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Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've never tried VR on any OS, but from what I've heard it's hit and miss on Linux right now - certainly not as good as Windows at the moment.

I know that KDE has a lot of stuff for VR (unsurprising given Valve is pushing for it), and Gnome has just merged a lot of the same, so if you give it a spin I'd recommend an up-to-date distro (say Fedora or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed) with either KDE or Gnome.

I imagine that when Valve releases their new headset, progress will accelerate, but that's just a guess

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, thank you

Also was unaware Valve was working on a new headset! That's good news as it feels like the market has really stagnated outside of the Meta headsets.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't get too excited. Supposedly the next headset is internally called Deckard, and it's been "about to release" for like 3 years now? Pretty much everything people think they know about it is conjecture based off code Valve has tucked away in SteamVR; zero public statements of intent.

As for VR on Linux... kinda? I've only read terrible things about it online. I have an Index and tried to use it with Mint a few months back, and while it mostly worked without any configuration issues, there was a weird white ring around the edge of the screen that I couldn't figure out.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

zero public statements of intent

To be fair, when has Valve ever done this?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

About as often as they actually release anything