I understand having to fiddle with the compression settings can be annoying (I did that for my brother who has a Quest 2) but it's also something you only have to do once. And you can do a lot of trial and error without knowing exactly what the settings do. Quest 2 is probably best bang for your buck but you can get a used HTC Vive for around the same price. Advantage of the HTC Vive is that it just works with Linux and you don't need a Facebook account but disadvantage is that it's not that good. I had one too before I bought the Vive. While the resolution was pretty low, it was fine but the controllers really suck.