I thought it was the bread line they wanted to go up

To reiterate, I don’t think there is anything wrong with using the AUR. I think that using an AUR helper that ties updating AUR packages to your pacman -Syu is a trap that people keep falling into despite the warnings in the wiki.

The wiki article :

• specifically says that packages are not thoroughly vetted
• does not recommend using yay or another AUR helper (which is the primary thing I recommend against)
• has a frequently asked question section that is fairly technical and should indicate that it is not for the faint of heart

The aur helper wiki has a fun red disclaimer at the top that no one reads

I like arch because:

• it is rolling release and I like having up to date software and not having to deal with distro upgrades breaking things
• it is community run and not beholden to a company
• packages are mostly unmodified from their upstream
• the wiki and forums are the best of any distro

conflict when trying to just update things naively

Sounds like AUR problems. IMO using AUR helpers that tie AUR packages to your full system update command is a trap. AUR never professed to be a stable repository (in fact it’s the opposite). AUR has a place, but it should be used sparingly and thoughtfully.

Using moltengamepad like this person seems promising https://selfmadepenguin.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/how-i-solved-my-gamecontroller-problems/

It’s in the tab overview menu https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-overview-menu