I recently bought a Quest 2, and with all the Linux VR talk recently (thanks Valve please make steamvr good thanks) I decided to try using it for PCVR on linux.

My setup

Distro: Kubuntu 25.10 (Plasma 6.4.5, Wayland)

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB (driver 580.95.05)

Rest of the PC: Ryzen 5 5600, 16GB DDR4-3200

VR connection settings: Everything left default, OpenVR compatibility set to XRizer, resolution set to 80% to give my GPU a fighting chance

Installation

Having heard rumors about SteamVR being outpaced by WiVRn, I didn't bother trying SteamVR,

I just installed WiVRn via flatpak, and it worked instantly. The setup wizard automatically installed WiVRn on my ADB connected Quest, and it was all ready to go in about a minute! I used USB to connect the headset to PC because I don't have a capable wireless network, though ethernet worked great too from my limited testing. To add desktop viewing and control like on SteamVR, I used WlxOverlay-S, which I set to auto-launch in WiVRn settings, and it works great (besides the complex controls).

Gaming

First title I tried was Aircar, and it ran totally fine; it picked up quest controller bindings automatically even though the game asked for an xinput controller, and was a nice experience. Next up I tried VRChat, which has EAC, and it worked wonderfully. Audio and bindings were all fine, and I was hitting the 90fps limit in most simple worlds running at around 80% resolution and medium settings (I am on a 1060 after all). Hand tracking worked perfectly without any extra setup, i just put down my controllers and immediately my hands were picked up in game. After two days of non-stop VRchat, I only had a crash once, with no major freezes. Beat saber also worked totally fine after switching to XRizer instead of open composite, otherwise my system would crash when exiting the game (but the game itself ran on open composite fine too).

( I also ran OBS Studio to record some VR gameplay, and clicking Record makes any game lag for about a minute, after which it's totally fine to where I even forgot I was recording and ended up with a 30 minute video, woops. Audio was picked up fine.)

What worked, and what didn't

What I was surprised to see work:

• At least in VRChat, all controller buttons worked, including capacitive touch!
• Hand tracking works flawlessly.
• Okay latency - WiVRn dashboard reported between 40 and 60 ms motion-to-photon latency, which felt fine, but probably not too great for beat saber and the like. However, just pulling up the WiVRn dashboard immediately spikes the reported latency so... it could be anything.
• No complex setup - just run the WiVRn app, connect headset, and go.

Problems and gripes:

• No SteamVR controller bindings menu - from what I could find, the only way to re-bind controls is to edit .json files in XRizer if you select XRizer as the compatibility tool. (Not sure)
• No motion smoothing! In more demanding games, this might be the final nail in the coffin for people thinking about using Linux for VR. Though, from my personal experience previously on windows, motion smoothing only turns a laggy unplayable experience to a nicer looking, but still input latency-ridden mess.
• Game compatibility is questionable? VRchat is a Unity game with EAC, so safe to say that just about any other Unity game should work just fine, but HL:Alyx and some other games can be a mixed bag - read more about it in the Linux VR Adventures wiki: https://lvra.gitlab.io/docs/games/

TLDR;

Running WiVRn on latest Kubuntu Plasma with Wayland, Nvidia GTX 1060, worked totally fine. Using a Quest 2 the controller bindings were picked up automatically and hand tracking worked great too. MTP latency was usable (40-60ms). I will personally continue using this setup rather than keeping MS Windows around.

Ask away in the comments if you have any questions, thanks!

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