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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hey guys. I have a steam link I’ve used for quite some time. But I’m wanting to figure out a solution that is similar but grants full PC control. I have my main PC hardwired and a steam link and monitor out in my garage I’m routing to with a power line adapter that works pretty great. But it has a lot of issues when minimizing steam to use as a full PC. I have a mini pc N100 I planned on using as a router. But would be happy to swap to use for this if possible.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

If you got the GPU for it, parsec for windows and sunshine for Linux. Sunshine is a lot more customisable and quicker, but takes a bit of setup and further tweaking to really optimise it.

If you don't have a GPU rustdesk or any old vnc server will do

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Curious: what do you mean by "quicker", more specifically? Like faster to set up, or more performant while using it?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Windows: Parsec, or Remote Desktop

Linux: Moonlight, or NX NoMachine

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What is your use case?

Gaming? Moonlight + sunshine

Management between different OS? TeamViewer in LAN mode.

Management between windows? Remote desktop if your windows version allows it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you have another windows pc, you can use the built-in remote desktop. Or, from Linux you can install a Microsoft rdp compatible client like remmina. (Edit: If using Windows Pro on the target machine, for either of these options)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Keep in mind both options require enabling remote control from Windows settings. It's off by default if I recall right.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure the serving PC needs to be Windows Professional, not Windows Home, so that might not work.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ah crap, yeah, I forgot about that, you're right.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Seconding Remmina, very good software

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I enjoy NoMachine a lot. Super low latency, and quite reliable, but not really for gaming.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Back when the Steam link was first released you could add notepad as a non-Steam game and then minimize it to get full desktop. I worked like that for an entire summer, it was great! Even with both devices on wifi

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Yeah. This is what I’m currently having some weird issues with. Controller input is iffy in some non steam games and in general some windows if highlighted will effectively freeze the device and won’t allow input. It’s not always but has happened enough for me to look for a new solution.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Are you sure that's not an artifact of the powerline data? I use RDP over a wireless bridge to do something similar and some days it's 10/10 perfect, others it's dogshit/10.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Your main issue with that setup will be the power line adapter. A direct connected 1Gb(2.5gb-10gb would be better) connection, QoS’d at a switch level-not at the router-will provide the best performance.

Passed that, if you’re using windows RDP will do what you’re looking for well- but QoS will be very important.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Thankfully I work in networking and have a few tools. I have a managed switch I could set something up for. Not sure on how the application of this would look but I’ll deep dive it a bit today 💜

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ignore that previous comment. Rdp works well down to 56k levels. No QoS is needed unless you’re saturated.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Chrome Remote Desktop just werks

[-] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

If it's windows, remote desktop?

I use sunshine on my gaming pc, and moonlight to stream the desktop on a remote device. Works well over VPN too

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

The N100 is running proxmox RN but will probably be converted over to windows or Linux depending on solutions. I also was reading they have a new ps4 jailbreak so I might look into that providing a similar experience. But sadly no discord kinda kills the ps4 lol

[-] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

There are a few "teamviewer" open source alternatives you could containerized in an LXC that might work

I've also seen people set up a windows / Linux VM on proxmox for remote desktop

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