I did see that (and even commented on it) but I’m not nearly smart enough for that.

Shameless plug: I’m the main developer of Games on Whales.

I’ve built Wolf exactly because of those shortcomings of other solutions: it runs fully headless, spins up virtual Wayland desktops that matches the resolution/FPS that’s requested from the clients and everything runs in Docker so it doesn’t pollute your host OS (just your HDD).

I’m currently working on a massive performance improvement in this PR if you’d like to try it, I’d suggest to pick that tag.

Shameless plug: I’m the main developer of Games on Whales.

I’ve built Wolf exactly because of those shortcomings of other solutions: it runs fully headless, spins up virtual Wayland desktops that matches the resolution/FPS that’s requested from the clients and everything runs in Docker so it doesn’t pollute your host OS (just your HDD).

I’m currently working on a massive performance improvement in this PR if you’d like to try it, I’d suggest to pick that tag.

Parsec? It has virtual monitors.

I really love your project but couldn’t get it up and running on Bazzite due to only supporting podman out of the box. Do you know of a good guide for Bazzite?

That’s very cool. Thank you for creating this and for sharing it here. No shame necessary as it seems to fulfill exactly what I asked for.

Unfortunately Docker containers and terminal coding is a bit over my head.

Also YT doesn’t like to let me watch their videos so if you uploaded them somewhere else for sharing, that would be cool.

Games on Whales… the naming department was on-fire this day.

Maybe you have to wait for Artemis/Apollo becoming available for Linux. They seem to be looking into Linux support.

I have an exclusive gaming PC. Ideally what I’d like to do is shove it in a closet or other vacant room to contain the heat and then stream games over LAN.

The problem with existing solutions is:

1. They need a monitor connected
2. The monitor to be powered on
3. They don’t support varying refresh rates/resolutions. Only whatever is displayed on the connected monitor. I want to play on my 4k/60Hz TV in the living room for AAA visual spectacle games that work best with controller, and the 1440p/120Hz display in my office for FPS or otherwise fast-moving games that demand KBM, and the 5k monitor for photo/video editing.
4. I haven’t had much success getting these working at all. Red screens, 1/4 screens, image noise, etc.

They’re literally just mirroring the screen of the connected display.

I really don’t want to have to buy a dedicated PC for each use-case. Does a solution like this exist? What are their pros and cons? Preferably something that doesn’t require a degree in software engineering.

Currently I am using Bazzite OS with 5700x + 6800xt, if that matters.

This does everything you need with a super simple setup, but all the screen trickery is Windows only unfortunately. Still I can heartily recommend it: https://github.com/ClassicOldSong/Apollo

I have an exclusive gaming PC. Ideally what I’d like to do is shove it in a closet or other vacant room to contain the heat and then stream games over LAN.

The problem with existing solutions is:

1. They need a monitor connected
2. The monitor to be powered on
3. They don’t support varying refresh rates/resolutions. Only whatever is displayed on the connected monitor. I want to play on my 4k/60Hz TV in the living room for AAA visual spectacle games that work best with controller, and the 1440p/120Hz display in my office for FPS or otherwise fast-moving games that demand KBM, and the 5k monitor for photo/video editing.
4. I haven’t had much success getting these working at all. Red screens, 1/4 screens, image noise, etc.

They’re literally just mirroring the screen of the connected display.

I really don’t want to have to buy a dedicated PC for each use-case. Does a solution like this exist? What are their pros and cons? Preferably something that doesn’t require a degree in software engineering.

Currently I am using Bazzite OS with 5700x + 6800xt, if that matters.

Needs a monitor that is also turned on

What? You don’t need a monitor to use Steam Link. 🤨

Is this something specific to Linux?

Yes you do

Unless it’s a limitation specific to Linux, or you’re talking about the physical Steam Link and not the app: No you don’t.

I just unplugged my monitor from my PC, fired up the Steam Link app and started Elden Ring no problem.

I’m talking about the host machine.

We support podman, you just have to enable the Podman System Service so that Wolf can use that socket to spin up and down additional containers.

I really should add a section in the quickstart guide…

I’m not sure if I am just picky but I have literally tried everything on brand new wifi 6 and access points and it just never is that perfect feeling, I always notice a tiny bit of input lag and I’m not sure if it’s possible to fix it at all. Playable, but I just can’t do it - miles ahead of cloud gaming still.

I’m talking about the host machine.

How… how else would this be referred to? What would be the point in starting it headless on the client side?

That’s what I use

Edit: I see you’re using linux though, I can’t really speak to its performance there as I only use it for windows