very well said, I was considering changing over to Graphene but not sure if I want to spend a ton of time setting this up. I am concerned about privacy, wondering if IOS is more private platform since our info is not for sale, and Apple says we are not the product.

How do I fix the black screen

Personally I does not work, I might be a moron but I tried everything and ether steam vr does not launch or launches but braks (OK might be steam fault) but then when I eventually get it working I cannot figer out how to get my quest 3 to communicate trought adb even re enabling access in developer option does not work so when I finally get it to install (on windows by the way) it then just does not want to connect anymore .... so now I'm at this point where I tried Debian, linux mint and even Ubuntu and ether it breaks or just does nothing at all ...

Steam on switch doesn't work well, but you can still play PC games if they are free drm like GOG games by using wine + box64, since Switch V2 and OLED are more efficient than V1 and Lite, you can emulate on V2 and OLED PC Games like Metal Gear Solid 5, Metal Gear Rising, Just Cause 2, Dark Souls 2 and some other videogames at 30 fps, on V1 and Lite you still can emulate some PC games like Warcraft 3 or Age of Empires, also you can run native Diablo 1, Morrowind, Counter Strike Source, Half Life 1, 2 and expansions, box64 still updating and it's getting better and better so yes, Nintendo Switch can be some kind of semi-steam deck arm

I built my computer in 2018 with Intel & Nvidia. It's starting to show its age, so I plan on upgrading. I think my benchmark will be when Linux figures VR out, or when it dies. Cause then I can buy a headset with my new computer. I already use Linux, and have been for 4 years, so I've largely stayed out of anything to do with VR. I hope it becomes viable on Linux someday, better soon than later. But I'm more loyal to the open source revolution that's currently happening, than a glorified motion sickness machine.

I now have a particular desire to buy a watch x) just for configuring and testing the watch and Gadgetbridge

Minor nitpick: if it's not some quirky joke, please let the text on screen stay (much) longer. I both hate missing things, and having to pause and go back for some trivial thing. Several times per video. It is just a really bad experience to need so much interaction for no good reason. Annoying and streessful. P.S.: KZbin says 10 comments, shows only 2, but going to to Sort By and choosing Newest First I can see all of them. What a time to be alive! YTs competitors can't come soon enough, the censorship is getting more and more severe. Writing a nice, detailed comment of 10+ sentences to only be silently hidden away is really killing it.

I loved my pebble time. Not considered anything on market for years but this does make me want to look into it again. Especially at that cost 😅

Been using scp a lot, similar but a lot nerdier; and is also cross platform 👌

Very cool, really like this ... had no interest in buying a smartwatch, but this really makes me think about getting a compatible watch.

Was using Gadgetbridge for a good while with my Xiaomi fitness tracker - perfectly worked. Was a little of a pain to set up my model, but now I upgraded my phone I haven't got around to setting it up again 😂

Wasn't Huawei proven to have data stealing capabilities on hardware level like 10 years ago? AFAIK, 5 years later it resulted in ban in a number of countries, and I doubt it got any better because more countries joined since then. I don't think any software solution can protect you from that, can it? Even if they're using it solely for espionage, it's still too shady for me.

My Quest 2 and Quest 3 have been an endless shit show and dumpster fire, and that's with them working standalone or connected through Quest Link and SideQuest to my computer running *Windows*. Windows itself is crap sabotaged by Microsoft so Microsoft can bring back that functionality and then market that as new features.

any idea if there's a solution for virtual desktop?

I have a pixel 7 and I was messing with developer settings when I came across GSI and there was an image there and not knowing anything, I tried it and it booted into an AOSP very stock android-y OS. I used it for like an hour messing around and everything worked but then i clicked restart from the notification and it booted back into my normal OS. Hmm, that was pretty interesting that I tried something that I didn't have a clue about AND it was all random

what phone do you have?

