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How I Got Sunshine/Moonlight Working On My Headless Windows 11 PC

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This is less a tutorial and more a collection of notes on how I managed to get this working, mainly because I figure at some point I'm going to reinstall Windows and I'll need to know how I did things. Unless I go ahead with my plan to install Linux, in which case I won't need these notes. Anyway, let's dig in... Step The First - Install Sunshine Source:  https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine Just... Follow the instructions there. Download the thing, install the thing, set a password, and get moving. Step The Second - Install The Virtual Display Driver Source:  https://github.com/itsmikethetech/Virtual-Display-Driver Again, follow the instructions on the page. One step they leave out is edit the option.txt  to include the resolution/refresh rate you want. I suppose you could go so far as to remove all the ones you won't  be using, but I didn't because maybe Windows will need to fall back to a different resolution because it's being weird. But make sure the ...
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Retro Tech: The AlphaSmart 3000

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Bondi Blue. That was the "in" color for all things tech in the early 2000s. It was the quickest way for a company to show they were at the forefront of new technology without having to put forth much effort. In tech circles at least, the color got its start with the Apple iMac G3, and through some arcane magic (mostly aggressive marketing) the iMac became a smash hit with the general populous. Other devices quickly jumped on the semi-transparent blue bandwagon; everything from USB disk drives to small pocket calculators were made in t mimic the iconic design. Which brings us to the device of the day: The AlphaSmart 3000. The AlphaSmart 3000 was released in January of 2000, and was discontinued in 2006. The device was primarily  marketed towards schools as a way to allow students to write, store, edit, and print text without requiring a computer. The device was, in essence, a portable wordprocesor with a few key enhancements. It had a near full-size keyboard, four line...
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