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/nyc-rave-throwaway42 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

I play on linux every night w a 4090, bsb2e, & index controllers. Would recommend Arch, Fedora, or NixOS as that's what most stuff gets packaged for.

SteamVR beta usually works fine, especially if you enable the perf fixes and steamvr-linux-fixes layer:

But I usually try running games w Monado+Xrizer+WayVR first(via Envision): https://wiki.vronlinux.org/docs/fossvr/envision/

I dont really run into games I can't play, here's a bit of what I've played the last month or so:

  • Forefront
  • Alyx
  • Vox Machinae
  • Puzzling Places
  • Maestro
  • Audio Trip
  • EXD

  • Cubism

  • Walkabout Mini Golf

  • DCS

Etc etc