I really want to buy the frame, but my old index just keeps going strong. Sold CS skins to buy it back when it was originally released and it was totally worth it.

The performance on linux was unstable when I switched my desktop to linux only a couple of years ago, so i shelved it for a year, but now the performance is absolutely incredible and even more stable than it used to be on Windows. Love the linux VR community and what they have managed to build.

How does the new price compare to the frame? Their hardware is not supposed here officially so can't even see the prices but is it worth getting one now? Would it be a good cheaper alternative?

Ok so it's just hardware sales and they'll still support it. That's good.