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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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Cheeseness Sep 4, 2014
So happy to see this feature finally usable again \o/
neffo Sep 4, 2014
I'm curious if running Steam Big Picture in a different virtual terminal lets you stream games while still using the desktop machine for other things.
aL Sep 4, 2014
you mean streaming from linux to linux is back?
yahoooo
Kallestofeles Sep 4, 2014
Excellent news!
Finally can stream from my gaming-linux-box to my media-box. :)
joshmnz Sep 4, 2014
Was so glad to see this again
Julius Sep 4, 2014
Would be great though if there was a thin ARM/Android compatible streaming client play games on your smart TV, tablet, dev-board etc.

Maybe the nvidia shield compatibe limelight open-source client could be extended to work with steam streaming not only through the Nvidia driver?

http://limelight-stream.com/
Pinguino Sep 4, 2014
Awesome! Just the other day I was asking around the forums where Linux hosting went. Video is working fine and with no apparent frame rate drops here, controls are responsive but audio is often stuttering.
sdk Sep 4, 2014
Quoting: neffoI'm curious if running Steam Big Picture in a different virtual terminal lets you stream games while still using the desktop machine for other things.

Yes It is possible to run steam in another terminal by using xinit.

Check this article: http://duopetalflower.blogspot.ca/2010/01/running-multiple-window-managers.html
(it's a example of how to run multiple window manager at the same time but you can run also run a program).
Belarrius Sep 4, 2014
I have test, but it's unplayable for me. 18ms latency, slow network, my Computer is on CPL and the Client computer is on Wifi :/
tuxisagamer Sep 4, 2014
Last time around To The Moon was upside down and mirrored on the stream. Can't wait to test though once my power supply comes back from RMA.
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