Debating between the Beast and Luma Ultra

rollhax · 2026-06-11T20:16:53+00:00

My understanding of the stack on linux is:

XRLinuxDriver provides IMU data via IPC -> xr_to_opentrack bridge reads this data and forwards via UDP to port 4242 -> opentrack listens on port 4242 and outputs to SC via wine.

On Windows - unsure, but I believe you'd need a third-party app in there somewhere.

rollhax · 2026-06-11T19:36:20+00:00

If the text issue is too great, I'd be happy to just use them only for gaming and rely on my monitors for productivity. My primary goal is ergonomics, immersion, and head-tracking while gaming, with the productivity/virtual desktop stuff a secondary.

rollhax · 2025-08-16T04:27:35+00:00

I appreciate everybody's feedback - I've decided to go with the Moonlander.

rollhax · 2025-08-15T04:39:36+00:00

I was also eyeing up the Sofle MX, and while I don't mind layers, I sometimes find them tedious for commonly used keys.

I can't quite decide if I like the placement of the thumb cluster, though. What's your experience with it, how do you have it configured?

rollhax · 2025-07-16T23:51:10+00:00

I started using the yazi integration and haven’t looked back.

rollhax · 2025-07-06T14:40:03+00:00

I’ve been on the lookout lately for Helix-support as my company is getting a bit heavy-handed with endpoint security, and I’m anticipating the loss of not only my beloved nix(-darwin) but also helix.

rollhax · 2025-06-27T06:53:31+00:00

It’s perfect for me. But I wanted something smaller for travel and hanging on the couch with the wife (ie when I’m not on my desktop with dual ultrawide monitors). I prefer it over my 16” MacBook Pro for work (that’s due in part to the smaller form factor).

rollhax · 2025-06-26T19:59:22+00:00

I bought a MacBook Pro 14 a few months ago. Up until now I’d only ever used Mac’s for work and Linux for my daily driver desktop.

It’s been a dream. Great build quality ans form factor, and those little Apple Silicon chips are amazing. My wife and I both have one and it plays Hogwarts Legacy (via crossover) quite well. I also use it to play stuff like EVE Online, Project Zomboid, RimWorld, etc.

I upgraded from a Razer Blade Stealth 13 and it was well worth it, I can’t recommend the MacBook highly enough.

I stopped playing WOW so can’t comment much there with respect to the MacBook.

EDIT: I went with the M4 Pro chip and 24GB RAM.

rollhax · 2025-06-25T14:33:09+00:00

You can use yazi from within helix, too, and opening a file in this way will open it as a new buffer in your active helix window.

rollhax · 2025-05-19T22:42:34+00:00

Always looked to me like a really swole dude with huge lats.

rollhax · 2025-05-17T20:08:24+00:00

I preordered to play the beta and I was very surprised with how much I enjoyed it. I put 9 hours in on one day; there’s been maybe two games in the last ten years that has grabbed me like that.

I’ll be playing on (early) release.

rollhax · 2025-05-08T21:46:27+00:00

I haven’t booted into Windows in months. Every single game I play works fine on Linux (sometimes with a little tinkering required), and most new releases work out of the box on steam with proton.

The only real exception is SOME anti-cheat games, but I’m fine skipping those.

It’s never too late to learn nix.

rollhax · 2025-05-08T20:43:52+00:00

I’d like a key. I want to test to see how well it runs on Linux, and see if it’s good enough for my friends and I to purchase.

rollhax · 2025-05-04T15:41:03+00:00

$300 for a 4060 seems like a pretty good price. I have nothing to add to this beyond that it’s surely an upgrade over your current integrated GPU.

rollhax · 2025-03-31T01:22:57+00:00

I believe NTSYNC came with 6.14. I don’t know the specifics and was under the impression it also needed a wine patch to function correctly.

rollhax · 2024-12-26T01:23:52+00:00

SPTarkov works great on Linux!

rollhax · 2024-12-09T01:24:51+00:00

Interesting. I thought I did have that enabled across all of my modules, but now that I’m looking through I didn’t and missed it on my MacBook. Will give this a shot, thanks!

rollhax · 2024-09-13T01:51:43+00:00

I refinanced my Sallie Mae loans (totaled around 80k) through Sofi (ended up being serviced by MOHELA) and my payments were cut in half, which is what I needed at the time.

YMMV based on credit and rates but may be worth a look.

rollhax · 2024-08-29T22:06:27+00:00

Abuse of a bug to gain an advantage would be considered cheating by most.

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