Linux Support for Oculus Link
Please consider providing Linux support for the Oculus Link.
With the increasing number of native Linux builds on SteamVR and the current stability of Steam's wine powered Proton compatability layer for Windows games, the ability to use Oculus Link on Linux has become attractive.
At minimum, the production of documentation useful to the Open Source community providing the means for a third party implementation would be greatly appreciated -- beyond the general overview currently provided:
If the official stance from Oculus is to not support Linux, at least give us the opportunity to support ourselves with your help.

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Juris Prutkovs commented
This would be huge for the Linux VR community. +1!
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Heikki Arponen commented
+1 for linux support. Highly relevant also considering the upcoming Steam OS 3.
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Rüdiger Marwein commented
I love Oculus Link and especially AirLink.
I think it works great with Steam on Windows - wireless experience is aweseome.But Windows is not my daily driver, it's Linux.
I use the headset less, because I have to startup Windows when I decide to do so and can then not leverage the full potential since it's not my daily driver.
Please, support Linux. The community and the media will appreciate. -
Matthieu Jolimaitre commented
I too have the same situation, I don't have time nor patience to use such a demanding system as windows so I use linux instead, like a few other percents of the computer marketshare.
But I am now unable to use my helmet because your softwares where not developped to be compatible with other systems.
Now that the computer gaming world is transitioning over to the linux ecosystem, it would be wise to follow the trend and fix the software.
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Martijn Krijgsman commented
still no possibility for linux :(
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Dallin Peacock commented
Zuckerberg can't handle floss. It goes against his entire being. He doesn't care about Linux and he certainly doesn't want you to use your hardware however you want. He needs your data.
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Rick Bowman commented
Would like to support this as well - this is the last thing I've booted Windows for in the last year of running Fedora Linux on both my desktop and laptop computer. Has been such a great experience. Steam has been incredible allowing every game I want to play to work perfectly. Now I just need Oculus Link!!
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Ran Nagar commented
Linux Suppoort
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Ian Clayton commented
As a developer based almost entirely on Linux, this would be extremely valuable.
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Jasen Bredenkamp commented
Zuck, please add support for Linux.
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Iris commented
I asked for the same thing too! I hope they look into it soon!
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Alexander Kukharenka commented
Oculus link for Linux, please!
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James Clow commented
The Quest 2 is a wonderful piece of hardware. That said, I'm moving over to Kubuntu, and my next hardware upgrade will be whatever affordable and decent gaming headset will work with Steam and Linux. Valve have done amazing work with Proton and Steam play, Even some Epic titles are work through the Heroic Launcher on Linux. Eventually my dual boot will be gone, and it would be nice if my Quest 2 didn't start to gather dust.
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Alberto commented
I can install Steam, Unity3D, Sidequest and other software on Linux. Literally, the lack of Linux support from Oculus is what is keeping me from ditching Windows completely.
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Michael Wallace commented
It is a shame that the Q2 doesn't support Linux at all. So much potential. Although the market share for gaming on Linux is small, it is increasing and as an aside, I am interested in science endeavors with the headset. Many computational data is already driven through a Linux OS of some sort.
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Yurii commented
Please, add linux support for Oculus Link, since on linux much easier making OpenXR apps
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Spencer Merrow commented
I second this idea. I recently installed Linux Mint on my desktop PC and my main OS now is Linux. With the enormous advancements in Steam's Linux support recently, it would be fantastic to have Oculus Link support as well. Linux's market share in the desktop space has been growing, and is approximately 2% at my time of writing this. That may not sound like much, but in reality that's millions of users. Not to mention that in 2019, Linux's desktop market share reached over 3%.
It would be very much appreciated to have the Oculus desktop software compiled for Linux, or at least have some more detailed documentation provided to us so that the open source community may find a way to support ourselves.
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MikeS commented
Would buy a Quest 2 or 3 or whatever comes IF it supports Linux ;-)
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Craig commented
It would really increase in value to me if I could do this. Please add Linux support!
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drksy commented
This would be great. Legendary games like Half Life Alyx already support Linux natively, and steam works amazing on my Ubuntu. But Oculus is still a sour grape, preventing me from using steam VR on Linux. Please compile your Oculus Link software for Linux, and free us from the tyranny of Windows.