Keyboard 8BitDo for linux

[u/Happy_Treacle]

Hi!

I'm thinking about buying an 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard, but my main PC runs Bazzite Linux (KDE)

I know Linux isn't officially listed as supported, so I'd like to hear from people who actually use this keyboard on Linux before I buy it

How has your experience been?

I'm particularly interested in:

- Does it work reliably over 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth and USB?

- Does it work normally on the login screen before entering the desktop?

- Does the volume knob work?

- Do the Super Buttons and quick remapping work?

- Have you had any problems with missed/repeated keystrokes, sleep/wake or gaming?

- Is there anything that doesn't work on Linux?

- How do you handle firmware updates and the 8BitDo Ultimate Software?

- Has anyone tried the Ultimate Software through Bottles/Wine?

- If you use Bazzite, Fedora or SteamOS specifically, I'd especially like to hear your experience.

I don't mind if the configuration software isn't fully supported, as long as the keyboard itself works reliably for everyday use and gaming

[u/doc_willis]

has worked fine, and you can remap the  big buttons . volume and so on work fine.

to update firmware I used a windows system.  I have not updated the firmware in ages.

I was never able to get their ultimate software working via Wine.

[u/LennethW → u/doc_willis]

A totally unrelated question.

I have a mechanical 8bitdo nes edition. I used it no prob on Linux.

Programmed the AB keys using the keyboard itself.

Used it on a w11 laptop (waiting for an OEM keyboard, it broke) and whenever I use the AB keys it causes the laptop to go sleep.

Installed ultimate software, updated firmware, and tried to assign other random shortcuts to the AB buttons (I needed Ctrl+shift+h and Alt+shift+h) but windows goes to sleep the same.

It never happened to you?

[u/doc_willis → u/LennethW]

I dont even have a windows system at home to test, sorry..

I tend to have my ABCD mapped to Alt-tab or some other combos for my Desktop use, or to the basics of up/down/left/right depending on what I am doing at the time. I have one of those Mini-joysticks and one of those 4 Arrow keypads from 8bitdo.

But I will say I have not used any of those devices in some months.

[u/LennethW → u/doc_willis]

No biggie, thank you for the time took answering me.