This is a development release. It is intended to allow developers to start creating SteamVR content for Linux platforms. Limited hardware support is provided.
SteamVR and VR apps require a modern linux distribution with up to date graphics drivers. Ubuntu >= 20 or Arch for instance.
For discussions and questions, please use the SteamVR for Linux forum at http://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/5/.
For bugs, please file an issue on this github issue tracker. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues
SteamVR is built on top of the Vulkan API and requires the latest Vulkan drivers.
We recommend using the latest NVIDIA drivers from the "Graphics Drivers" PPA at https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
We recommend using the latest mesa drivers from the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa
Version 1.0.7 of the OpenVR SDK has full support for Linux platforms: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr