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I don't blame you. I'm even tempted to get a Quest-something unit secondhand or something, if only because I'm pretty sure they've cracked it a bit better on the Linux side.
They're making some progress on WMR's controllers right now but they're the most troublesome. Hand tracking works now! But a lot of games expect button input.
Seriously, we just need a good code leak or something so that hobbyist VR peripherals become more commonplace. Right now everything is focused on establishing lock-in to walled gardens instead of interoperability.
VR hardware should be just like getting a monitor / keyboard / mouse / flight stick / whatever, but they want to make it closer to a smart TV / phone so they can push you to throw it out and buy a new one every 6 months.