ds4drv

I think it depends on your computer's bluetooth hardware. Mine reports itself as a Cambridge Silicon Radio USB device 0A12:0001, and works great with recent Sony controllers, while people with some other dongles have reported lag and/or unstable connections. This list is a bit old, and wasn't aimed at Nintendo controllers, but might still be a good place to start: https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv/wiki/Bluetooth-dongle-comp...

Python is a popular choice for FUSE filesystem drivers, I think. It's also how this perfectly usable driver for the DualShock 4 is written: https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv

You probably aren't remembering correctly: the protocol for DualShock 4 (PS4 controller) was reversed - there's a working userspace driver[1] that I have used for years to play games on Linux using a DS4 controller, connected via Bluetooth. More radically, Sony recently published an official Linux driver[2] for DualSense 5 - none of these require a "DRM chip" or additional hardware to use. 1. https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv 2. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Sony-HID...

Not OP, but there is a history of writing game controller drivers for linux: https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv https://xboxdrv.gitlab.io/ https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller I recently bought myself a dualshock4 for use with Kodi and RetroArch. No driver was needed, even for bluetooth! Edit: formatting

The DualShock 4 is arguably even a better PC controller than the Xbox controllers. Its out-of-the-box support is decent, but it really shines when paired with ds4drv for Linux or DS4Windows (both open source tools), which allow you to play Xbox controller games, use the touchpad as a mouse, set LED colors, and create macros/profiles. ds4drv: https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv DS4Windows: http://ds4windows.com/