I’ve recently resurrected my partner’s old gaming PC by wiping the Windows install and putting Kubuntu on it. It’s a reasonably old machine at this point, but it’s still capable enough to play games like Red Dead 2 without any issues.
It’s running an AMD 8120 3.10Ghz CPU, with an Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU, with 16Gb RAM.
The GPU happens to be the minimum spec for Cyberpunk, which runs pretty well on it. I have the Nvidia drivers installed and everything seems ok in that regard.
The trouble comes when I try to stream it to, well, anything other than its own screen. With both Steamlink and Sunshine/Moonlight it’s unplayable. If/when a game does finally load, it runs at a good 5fps.
I’m pretty new to Linux gaming, so don’t really know where to start, so also don’t really know what questions I need to ask in the first place.
So yeah, which are the best guides to look at to figure out how best to optimise my setup?
Well, I also wasn’t trying to not be rude.
I was being matter of fact, practical, objective.
Your response here, in a real world enterprise situation, would now get your ticket to the bottom of my priority list, or I’d just reject the ticket as too vague, try again, be more specific with an actual specific problem you want solved.
Learning how to write a better support ticket is learning how to learn.
If you can’t see that, or don’t agree, then uh… good luck!
I provided you with multiple general guides and resources for how to properly set up /ntroubleshoot both moonlight/sunshine and steamlink, and… you apparently didn’t read them or use them, as you don’t seem to recognize that they were provided.
You may notice that no one has actually yet answered your very vague and open ended question which could have many potential variables at play, beyond suggesting you educate yourself more or investigate the problem on your own, confined to some more narrow realm of potential issues or information.
This is because you are bad at asking questions in a way that can actually be answered.
In a real world, enterprise, bug report situation, you would be deprioritized for being obstinate and having a fragile ego, multiple other tickets can likely be worked on and succesfully closed in the time it would take to even figure out how to speak to you in a manner that does not offend you, or figure out how to get you to actually read what is written in response to your questions.
I am not your personal customer support, no one is paying me to do this, you don’t appreciate the help given, or even recognize it as help, and you are more concerned with whether or not you feel offended than you are with actually attempting to define and then solve some problem, achieve some goal.
You aren’t in a learner’s mindset, you are not coming to this topic you admit you have very little experience in … with humility.
You are in a ‘give me free simple answer to my vague and open-ended question’ mindset, you’re being a Karen.
You’re using faux-polite corpo speak to pretend you’re being polite, but… you’re not actually being polite, you’re being disingenuous and just trying to follow etiquette conventions for a non existant potential HR review.
IT support is communication, and communication is a two way street, not a vending machine… and also, again, you’re not paying anybody here anything, so no one actually owes you anything.
I didn’t actually ask you specifically to answer my question. If it was too difficult for you, then you needn’t have bothered. Instead you chose to be condescending.
You might not think that’s the case, but it is.
This isn’t a real world enterprise situation. I have never been in such a situation. It’s a forum on a website where enthusiastic amateurs and IT professionals alike discuss a shared common interest. I fall squarely into the former category, and I assume you the latter. But I don’t have to conform to your requirement for assistance. And if I don’t, then ignore me.
You tell me that I ignored the practical guides you linked, but in the comment you’ve just replied to, I specifically thanked you for the information you’ve imparted. I’m aware of the links, but life gets in the way and I’ve not yet had a chance to actually do anything with them.
You accuse me of lacking humility, yet if you look at my replies to others you’ll see that I’m grateful for their input. I am! What I don’t like is being criticised because I’m not conforming to a standard that you’ve imposed upon me. If I’m guilty of lacking humility, it’s purely in my responses to you.
I expect nothing of anyone here. I asked a question (that you considered insufficient) without any expectation of reply. I hoped for one of course, but ultimately it was just an attempt to pick the brains of those who know more about these things than I do. And evidently you do.
Your responses to me have irritated me enormously, which is a shame as I’m certain that wasn’t your intention.
I’ll draw a line under this here. Thank you for the information you’ve provided.