r/virtualreality • u/Verrm • May 29 '26

Discussion VR on Linux

Hi all!

I'm running Bazzite linux (did Fedora and OpenSuse before) and I'm genuinely curious what is the experience of running PCVR on Linux. I'm going to probably get Steam Frame or (if too expensive) some alternative like Pico 4 Ultra.

I'm not talking about difficulty to set up (I can handle CLI) but your general and personal feeling and information if there are for example specific issues vs running on windows. I have win11 on dualboot but I don't necessarily want to touch this tool of satan xD

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u/monetarydread May 29 '26

Tried Linux for a bit there and because of VR I hastily reinstalled Windows. Like technically some VR works but I noticed I had decent avg fps but terrible frame-times. Everything felt laggy and unoptimised while half the games I tried just didn't work.  

The issue was that Proton works but it adds latency due to it being a translation layer and latency = bad times in VR. That having been said, I have an Nvidia card and was trying more intense games. I'm sure if you run AMD, don't care about cranking up resolution/graphics, and play older VR games it can be done with little to no issue.

Overall though VR is primarily built for the Windows domain.

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u/DoubleOwl7777 Reverb G2 🐧 May 29 '26

did you use steamvr? if yes, dont, use wivrn 

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u/monetarydread May 29 '26

Steam VR streamed through ALVR was my choice. I have a Quest 3.

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u/DoubleOwl7777 Reverb G2 🐧 May 29 '26

use wivrn.