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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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The Steam Deck is Dark Magic

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 I have no other words for it - Valves Steam Deck is clearly dark magic. They've somehow managed to coax Linux into running a huge chunk of Windows native games without any major issues. They've also somehow managed to do this in a tiny ass portable form-factor. They've built a handheld that is, in my opinion, more comfortable to hold than a Nintendo Switch - even if it is a bit on the chonky side. It's wild, really. That's not to say I fully endorse anyone just going out and buying one - not that anyone *can* just go out and buy one, seeing as there's a huge wait list. But even if there weren't, I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone. This isn't me being a Gatekeeper - I think anyone who'd enjoy owning one *should* own one. No, this is me saying it's not a console, it's a gadget. It's still very rough technology. In the week that I've had it - not even a full seven days as of writing - I've had to reinstall the OS twice. Once...
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