The first ads in the Windows 11 Start menu will look familiar.

The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.

  • Blaster MEnglish
    2•8 months ago

    I wish this was true…

    …but there’s still a few technical issues that keep things from running smooth.

    Also, VR.

    • @kescusayEnglish
      8•8 months ago

      I mean, yeah, a few, but there are plenty with Windows too, and the overwhelming majority of games I’ve tried it with work fine.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•8 months ago

      I play VR on Linux, it works surprisingly well, especially via Wayland. There’s an app called Envision that sets up basically everything you need for you. Unlike a few years ago, I had to do no fiddling, it just works.

      • Blaster MEnglish
        0•8 months ago

        I have a Quest 2.

          • Blaster MEnglish
            1•8 months ago

            Which I have already tried - it don’t Wayland, and I get legendary stuttering when moving about. No go.

            • @[email protected]English
              2•8 months ago

              Are you using Nvidia, if so that might be why I am running it just fine on an AMD gpu on wayland using Nobara

            • @[email protected]English
              -1•8 months ago

              So you bought proprietary windows hardware and youre upset it doesn’t have good enough performance? Seems short sighted but okay.

              • Blaster MEnglish
                1•8 months ago

                I bought what was affordable on the used market. And VR stuff is almost entirely Windows exclusive, with only the Index having a native Linux compatibility via the recent SteamVR Linux port. While the Quest series (and a Pico, its Chinese competitor) run a special version of Android, they don’t have the performance in standalone mode that a PC has. Besides, my library of VR games are all on the PC.

                And before you say “you shold have Index”, I will point out the very, very high cost and requirement for external tracking hardware, aka “the lighthouse”, something I lack the space for.

                • @[email protected]English
                  0•8 months ago

                  Maybe vr just isnt affordable yet? If its proprietary garbage, it’s just not yours. Lock-in is bullshit, and freedom sometimes requires sacrifice-even of toys and treats.

                  • Blaster MEnglish
                    1•8 months ago

                    If you like the Steve? life IRL perhaps

        • @[email protected]English
          2•8 months ago

          I do too. Envision has an option to install “WiVRn” which I found worked way better than ALVR.

          • Blaster MEnglish
            1•8 months ago

            I can’t build an Envision profile in Bazzite, several source code packages don’t exist.