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For the Quest you can try ALVR as an AirLink alternative.
Keep in mind VR is a mess on Linux-supported headsets, I'm using the OG Vive and I wouldn't recommend ditching Windows for VR.
Understandable. But i like privacy and the whole thought behind FOSS. I am a Software developers myself and like to dig into code and See for myself how it works and play with it.
Since the release of Oculus Dev Kit 1 (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift) 10 years passed. So i thought that could be a long enough time for an OpenSource-Community to drop a Kind-of-alternative to properitary Oculus Software.
And it seems i was thinking right. Thanks for mentioning ALVR! I searched for an alternative here https://alternativeto.net/software/oculus-experiences/ . But ALVR didnt pop up.
There are some attempts at OpenHMD and Monado. Unfortunately Oculus headsets like Rift S have their tracking handled by software, so the community have to write code for room tracking as well as controller tracking. As opposed to Quest and I think Vive/Index, where tracking is handled by hardware itself.