Native Kubuntu and Steam on Galaxy XR (KWin VR and Monado)

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2:37 Native Kubuntu and Steam on Galaxy XR (KWin VR + Monado)Showcase (v.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Holiday-Charity-1449 12 comments share save hide report

This is my small project of turning Galaxy XR to a useful tool.

It runs Kubuntu 26.04 with KDE VR and additionally native Steam client.

Hardware part is very experimental. Currently only 3dof + passthrough is working. Eye tracking is on the way.

KWin VR: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8671

Monado: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/lightofmysoul/monado/-/tree/galaxyxr

NOTE: due to locked bootloader this is only possible on the very first firmware version or if you manage to root Android.

I hope Samsung reconsider their decision so other users can use this too.

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[–]Existing-Leek-2359 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago (5 children) Wow Samsung always doing some BS locking the bootloader SMDH

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[–]Holiday-Charity-1449[S] 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago (4 children) Yeah, the device's raw hardware is very good, especially displays and lenses. Very good PPD, even the small text is visible, many windows can be put into the view.

Pretty much good for everyday work with a mature desktop OS and software.

But they decided to lock it to Mobile-phone-like Android for some unknown reasons...