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If you want to run VR on Linux with your Quest headset, WiVRn works absolutely flawlessly. Been running VR with my Quest 2 for a while with it.

Not sure if jailbreaks exist for the Quest 3, but I’ve considered jailbreaking my Quest 2 in order to run it without a Meta account.



Start with something simple like Linux Mint. You can run it in a VM, if you want to “try before you buy (in)”.



Valve made a compatibility layer for the Steam Deck and Linux called Proton. It uses a lot of technologies, including WINE, dxvk, and more to make Windows games run well on Linux. It basically takes Windows API calls and translates them to Linux with little to no performance penalty.

Steam also has native builds for Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, and Linux now, so you can just install it. Most Linux distros have Steam right in their software manager now.

Typically, unless the game has blocked Linux with something like kernel-level anticheat, it’ll “just work” on Linux now. There is a community database called ProtonDB that has a list of games and how well they do or don’t work.

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions.


Check Proton DB. If the games you enjoy work fine on Linux, which is the case for most games these days thanks to Proton, you should be good. The big exception is games with kernel-level anticheat.

If not, you can always dual boot for the few games that don’t.

I made the switch to pure Linux gaming when I got my Steam Deck two years ago. Been loving it ever since. Even SteamVR games work great streaming to my Quest headset.


Everybody is entitled to their opinion.


Wow never heard of this application. I’ll have to give it a try.


If you have a Quest headset, ALVR allows you to stream SteamVR to it.

I believe the Valve Index allows for Linux usage, but I’ve never owned one.


Spoilers, but the ending of the game greatly affects the Half Life story. It’s not just a spin off.


Emulation isn’t piracy and you’re allowed to back up physical games you own. That’s legally your right.




This is a VR app for streaming 2D games on a virtual screen, AFAIK. Not for actual VR games.


It’s a Ubisoft game. It was doomed to begin with.


Not available in North America without importing it, which voids warranty and makes it usually more expensive.


They make nice looking devices, but I’d never trust a device from them.

Of course, I don’t trust a LOT of devices these days. Sure would be nice if we had a decent 5G capable, open source alternative. I don’t care if it costs $800+. I’d buy it.


“Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong”


OP doesn’t say how old their kids are. Could be teens with plenty of aptitude, but if they’re younger…the switch may be the better option.

As for emulation, I was more just was saying it’s possible. For single player games it’s fine, if done legally.



There is no “TV version”. The switch docks to a docking station to make it output to a TV. You just need a docking station and controllers to make a single Switch into a shared screen experience in the living room. Anyone’s Switch can use the dock.

Physical games are sharable, but only one device can use that game at a time, because they’re physical cartridges.

Personally, I’d go with a Steam Deck over a Switch, unless your family specifically is looking to play Switch games that are exclusive to it (which technically with emulation the Steam Deck can also play, but that’s not legal unless you own a switch and the game). The nice thing about Steam games is that Steam’s Families feature lets you share the entire game library digitally to 5 family members, so unless they want to play the same game at once, you only buy games once and they can all play them. There are also some games that let you own one copy and let multiple people play multiplayer at once on it, too.

Plus, games on Steam are cheaper than Switch games and the Steam Deck is only a bit more money upfront than a Switch is, especially on sale, which I expect it to be on sale for Black Friday coming up.

Finally, Steam games also can be played on a PC. Any PC. The Steam Deck is just an easy to use, skinned UI PC. As such, when the Steam Deck becomes obsolete, you don’t have a bunch of games that are now locked to an obsolete platform. There are PC games that are decades old that still play on PCs today (although sometimes a bit of fiddling is required for REALLY old ones).

Edit:

FYI the regular switch and OLED can dock. The switch lite cannot.


There are plenty of “kids” movies and TV that are excellent for adults, too.

Listing a few:

  1. Bluey
  2. Most of Pixar
  3. Adventure Time (after Season 1)
  4. Star Wars Rebels/Clone Wars (again, after Season 1)
  5. Shrek
  6. Star Trek: Prodigy

This is not an exhaustive list, but you get the point.



To be fair, Rocket League runs fine in Proton.

Also, to be fair…agreed. Fuck Epic.


I don’t trust any corporation. However, Valve has treated customers with respect and doesn’t try to bend us over. For that, I’ll keep buying from them.

However, I fear for the day Gabe Newell is no longer running the show.



Is DLSS an open standard like FSR? No? Ok then it doesn’t matter if DLSS is marginally better.



I mean you could say the Steam Deck is “just KDE on Arch”.

The difference is how they implement it and what it’s used for. This could be huge for “apps” on the Steam Deck, for example. Or it could be a quirky experiment or feature nobody uses. Time will tell.



I was speaking of the gaming industry as a whole. I know very little about this developer. Perhaps they’re one of the good ones swept up in unfortunate-ness.


Game Publishers: complains about how users expect endless content

Also Game Publishers: Mostly pushes for live service games and Free-to-Play

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Not sure what kind of Extender it is, but if it can run OpenWRT, you can flash it to that and have more control.


Sounds like you need to enable 802.1r for fast roaming between APs on both access points and then make sure the SSIDs are the same.

Also, you can improve things by splitting your 2.4ghz, 5ghz, and 6ghz (if applicable) onto separate SSIDs, with your phone connected to the 5ghz band. Since it has lower range, it will likely roam better because the signal from one to the other will be more “apparent” to your devices.


Sonic Team is amazing. I’ve never seen a studio fail to make a good game for as long as they have and SOMEHOW still be told to make more.

The only good Sonic game in recent memory was a game that wasn’t even made by Sonic Team: Sonic Mania.


Chicken and Egg. Linux is barely above 2%. When it breaks 10-20% market share, I expect companies will start making native ports more common.

The fact that proton/dxvk/vulkan/wine let’s things just work with little to no changes is already pretty incredible.


I think it’s more important that it gives Valve a method of avoiding being shoehorned into a “Windows only world”. The Steam Deck is largely why Linux has pushed past 2% market share on the Steam Hardware Survey consistently now. Holo, which is the codename for SteamOS on the Deck, makes up over half of Steam on Linux.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not dillusional. Windows is still far and away the majority platform and will be for some time. However, there is a real, functional choice now that didn’t exist a few years ago.


Meanwhile the Steam Deck is selling like gangbusters.