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bigyabai 5 hours ago

Naming a few peripherals on my desk that see regular usage on Linux:

- Kensington Expert Trackball (I lost the 2.4ghz dongle)

- JBL wireless earbuds/Audio Technica M40xs

- Nintendo Switch controller

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nelsonic 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah, losing the 2.4ghz USB dongle ... Sucks. Feel you. :-(

Wireless Earbuds/Headphones are a legit use case. (Still use bluetooth with iPhone every day, sadly, still addicted to the convenience of AirPods ...)

But I've got decent wired headphones for my OpenBSD setup. bonus: never have to charge them. ;-)

Even more curious now: what do you use the Nintendo Switch controller for on your computer? Have you got it hooked up to play games on your PC? Or do you use it for robotics or other I/O?

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bigyabai 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Switch controller gets used for flight simming, just as a simple analog input that I can take to the couch (or bed). I've also got a wired pair of my wireless Audio Technica headphones, but I'm not confident that my DAC (or Bitwig for that matter) would work as well on OpenBSD as it does on Linux.

For desktop use, I don't think I'll ever end up on OpenBSD. It might power my gateway router one day, but the cost/benefit analysis falls through on hardware like a laptop or gaming PC.

	▲	nelsonic 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Makes sense. Great use of the Switch controller for flight sim! Sounds like you’ve got your system dialed in. ;-) For others who cannot live without Bluetooth on their main machine, consider a USB Bluetooth adapter. see: https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.1/ubt.4