Ok bro o finally went thru all the crazy stuff and got safeboot and nvidia drivers registered. It works and connects i can even see the steam vr home room moving as i move the headset, but i get a black display, the driver seems good in alvr, tried hevc and 254 and other settings, restarted did evything i can think of. Im on fedora with nvidia card the setup works on windows but i cant get display to the headset

In the past I've used something called MultiROM on my OnePlus One. It was a true multi boot solution so let's say you could test a new Custom ROM and decide if you like it or not and then make it your primary ROM. Truly an amazing work and there was quite a lot of support on it for OnePlus One. I have also seen something called DualBootPatcher for e.g. OnePlus 5 but I never used that. Gosh I miss those days. It was really awesome to have the ability to do it so easily back then :)

The best way to turn a switch into a steamdeck is by selling the switch bro

usb drives are for booting.. wish there were alternatives but I just bought another 3 pack to ensure I have them laying around when needed

What about Oculus windows apps on Linux? Will I be able to play Lone Echo?

That some good thoughts to consider, and reasons to own a VPN (either your own or a bought one) with a different geographical location. Thanks for the video!

Huh... I knew about custom ROMs, but did not know about dual booting! Thanks for the video!

I guess now that Windows won't operate some of the older VR headsets.Maybe linux should step up to the plate.

You have put a lot of effort in this video but The video shit i can only see your head i wanted to see the phone i so skiped video and still your head and now video is over

13:50 that's more or less what I do with my daily driver phone too (it's a 5 year old realme device, because it still works just fine with a headphone jack and micro sd slot, I also have another xiaomi device running lineage os), but I never locked the bootloader (because unlocking it was a pain and I don't care about widevine drm), you can achieve a lot with just adb, applications like the universal android debloater, a third party launcher and a designated dns that blocks ads and trackers.

wishing you all the best with the db rot on *oma

Great video and excellent explanation. I haven't seen any other new youtuber with such good confidence. Keep 'em coming.

Interesting stuff. My daily driver still is a S20 which for sure has plenty of support from the community. Maybe when I replace the device someday this could be a fun toy since I actually like Dex and Casting is useful but prefer AOSP overall.

So uhh i have a huawei

This was really cool to see! I didn't know the Android modding scene was still thriving like this. I dropped out around the same time people started pushing sysless root.

6:30 I am not a phone expert about fingerprint sensor stuff, but that data is probably saved not on the internal storage, but a secure chip on the motherboard, which well both os have access to, so when you open one os, it rewrites that and hence it shows error on the other os

this shirt gotta be a promotional gift xD

Is there any specific reason why someone would get a laptop form Microsoft? I didn't even know they make any

Checc out axyl os

Ggs man i do the same stuff

14:06 i also removed all Samsung apps and replaced them. (Also Google s). My one is pretty different

I remember the good times when I used to flash random cool OS on my only phone, always got into a boot loop, got scared sh1tless, solved it somehow, did it again a month later😂

This is dope.

this is really cool but for every and any reason you would want to do this, a second phone would be more convenient in my opinion. ive messed arround with GSI's in the past and they seem very hit or miss. a phone that supports official lineage is a nice luxury.

Gamer nexus

very cool i been wanting to use custom roms on afew phones but just havent got to it lol time...and hardware i need to get somew newish stuff

Dude is weird, took 20 minutes to describe a 5 minute issue

I didn't you can dualboot Android!!!

I am an app developer and this sounds like a dream to me. I have an old phone that I'm not using, so I'll attempt to do this on it soon. Thank you so much for the info.

I'm the dev of LineageOS for Lenovo Tab M10HD 2nd Gen and i can say if you port your rom correctly it works far better than stock and gsi... It just takes some time :)

The dream would be having a real linux distro that was totally functional in the phone. I know android is technically a Linux distro. But I would like it to be more free like the PC version

my dumbass thought this was young steve from gamer nexus suddenly watching the thumbnail..

I dualboot android and windows on my phone

Exciting. So this would mean that, even if I can only find 'standalone' headsets available secondhand to dip my toes into VR, as long as this application supports them, I should be able to use them for PCVR from the Linux gaming PC I just spent a lot of money building? That's great news! I'll still search specifically for hardware that's non-Meta-associated, though. If I get desperate enough several years down the line, I MIGHT consider used Oculus/Meta hardware if it can be jailbroken to be independent from their servers and trusted to not suddenly brick itself remotely or start phoning home, but new it's not an option, period -- I refuse to have ANYTHING to do with Meta. I have far more of a vendetta against them than I do against Microsoft, and I just built an expensive gaming PC Linux-only. Meta is up there near Nintendo for me, as far as enmity goes.