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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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VR support for GNOME Wayland is here! (gitlab.gnome.org)

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 5 months ago (19 children)

This is actually pretty huge, props to the GNOME developers for this.

Hopefully VR support will improve on linux, literally the only reason I keep a windows drive around is for vr and nothing more.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I just play VR on Linux, don't really have many problems with it. Only small ones like sometimes SteamVR doesn't recognize my headset the first time I start it so I need to restart it once.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah I have an Oculus Rift S and the hardware support is pretty bad and I haven't really gotten it to work. Obviously a vendor issue, and i don't see meta open sourcing or releasing any drivers for linux anytime soon.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I have a Valve Index, which is officialy supported on Linux, so I don't have any issues in that regard. I think the only headsets that work well on Linux are the two with official support (HTC Vive and Valve Index) and the Quest headsets because of ALVR.

[–] porl 3 points 4 months ago

Considering they specifically removed Linux support of the earlier headsets, I doubt it too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Have a look at lvra.gitlab.io. It should be possible to get the rift s mostly working.

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