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The Native Linux app for NVIDIA GeForce NOW is now in Beta (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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NVIDIA have today released the Beta for their new Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, available as a Flatpak so it should run across most x86-64 systems. Thanks to NVIDIA I was able to get some early testing in to see how the experience holds up, with NVIDIA providing Ultimate-plan access.

What actually is it? GeForce NOW is a cloud gaming service from NVIDIA. It allows you to play games streamed from their servers to your devices. This includes various free to play games and games you own from your own libraries across Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox PC Game Pass, Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect and EA. There's currently over 4,500 games available.

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[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I know the general sentiment with nvidia isn’t great right now and for the record I have cancelled my subscription, but I do want to say that for people who daily drive low-powered laptops, cloud gaming works pretty well and nvidia had a decent offering.

Their monthly time limits for paid users completely turned me off though so I am voting with my wallet. I spent some time getting gamescope working well on my desktop to not really need it anymore. I use Niri and gaming is a mixed bag without gamescope.