Review: Gamrombo PS5 controller - including Linux set up ★★★★☆

I'm not paying seventy bloody quid for an official PS5 controller - so I found a knock-off version for a smidge under £40. And this one has lots of unnecessary blinkenlights! Gamrombo is the consumer-facing brand of the generically named Professional Controller Manufacturer. AKA "Huizhou Ronghui Technology Co., Ltd" - there's virtually no information about them online other than paid-for reviews. Well, I bought this with my own money - so enjoy this honest review: It's basically fine and it works on Linux. OK, a bit more detail The USB cable which comes with the controller is charge only - so you can dispose of it. Using a USB-C to C cable, I plugged it into to my Linux laptop and it was instantly detected. Rather cheekily, it shows up as 054c:0ce6 Sony Corp. DualSense Wireless Controller. The PS5 touchpad was immediately usable. Single finger moved the mouse pointer, two-finger scrolling and zooming worked, clicking the pad clicks the mouse. Nice! I popped along to…