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Netris - an experimental open-source GeForce NOW alternative (cloud gaming solution) (github.com)

submitted 5 months ago by GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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What do you think of this project and cloud gaming in general? I thought it's dead already

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[-] abeltramo@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Not fully open source and trying to get paid subscriptions even before having a product doesn't sound too good to me..

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Well you do need paid subscriptions in such services. Nobody will buy hundreds of $2000 GPUs and give them for free use

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 5 months ago

Even the Fediverse isn't free. Running functional public instances costs money, and thank goodness for everyone who contributes to theirs.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Well Fediverse requires much much less money than cloud gaming in terms of dollars/users served

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

Well, sure. But the point is that server administration isn't free and it still requires somebody to actually do the administration. Open source is great, but people have to eat, and getting fair compensation for your effort isn't an unreasonable ask.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Some people just want to do good things to others if they can. They get some donations and more importantly love and respect from the community. It's enough for them, at least as long as the project doesn't become very popular. Unfortunately many people now don't care about anything except money so they can't understand. And the problem with paid subscriptions is more about privacy I think

[-] SteveTech@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

Just curious, what parts aren't open source? At a glance it seems like they're working on supporting self hosting and I couldn't find any binaries.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 26 points 5 months ago

Does anyone know why its called "netris"? The first time I saw the name, thought it would be a network Tetris game. :D I get the N, but why etris?

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 months ago

Same here. Dreadful name. Classic open source.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

Well this one is at least kinda pretty

[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Maybe a riff on lutris? Not sure why though

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

If anything, they are playing on similarities to Stadia (even adding a keyword in the repositorys keyword list). I found this issue talking about the name: https://github.com/netrisdotme/netris/issues/48

Name is confusing, sounding either like a TETRIS clone or some type of network tool (other than "game streaming").

Several preexisting projects on GitHub share the same name, not helping beating the confusion of the name. Not to mention other companies or software projects globally using the name already (a quick Google search will show up Netris VPC for example).

And this response from a dev (only part of it): by wanjohiryan

Regarding the project's name, you've raised some valid points about potential confusion. While it's true that different entities can share the same name without issue in non-competing sectors, your concerns about clarity and uniqueness are well noted. We'll take a closer look at how our project name might be perceived and consider the possibility of a rename to avoid any confusion and ensure our project stands out.

But I don't know, together with the rest of the reply this sounds a bit robotic like from an AI. I'm probably wrong here, but nowadays can you blame me for that? Whatever. My point is, they may even change the name if they are serious about this topic.

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Too bad it is nVidia only.

[-] GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Have you heard about moonlight and sunshine? You might be interested in that

[-] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 5 months ago

Cloud gaming is definitely the future, I stuck a oldish amd video card in my server and use it for plex transcoding and steam headless so van play a decent amount games on my phone anywhere I have 5g, I hardly turn on my gaming desktop anymore and opted for a thin client laptop.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

self hosted cloud going you might be right. But I'm currently forced to use geforce now to play fortnite with my wife cause Epic hates Linux and goddamn is it a miserable experience.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

The 2-week fortnite phase every few months is currently the only reason I boot into Windows

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Its the only thing keeping me on windows rn. Gonna have to figure it our before W10 support ends cause my wife won't drop fortnite and theres no way in hell I'm allowing W11 on our network.