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rounce commented on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux himthe.dev/blog/microsoft... · Posted by u/bobsterlobster

mortos · 15 days ago

That's great to hear as a fellow Reverb G2 user. Starting with Windows 11 24h2 they dropped all Windows MR support. It looks like there's also a driver called "Oasis" now which restores functionality on Windows.

rounce · 7 days ago

Yes, for a while there was no Windows support and they were extremely cheap, a great HMD for racing sims on Linux. The emergence of the Oasis driver has increased demand for them again but they're still a bargain.

rounce commented on xAI joins SpaceX spacex.com/updates#xai-jo... · Posted by u/g-mork

cbeach · 9 days ago

> SPIEGEL: Mr. Shikwati, the G8 summit at Gleneagles is about to beef up the development aid for Africa…

> [Kenyan Economist] Shikwati: … for God’s sake, please just stop.

> SPIEGEL: Stop? The industrialized nations of the West want to eliminate hunger and poverty.

> Shikwati: Such intentions have been damaging our continent for the past 40 years. If the industrial nations really want to help the Africans, they should finally terminate this awful aid. The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/kenyan-economics-expert-devel...

rounce · 9 days ago

It’s somewhat ironic that the way it has been framed here is as lacking in nuanced understanding as the style of aid which Shikwati argued against in the full interview. Unsurprising we should get a snippet cropped by a right wing libertarian think-tank in such a way that it boils down to simply “hurr aid bad”.

rounce commented on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux himthe.dev/blog/microsoft... · Posted by u/bobsterlobster

pksebben · 15 days ago

The only pain point I've found is VR. I've bounced off trying to get it working multiple times with the best results getting about 10% functional (video working on one or two games, input broken on all).

That said, I haven't tried getting the same kit working on windows so I can't say if it's any better.

rounce · 15 days ago

I have both a Reverb G2 and a Pimax both working great via Monado.

rounce commented on Dude, where's my supersonic jet? rationaloptimistsociety.s... · Posted by u/noleary

sidewndr46 · a month ago

I'm relatively certain that neither Concorde nor any passenger jets burn aviation gas. It may be physically possible, but would be extremely ill advised given the lead additive

rounce · a month ago

I'm pretty sure they weren't referring to 100LL, but either way even back in the 90s Jet-A was around USD 0.50 per gallon, in the 60s it was nearly 1/5th of even that.

rounce commented on Linux is good now pcgamer.com/software/linu... · Posted by u/Vinnl

Gareth321 · a month ago

> Well then look at the logs?

Counter point: I don’t have to look at the logs to discover obscure error reports to spend my weekend debugging something which works flawlessly on Windows. We shouldn’t have to do that.

rounce · a month ago

Possibly because you won’t have as many logs to look at on Windows, merely given the option of sending a proprietary dump blob to the developer’s bug tracker, and then hoping they eventually fix whatever mystery issue is affecting you. God help you if it’s the overzealous DRM or anticheat from some other game that likely isn’t present in their QA machines.

rounce commented on Linux is good now pcgamer.com/software/linu... · Posted by u/Vinnl

gloomyday · a month ago

Overall, I had a pretty bad experience with ALVR. I never managed to figure out the cause of stuttering on mine. I wished Meta would support Linux.

rounce · a month ago

Have you given WiVRn a try? I’ve heard good things.

rounce commented on Linux is good now pcgamer.com/software/linu... · Posted by u/Vinnl

anttiharju · a month ago

re: on feeling like a janitor

I tried running various Linux distros on my desktop some years ago and definitely agree on the crap-out experience and having to reinstall. Eventually settled on macOS and it's been okay.

The game changer for me has been Nix. It works on macOS. I have had coworkers use it on Ubuntu. I am soon planning to switch to NixOS.

People complain about the syntax but honestly AI gets you around that. You will still do janitorial work, but you mostly only need to do it once.

rounce · a month ago

  {
    nix.gc = {
      automatic = true;
      dates = "weekly";          
      options = "--delete-older-than 30d";
    };
  }

rounce commented on Linux is good now pcgamer.com/software/linu... · Posted by u/Vinnl

Fr0styMatt88 · a month ago

Funnily enough the most annoying things on my system at the moment is RGB and keyboard/mouse customisation.

I haven’t found a tool that can access all the extra settings of my Logitech mouse, not my Logitech speakers.

OpenRGB is amazing but I’m stuck on a version that constantly crashes; this should be fixed in the recent versions but nixpkgs doesn’t seem to have it (last I checked).

On the other hand I did manage to get SteamVR somewhat working with ALVR on the Quest 3, but performance wasn’t great or consistent at all from what I remember (RTX 3070, Wayland KDE).

rounce · a month ago

Have you tried running the windows RGB utility via Wine with HIDRAW enabled for the device?

Alternatively, given you’re running NixOS you can just override the `src` of the derivation with a newer version. This is part of the point of running NixOS: making small modifications to packages in the fly.

rounce commented on Linux is good now pcgamer.com/software/linu... · Posted by u/Vinnl

arwineap · a month ago

I'm surprised to hear you are having trouble with wheels / pedals, we should be there already!

https://github.com/JacKeTUs/linux-steering-wheels

Hopefully vr headset support will get better

rounce · a month ago

For VR support Monado works very well for me with both Pimax (base-station tracked) and WMR (inside-out tracked) headsets.

rounce commented on James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies fordauthority.com/2025/12... · Posted by u/NaOH

lostlogin · a month ago

With micro USB you end up with damaged plugs and ports in my experience.

rounce · a month ago

Yes, micro USB is far too flimsy for a lot of things it’s used for from what I’ve observed. The connector seems to have a lot of leverage for ripping its tracks off, but often not a great mechanical connection to the board.