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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Sunshine and Moonlight - Bring Your Desktop's Power On the Go (cenotaph.cc)

submitted 2 days ago by new_otters_raft@piefed.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Setting up Sunshine and Moonlight for high performance game streaming on Linux

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can you run this headless, or do you need Wayland running?

[–] garret@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

You can. Look at "Games on Whales" github. I run it daily with that hosting in a server and streaming on my tv

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

… what exactly do you intend to stream without a display server running? Yes you can run it headless, but you still need x11 or wayland obviously.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

This might be a time when an ignorant point of view helps, like mine. I don't know anything about Wayland- Is it like Zululand but where the Way tribe lives? Anyway, my naive assumption is OP was wondering if you can run it on a server that does not have a display plugged in.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Duh, stream a b&w tty terminal in all of its glory! What is ssh?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m relatively new to Linux and this is deeper than a usual topic into a stack I don’t know.

I have a server, it has a graphics card, and I already have steam running with GameScope so the whole app renders into a single frame buffer.

I just don’t know how the graphics/app pipeline plumbing needs to work to be able to run that headlessly and stream it, which would be my ideal situation.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display).

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you, and yes, I meant not needing to be plugged into an active monitor with mouse and keyboard running.

I think from just this discussion I’m realizing some of what I didn’t know I didn’t know/misunderstood about the whole desktop system on Linux.