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Reclaim The Couch: Steam In-home Streaming Returns To Linux

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Here is some good news for those who like their desktops to be Linux, and their couch to be for gaming: the latest Steam Client Beta has re-enabled In-Home Streaming hosting on Linux.

The word has it that the code base was entirely rewritten, so you can probably expect some bugs on this first release. I never noticed performance problems, but the number of Linux games in my Steam library has grown quite substantially since it was last supported. With Metro Redux on the horizon, this seems pretty timely, don't you think?

So what are you waiting for? Get your bums on the couch, and your thumbs on the controller.

If you want to share thanks with Valve, why not post in the Thanks for Linux host support! thread?

Note: Those wishing to try it must enable the Steam Beta Client (on the host and the client). You can find this in Steam -> Settings -> Account, under Beta Participation. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Pinguino Sep 4, 2014
Quoting: BelarriusI have test, but it's unplayable for me. 18ms latency, slow network, my Computer is on CPL and the Client computer is on Wifi :/

Have you tried tweaking the "Advanced Host Options" and the "Advanced Client Options" from the "In-home Streaming" menu?
neffo Sep 4, 2014
Quoting: sdkYes It is possible to run steam in another terminal by using xinit.

That wasn't what I was suggesting. For the record it doesn't work.
Belarrius Sep 4, 2014
Quoting: wleoncio
Quoting: BelarriusI have test, but it's unplayable for me. 18ms latency, slow network, my Computer is on CPL and the Client computer is on Wifi :/
Have you tried tweaking the "Advanced Host Options" and the "Advanced Client Options" from the "In-home Streaming" menu?

No, i try it now
GoCorinthians Sep 4, 2014
Steam wins!
pd12 Sep 4, 2014
omgomgomgomgomgomg!!!!
Been waiting for this feature for a while, SOOO HAPPY like Cheeseness =D
HadBabits Sep 4, 2014
Pretty wonky right now; though that's probably due to my aging laptop. It's important to note that they won't connect if one computer has different DNS settings :)
Orkultus Sep 7, 2014
Yay now i can finally use my steamos box.

My SteamOS box.

Dell poweredge 2900

(2) Dual core Intel Xeon Processors @ 1.8ghz
8GB DDR 2 Ram
PCI 1X Nvidia 512mb video card.
neorrible Sep 8, 2014
This would be an awesome feature on Chromebooks. :D
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