?
Is once every 2 years not to long for the drop off?

Quoting: RedjeWhen was the first GOL hardware survey?
Is once every 2 years not to long for the drop off?

It doesn't matter when the first was, that has no relevance on the drop-off.

The monthly data is gathered from what people have currently and honestly, who upgrades their PC multiple times a year? The answer is likely a minority of people and they are more likely to actually update their info here as well.

It would be useful to add VRAM in addition to regular RAM.

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: RedjeWhen was the first GOL hardware survey?
Is once every 2 years not to long for the drop off?

It doesn't matter when the first was, that has no relevance on the drop-off.

The monthly data is gathered from what people have currently and honestly, who upgrades their PC multiple times a year? The answer is likely a minority of people and they are more likely to actually update their info here as well.

I agree with you that it is not useful for hardware info.
But on the other hand people who use Linux change their distro more often.
Maybe change the drop-off for distro's to like 1 year or 6 months perhaps?


Last edited by Redje on 25 April 2018 at 4:38 pm UTC

Quoting: RedjeBut on the other hand people who use Linux change their distro more often.
Maybe change the drop-off for distro's to like 1 year or 6 months perhaps?

Never done that in 20 years. :-)

I have only changed my primary distribution once in eleven years of using Linux full time.