The amazingly useful SC Controller [GitHub] project, a third-party open source driver and user interface for the Steam Controller has a new release out. Sadly, the last for a while.
Here's what's new in 0.4.5:
- On-screen keyboard can be now used with DS4 gamepad
- Improved editing profile using controller
- Allowed SVG custom menu icons
- Allowed displaying multiple OSD messages, with different font size and display time
- Bug fixes
In the release notes, the developer Kozec said this:
This is last SC-Controller release for a while. With all that mess happening around Linux this week, I've decided to move away as far as possible. I plan to finish all "enhancements" eventually, just not right now.
They went into further detail in a Patreon post, here's the gist of it:
As you probably already heard, earlier this week, Linux became part of political movement. It's movement that I strongly disagree with and wish to not be associated with in any way. Because of that, I don't feel welcomed in Linux community anymore.
Or, to write it like human being, with all this mess, coding is not fun at all.
So I'm throwing hands up and walking through the middle.
For those who don't really understand, it's likely as a result of the new Code of Conduct for the Linux Kernel. Something that has become a hot sticky mess in the wider community. Regardless of my own feelings about the CoC, I just hope people can find a way to get along and treat everyone with respect, regardless of who they are and where they come from.
I'm pretty sad about this, I use SC Controller practically every day for taming the Steam Controller outside of Steam and for those Steam games that don't detect it normally.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: DolusYeah and that has nothing to do with the fact that True OS has become a thing and that most of the biggest industrials wanting to use BSD in certain case scenarios deccided to put their cash in TrueOS instead noooo, it has everything to do with COC ....Quoting: scainea) there's no corporate oversight here. It's the kernel, business as usual. Proxies? Please, give the conspiracy theories a rest. No-one is "shoving" anything down anyone's throats.
b) many, many other projects have a CoC. It was long overdue for the kernel.
c) being the underdog doesn't mean you get to shit on people because of a lack of CoC. Having respect should be an absolute minimum for any project, open-source or otherwise.
d) yes, it will do good in the long term, once the dust settles. This is like Ubuntu's CoC all over again.
Oh yes, and the FreeBSD COC has done wonders for that project, hasn't it? Oh, wait, no. Contributions are down and they're getting half of what they were receiving in donations last year.
Gimme a break ...
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Quoting: TheSyldatQuoting: DolusYeah and that has nothing to do with the fact that True OS has become a thing and that most of the biggest industrials wanting to use BSD in certain case scenarios deccided to put their cash in TrueOS instead noooo, it has everything to do with COC ....Quoting: scainea) there's no corporate oversight here. It's the kernel, business as usual. Proxies? Please, give the conspiracy theories a rest. No-one is "shoving" anything down anyone's throats.
b) many, many other projects have a CoC. It was long overdue for the kernel.
c) being the underdog doesn't mean you get to shit on people because of a lack of CoC. Having respect should be an absolute minimum for any project, open-source or otherwise.
d) yes, it will do good in the long term, once the dust settles. This is like Ubuntu's CoC all over again.
Oh yes, and the FreeBSD COC has done wonders for that project, hasn't it? Oh, wait, no. Contributions are down and they're getting half of what they were receiving in donations last year.
Gimme a break ...
Have you been watching TrueOS? It no longer even ships with a GUI; it's just FreeBSD with some newer packages by default. And from the look of it, it's not getting all that much in donations anymore either.
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Quoting: DolusHave you been watching TrueOS? It no longer even ships with a GUI; it's just FreeBSD with some newer packages by default. And from the look of it, it's not getting all that much in donations anymore either.Yes and from where I am sitting the BSD community at large haven't been receiving that much attention in the past.
So sorry hate to break it to you but from where I am they are doing better than ever...
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Quoting: TheSyldatSo sorry hate to break it to you but from where I am they are doing better than ever...
Then you're in la-la land. FreeBSD is falling like a rock, and it'll drag everything based off of it down with it.
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Quoting: DolusAddress this: https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1042769399596437504
So Sharp is stirring up controversy over Tso and here you are stirring up controversy over Sharp.
Lets cut to the chase, and not make this about Tso, Sharp or anyone else. Here's a thought experiment: would you rather have the Linux kernel built by despicable people, and stick your head in the sand about them, or would you rather have a bit of accountability, and possibly have the kernel suffer as a result?
Personally, I'm in the latter camp. I try not to stick my head in the sand about anything. People should hold Apple and Samsung accountable for Chinese worker suicide rates at Foxconn. People should boycott Starbucks and Amazon in the UK because they offshore their taxes. And people should have the opportunity to address despicable behaviour in those contributing to the kernel.
