@Ehvis Screen tearing in VR is happening since nvidia 570 driver for me, if you are using that one too.

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/tearing-in-vr-since-570-x/327594 [External Link]

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Haven't used SteamVR much recently. I'm currently mostly playing my three standard rhythm VR games (BS, SR, PW) and those work great with Monado.

Yet I do have some issues currently, e.g. I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 with Gnome, which doesn't support VR with wayland. I also wasn't able to get Monado up and running with 1 basestation and my OG Vive. Which I still use from time to time to play Elite: Dangerous. But as I've seen the performance difference between Steam VR and Monado, I wanted to switch for that too.

I will get back to using SteamVR though, according to SadlyItsBradly's tweet¹, Steam Link VR seems to come to Linux soon! And then I might even get a Quest 3. I've tested Steam Link VR on Windows before, and damn, it's really cool. Wireless VR is just awesome.

Regarding Monado, or other non Steam VR programs, check out the Linux VR Adventure Database². It's like ProtonDB but for VR Games and the tools to run VR on Linux (Steam VR, Monado, ALVR, WiVRn)

¹ https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1918820041312678099 [External Link]
² https://db.vronlinux.org/ [External Link]

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I'm currently mostly playing on Deck (or ROG Ally with Bazzite), and my games are:

• Fall Guys (playing the dailies for about an hour)
• No Man's Sky (finished the relics expedition)
• The Gunk (got it on sale)
• World of Goo 2 (thanks 2D boy for the additional Steam key)

My PC is only used for gaming once a week or for VR... crazy how the Deck has changed my gaming habits. And I like it!

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And they kept their promise: those who bought it via their site and their Humble store widget, on that purchase page is now also a Steam key available.

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Those names for the updates are just great :)

Regarding certain firmware updates (and maybe even games), I guess a dual boot install is what's preferrable. My son loves to play some games that are not available on Linux, so I decided to keep Windows on the Ally (and it was quite the hazzle to shrink the partition). Though I'm very happy about using a SteamOS like install on the Ally, there are some issue. E.g. the UI becomes slow over time or after stand by. Sometimes it also feels like IO is getting slower.

Yet it's much better to nagivate than Windows and the vendor's own solution like Armory Crate or Legion Space.

I'm wondering if Valve has some special optimisations, or if using Bazzite and Steam OS will have identical performance.

And I hope they also take into consideration to support egpus, especially the XG Mobile one (as I got one). Though they do already work, having an easy way to enable/disable would be appreciated. And then it would be awesome if VR would work too. Currently I'm not able to get VR up and running on the Ally+egpu and Bazzite.

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Are these the beginnings of Deckard gaining momentum?

Yeah, Steam VR on Linux has not gotten much attention recently. Performance isn't really great and I also started to use Monado instead of Steam VR to play VR games. Recently I've only been playing Beat Saber and Pistol Whip, but those two games work much better and smoother with Monado. I can operate my Index easily with 120 Hz on Monado (a bit tricky to set the refresh rate though) while I had issues reaching constant 90 FPS with Steam VR. (i7 9900, RTX 2080)

Would be great be if the Monado devs and Valve would join forces.

There is a ProtonDB-like website for gathering user reports how well games work on Linux in VR with different software (SteamVR, Monado, ALVR, WiVRn):
https://db.vronlinux.org/ [External Link]

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@udekmp69: I was able to use the egpu with bazzite, I just had to enable it through Windows first and then reboot. "Support" for egpus sounds to me like I would be able to do that from within ChimeraOS. Bazzite's wiki currently states that it's not fully supported: https://docs.bazzite.gg/Handheld_and_HTPC_edition/Handheld_Wiki/#egpu-support [External Link]

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This one is really interesting (to me)

• Added support for ROG XG Mobile external GPUs

Hm... just as I got bazzite installed on the ROG Ally :unsure:
I was never a distro hopper, but maybe on handheld pcs I'll become one :woot:

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Those game or gamedev documentaries are great. The first I saw was "Indie Game: The Movie" and found it very inspirational, then the Minecraft documentary, the DotA 2 documentary "Free To Play" and several game jams documentaries. The Noclip channel on youtube is a good entry point for those kinds of documentaries.
Unfortuantely the Minecraft one seems gone? I can't find it on youtube anymore.

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Looks like the Z2 Go is quite behind the Z1 Extreme performance-wise. As I got 2 devices with a Z1 Extreme (ROG Ally, Legion Go) I'm passing on the Go S (even with Z1 Extreme), as the performance won't be much different.
Currently I'm gaining experience with Bazzite on the Ally (and there are quite minor issues), haven't installed it on the Legion Go yet. Maybe I'll even wait for Steam OS to be ready for the old Go.

The haptics/ergonomics of the Go S seem pretty good though, at least from what I can see from the pictures. The ROG Ally is too thin, after an hour my hands start aching from holding the Ally. And the Legion Go is too clunky and too heavy.

Maybe the Go S can score with good haptics/ergonomics compared to the other non-Steam Deck PC gaming handheld devices. Also nice to see the price difference a Windows license does cost.

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