Windows 11 keeps trying to install different stuff, notifying you about how great edge is, requires new hardware, and more. Windows 12 is rumored to be cloud only with a subscription?

What will do you?

  • @TheBest@midwest.socialEnglish
    6•2 years ago

    The ONLY thing keeping me off Linux atm is VR.

    My use case is more specific than just a Valve Index though. I have a Windows Mixed Reality headset (Samsung Odyssey HMD+) and requires windows to run well and feature full.

    I really like having the option to whip out VR at a moments notice. Maybe ill dual boot linix, but it seems like a pain for whats essentially going to be my home media console/gaming rig.

    I did turn my old rig into a Linux computer for my personal desktop. Loving Pop OS! From a casual perspective. I just need my browser, steam, and some FOSS linux alternatives.

    • @oldGregg@lemm.eeEnglish
      7•2 years ago

      What I do currently, have Linux and Windows on separate drives(Nvme) and have two graphics cards. Quadro p4000 for Linux and 3080ti for windows. My main OS is Linux, and when I want to game I open the windows OS in a virtual machine. So It has a full GPU to itself, 12 out of my total 16 cores and 35gb of ram. If for some reason I need the full power of my system in Windows, or a games anti cheat doesn’t allow to run in a VM, I can dual boot into it.

      then I have a second physical partition for my windows games, so I can pass it through to multiple VMs that have a digital hard drive instead of the one physical one. So for example I have a VM for VR games, one for music production, one for StableDiffusion, etc

      For VR, in Linux I just click one ‘run win10-VR’ button, walk over to my quest 2, and virtual desktop will connect to the VM in seconds. It launches into steamVR and only VR related software/games is installed

    • CethinEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      I switched to Linux the other day. I still have Windows installed in case I need it for things, and I still have GamePass, which requires windows. I’ve been using Linux for just about everything though since I installed it. It’s such a nicer experience. You don’t have to choose a singular OS though luckily. You can have both available.

    • @mister_newbie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      Regarding VR, Monado (OpenXR for Linux) continues to improve, they’ll get WMR going, completely, eventually.

      Edit: it’s further along than I thought. Apparently you can get even hand tracking working. Gotta look into it further, but it appears that you use Monado as your OpenXR client, along with ALVR/ALXR.

      • @TheBest@midwest.socialEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Fantastic news. Im totally down to go down this rabbit hole again and see where these projects are sitting now. Thanks for the heads up.