To be clear - "address", not "insta-ban". It's a process.
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Quoting: DolusQuoting: TheSyldatSo sorry hate to break it to you but from where I am they are doing better than ever...
Then you're in la-la land. FreeBSD is falling like a rock, and it'll drag everything based off of it down with it.
Aaaand that's (solely) because of their CoC? Because otherwise they'd be soaring? Did I get that right? I suppose you can back that up with something like facts.
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Quoting: scaineAnd people should have the opportunity to address despicable behaviour in those contributing to the kernel.Ah, but who gets to determine what is despicable, an entirely subjective word?
At the moment, it might be just things that "make sense", no homophobic/racist/sexist/etc. shit. From there, it is just a very, VERY small step to arbitrary additions.
Oh, so you vote Republicans? Interesting... Ah, you say you didn't participate on that demo against firing this black woman from her post? That's not good. What, really, you were not willing to give your spare kidney to this man you don't know? How despicable. You called someone an idiot because he did something easy wrong five times in a row? You are too mean.
You can go on with this endlessly, and you are naive if you think that this is not the first step in a very wrong direction. Oh, I called you naive (because I think you are) - you can already get banned on a few forums for words like these.
Thought police, here we come.
Quoting: scaineNo, Sharp is very obviously trying to get someone fired/removed from a team. For disagreeing with the "correct" view. Which group or movement if famous for this behavior again?Quoting: DolusAddress this: https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1042769399596437504
So Sharp is stirring up controversy over Tso and here you are stirring up controversy over Sharp.
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What do you think about this?
https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-killswitch-coc-controversy-1252
https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-killswitch-coc-controversy-1252
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appetrosyan Sep 23, 2018
This is ridiculous. For as long as man kind existed, there have been witchhunts. Sure, Linus torvalds was accused of dancing with the devil, and the human being that replaced him is a member of the inquisition, but this will not overturn much.
You see, a fascist discipline- centric government in a voluntary project is like clamps for water: it might splash, but will never get a good grip, and eventually sink to where it belongs.
The SJWS everywhere have shown how incompetent, unreliable, and downright despicable they can be: they cost Disney star wars, they FUBAR'd Mass Effect, and ID software are throwing SJW jokes as the main attraction to DOOM Eternal.
keep calm, and do what you used to, the way you used to. Overreacting like this, is the exact reaction they need to further fuel their agenda. Keep calm, stand your ground, and don't let their decisions affect you. They can only exert power , if you believe that they have power.
You see, a fascist discipline- centric government in a voluntary project is like clamps for water: it might splash, but will never get a good grip, and eventually sink to where it belongs.
The SJWS everywhere have shown how incompetent, unreliable, and downright despicable they can be: they cost Disney star wars, they FUBAR'd Mass Effect, and ID software are throwing SJW jokes as the main attraction to DOOM Eternal.
keep calm, and do what you used to, the way you used to. Overreacting like this, is the exact reaction they need to further fuel their agenda. Keep calm, stand your ground, and don't let their decisions affect you. They can only exert power , if you believe that they have power.
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Just wanted to get my two cents in and bring the perspective up a bit; first I'm impressed with the quality of the discussion here. S/O GOL community for keeping it civil.
Second if I got enough of a sense of both sides here for my own thirty-thousand-feet overview:
Pro CoC wants to change the norms around abusive behaviour and language in the kernel dev community (which goes right up to Torvalds). Con CoC is worried this empowers moderators to exclude developers who don't share their ideological views. The former goal is laudible, and the latter concern is justified (eg Johnathan Haidt's work on academia).
My own opinion is that the causal effect of such a code is likely zero, what really matters is how the community comes to balance this desire for constructive change against the cost of alienating those who fear losing the positive parts of the status quo. In this respect I think this debate is overblown; the community is the strongest part of FOSS, no? Have yee so little faith that the community will figure out the right balance (better than, say, twitter?)
Second if I got enough of a sense of both sides here for my own thirty-thousand-feet overview:
Pro CoC wants to change the norms around abusive behaviour and language in the kernel dev community (which goes right up to Torvalds). Con CoC is worried this empowers moderators to exclude developers who don't share their ideological views. The former goal is laudible, and the latter concern is justified (eg Johnathan Haidt's work on academia).
My own opinion is that the causal effect of such a code is likely zero, what really matters is how the community comes to balance this desire for constructive change against the cost of alienating those who fear losing the positive parts of the status quo. In this respect I think this debate is overblown; the community is the strongest part of FOSS, no? Have yee so little faith that the community will figure out the right balance (better than, say, twitter?)
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