Subject: Any RPi UI (console or X/Wayland) with primary support for game controllers?

To be clear, I?m not a gamer and don?t want *game* support. I?ve found
Linux *driver* support for game controllers to be fantastic, but I?m not finding very many *apps* (desktops, shells, etc.) that see them as a first-class input method. All my searches turn up mainly game-centric distributions like RetroPie (or various media center interfaces), but
nothing good when it comes to just using my RPi as a regular computer
via the limited inputs of gamepads.

As background, I?ve started experimenting with using `screen` via a
?full? analog gamepad with `input-remapper` nicely handling all the keybindings for me. It has worked so well that I?m hoping to find a
good way to essentially make it possible to largely operate any RPi I
have with just a ?classic? D-pad via bluetooth. I looked into the
digital signage distributions that are listed in the RPi Imager thinking that?d be the closest fit, but they all seem to revolve around using a smartphone to do things; I want tactile controls, dammit!

Can anybody point me in a better direction than I?ve found? I?m
*really* hoping I don?t have remap every last thing I use, or
alternatively write my own shell/window manager/whatever so that
they?ll function reasonably well without a full keyboard w/mouse.
Thanks.



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