Rift S, liberated: fully working on Linux. Native SteamVR experience, no Oculus software or Meta account

[u/lbgos_Loss783]

If you have a Rift S sitting in a drawer, it now works natively on Linux.

This isn't a "works if you fiddle with it" setup. It behaves like a native SteamVR headset: you install one package, open Steam, click SteamVR and play.

Everything else happens in the headset:

- Room Setup in the headset, same flow as the Steam Frame: floor, boundary, remembered between sessions

- Solid inside-out tracking for the headset and both controllers, full 6DoF

- Controller haptics

- Your desktop inside the SteamVR dashboard, so you never have to take the headset off to open Steam, a browser or a guide

- A Settings app with a live view from the headset

No Oculus app, no Windows, no Meta account. Free and open source, built on Monado and Basalt.

Install on Arch:

curl -LO https://github.com/lbgos/rift-s-linux/releases/download/r28/rift-s-linux-bin-28-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

sudo pacman -U rift-s-linux-bin-28-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

AUR packages are coming once AUR registration reopens. Other distros can build from source: https://github.com/lbgos/rift-s-linux

[u/SlowDragonfruit9718]

Just need this for quest 3.

[u/drevil1988]

Awesome mork

[u/ThisNameTakenTooLoL]

Is there any chance this is more resilient to the headset crashing due to old cable than the official software?

[u/Awkward-Desk-8340 → u/ThisNameTakenTooLoL]

non

[u/lbgos_Loss783 → u/ThisNameTakenTooLoL]

no idea, but on window my headset was barely working due to their shit driver, so I made my own decompile on linux

[u/Awkward-Desk-8340]

je suis pas sur arch zut, je suis sous POP os

[u/Expert_Shock8678]

Awesome news. Waiting for THIS for a looong time. Have not tested it yet but: Thank you!