Linux Support???
I'm really disappointed that I wasted $400 on a Rift S just for it to become a paper-weight since I don't want to use Windows on my computer. I have no clue why a multi-billion dollar company can't a...
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have you considered just using windows for games? You're digging yourself a hole in the ground by continuing to use Linux. I get it, windows sucks, but you're much more limited with what you can do on Linux. Do with this information what you will, but I can't see support for Linux coming any time soon. Alternatively, you can choose to do without PCVR until support arrives, whenever that may be.
Agreed. It's not as though the Rift was sold under the pretence of supporting linux. Spending that much money and just assuming it will support everything you want it to is pretty entitled.
If i bought a car and assumed it would run on plutonium, I doubt I'd get much sympathy when I complained.
āIt's not as though the Rift was sold under the pretence of supporting linux.ā
exactly, it was not. especially not the rift s.
The Rift S? Nope. The Rift? I deeply wish people would QUIT lying about it. Seriously
user_901925786032222 wrote:Agreed. It's not as though the Rift was sold under the pretence of supporting linux. Spending that much money and just assuming it will support everything you want it to is pretty entitled.
Yes, the Rift was not sold under the pretence of supporting Linux. But that's a pretty weak and evasive argument as to why it's still not possible for Meta to simply support other operating systems not named Windows. (Hell, it doesn't even support MacOS, which is 2nd rank after Windows) Like c'mon. We're in 2022. Most games and applications these days even support at least MacOS out-of-the-box as additional OS. All of this should be possible, especially, again, for a billion dollar company that has more than enough money to gain the resources necessary to program and develope these applications. And if anything, the open source community is gladly open for helping with development. That Linux gains more and more recognition and support is evident by the fact the companies like Microsoft have WSL to let Windows run Linux programs (most likely Docker), Apple making Rosetta 2 work in Linux VM guest systems, Google working on Fuchsia's binary compatibility to run Linux code on their own (likely proprietary) kernel, Valve working on Steam OS, etc.
Nobody is entitled here to anything, but in 2022, companies should definitely be able to support cross-platform applications. There are more than enough frameworks available, such like Electron, that allow the building of applications that can be cross-compiled and run on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It's time to go forward in time and not backwards.
It's not like you even knew. The Rift when it was about to come out very much was promised for Linux and MacOS and at the 11th hour, the effort was suspended never to return.
Try learning a bit of the actual truth and history before opening your mouth and telling people WHOPPERS.
