I'm about to buy a controller, I was thinking on the xbox one controller, but i'm not quite sure if it is compatible with linux systems.
I have Debian 8 installed on my computer.
Xbox – It is possible to use Xbox One controller on Linux distros
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Best Answer
With USB cable
It´s supported natively in the kernel (3.17 or newer) by the xpad driver.
If you have an older one (like 3.16 in Debian 8) you need to install the updated xpad driver.
You may need to disable Controller support in Steam if you are using it.
Bluetooth
You first need to find out which type of controller you have:
Only the second one works wireless in Linux.
You want to use the xpadneo driver.
With Microsoft Xbox Wireless adapter
Update: as matt.LLVW commented, it's now possible to use the xow user mode driver to make it work with both models of the wireless adapter.