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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/thanek on 2026-07-08 10:59:12+00:00.
Hi everyone,
For the past few months I’ve been working on a small open-source project called Kasual Desktop.
The original idea was simple:
I wanted my living room gaming PC to behave more like a console.
Sitting on the couch with a controller should feel natural. I didn’t want to reach for a keyboard or a mouse every time I wanted to launch a game, change the volume or put the PC to sleep.
So I built a controller-first overlay for KDE Plasma.
It lets you:
• launch applications
• browse files and play media
• start Steam games
• toggle MangoHUD in-game
• control basic system settings
• suspend/restart/shutdown the PC
…all using a controller.
It’s completely open source and I’d really appreciate any feedback, ideas or feature requests.
🎥 Demo video (pretty lame but it shows the idea):
GitHub:
https://github.com/thanek/kasual-desktop
Right now the project targets KDE Plasma on Wayland only.
Rather than trying to support every desktop environment, I’m focusing on making the experience as polished as possible on one platform first.
The underlying architecture is designed to be portable, and I’ve already started experimenting with other desktop environments (even Windows), but those are still early experiments.