Polaris: a Sunshine fork for Linux (github.com)
from Ugurcan@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 21 May 17:11
https://lemmy.world/post/47170088

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/47170057

I just stumbled this fork that seems focused on giving Linux hosts a good boost. It promises no-headache Virtual Display support out of the box, and Bazzite seems like the primary target.

#selfhosted

threaded - newest

minfapper@piefed.social on 21 May 21:12 next collapse

I started using games on whales a while back and never looked back

RamenEater@sh.itjust.works on 21 May 21:53 next collapse

Just checked out the website and this looks really cool.

What games or types of games do you typically use it for?

jim3692@discuss.online on 21 May 22:42 collapse

I use it, so that my roommate can play Elden Ring on TV, while I do work on my PC

akwd169@sh.itjust.works on 22 May 16:32 collapse

Noice, so the gamer enjoys the cool living room while all the heat from the PC fills a different room

Clutch move by your roommate ngl

hirihit640@sh.itjust.works on 21 May 22:22 next collapse

what remote desktop protocol do they use?

jim3692@discuss.online on 21 May 22:36 collapse

It’s Moonlight compatible

hirihit640@sh.itjust.works on 21 May 23:50 collapse

very cool, I’ll have to look more into it

Ugurcan@lemmy.world on 23 May 04:10 collapse

While it’s a very cool project, running a gaming setup on a Docker container felt very clunky to me. Somehow I fear it would add latency (input or output), then again even if so it should be negligible.

Then can you walk us around the maintenance, like what do you do when there’s a GPU driver update, do you rebuild the image?

ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone on 22 May 07:43 next collapse

Yooo I was looking for this exact solution, thanks for sharing!

Beangut@lemmy.world on 22 May 09:31 next collapse

Very cool, hopefully will iron out some of the issues I’ve been having with sunshine.

FWIW, I found dumping my screens EDID firmware and adding it to boot args + assigning to GPU port worked best for headless display set up

yannic@lemmy.ca on 23 May 01:53 collapse

Any momentum on this front gets me excited, even if it doesn’t personally apply.

Since it’s cost-effective to combine gaming requirements with AI server requirements, I have my multi-modal language model stuff running on my (admittedly seldom-used) Windows gaming desktop. That means running most GPU-related tasks (aside from encoding/decoding/simple object recognition, which uses a separate server containing an Arc A380… purchased before A310’s were available) in docker running under Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2). Running stuff as background services just makes one assume that it should be a logical step to just make it multi-user. Easier said than done, I guess, just like multi-user stable diffusion.

Getting Games on Whales running under WSL2 has taken me down the familiar but unwelcome rabbit hole of recompiling Linux Kernel modules, which I’ve experienced is more straightforward on bare metal than WSL2.

The more attention and excitement about this topic, the better.

Ugurcan@lemmy.world on 23 May 04:04 collapse

If you’re looking for a Windows solution, check VibePollo. It’s also offering a headless, isolated streaming solution plus a lot more.