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It works great over Wifi6 once linked, but the startup for SteamVR and the Oculus program and the Quest2 itself is a pain. Every time I take the Quest2 off (which is frequent since the order of startup seems to matter for some reason so I end up having to see my laptop screen again unexpectedly...) it gets confused and wants to redraw a boundary when put back on ... which is especially weird since it seems to remember boundaries for days when I only use its internal apps.

Oh, and no Linux support, so before I even start setting up I have to make sure everything on my laptop is saved and then reboot.

Using the internal apps isnt always painless either. Some apps make some upgrades mandatory before they'll start again, like I'm going to use a 0-day to hack my exercise high score otherwise or something, and it sucks when I have 15 minutes to play but an update takes 8 of them. But delays there are the exception, not the rule.

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