With the advances in gaming on Linux in recent years, it is so tempting to switch full time. I would absolutely love to, but I am a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber and it is where I play a lot of my games on PC. I know you can use the cloud version, but I cannot stomach streaming games in their current state, so it is a no go. A large portion of my Steam library is compatible, but anytime I have done an install I end up giving in and going back to Windows for games.
For people who use Linux full time, how is VR support on it? Is ALVR a viable alternative to Virtual Desktop/Link? And do VR games run well or at all through Proton?
I have an Index and it was seamless for me. Everything runs fine in Proton, and I didn’t have any performance issues with my 2070 super. Tried the same games in Windows and it was the same experience, plus a couple of FPS (I assume because it wasn’t going through DXVK). Can’t speak to your other questions, though–those are outside of my experience.
I haven’t tried it in a long while so I’d also like to know how ALVR is these days, I haven’t tried it in a while and have heard it’s gotten some big updates lately
Last time I tried it though (close to a year ago) it had quite a ways to go