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.
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)
I’m pretty sure the serving PC needs to be Windows Professional, not Windows Home, so that might not work.
Windows: Parsec, or Remote Desktop
Linux: Moonlight, or NX NoMachine
Sunshine + moonlight
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
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.
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
Would this be in the client or in the host PC? My host has a 4090. My client has a N100. No Gpu.
Curious: what do you mean by “quicker”, more specifically? Like faster to set up, or more performant while using it?
Lower latency and you’re usually able to get better quality for less bandwidth.
Its definitely a longer process to setup though
