1y ago

Netris - an experimental open-source GeForce NOW alternative (cloud gaming solution)

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GitHub - nestriness/nestri: [Experimental] Open-source GeForce NOW alternative with Stadia's social features

What do you think of this project and cloud gaming in general? I thought it's dead already

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Not fully open source and trying to get paid subscriptions even before having a product doesn't sound too good to me..
- Well you do need paid subscriptions in such services. Nobody will buy hundreds of $2000 GPUs and give them for free use
  
  Even the Fediverse isn't free. Running functional public instances costs money, and thank goodness for everyone who contributes to theirs.
- Just curious, what parts aren't open source? At a glance it seems like they're working on supporting self hosting and I couldn't find any binaries.
Does anyone know why its called "netris"? The first time I saw the name, thought it would be a network Tetris game. :D I get the N, but why etris?
- Same here. Dreadful name. Classic open source.
  
  Well this one is at least kinda pretty
- Maybe a riff on lutris? Not sure why though
  
  If anything, they are playing on similarities to Stadia (even adding a keyword in the repositorys keyword list). I found this issue talking about the name: https://github.com/netrisdotme/netris/issues/48
  Name is confusing, sounding either like a TETRIS clone or some type of network tool (other than "game streaming").
  Several preexisting projects on GitHub share the same name, not helping beating the confusion of the name. Not to mention other companies or software projects globally using the name already (a quick Google search will show up Netris VPC for example).
  And this response from a dev (only part of it): by wanjohiryan
  Regarding the project's name, you've raised some valid points about potential confusion. While it's true that different entities can share the same name without issue in non-competing sectors, your concerns about clarity and uniqueness are well noted. We'll take a closer look at how our project name might be perceived and consider the possibility of a rename to avoid any confusion and ensure our project stands out.
  But I don't know, together with the rest of the reply this sounds a bit robotic like from an AI. I'm probably wrong here, but nowadays can you blame me for that? Whatever. My point is, they may even change the name if they are serious about this topic.
- This fake reply error bug is kinda annoying ngl
Too bad it is nVidia only.
- Have you heard about moonlight and sunshine? You might be interested in that
Cloud gaming is definitely the future, I stuck a oldish amd video card in my server and use it for plex transcoding and steam headless so van play a decent amount games on my phone anywhere I have 5g, I hardly turn on my gaming desktop anymore and opted for a thin client laptop.
- self hosted cloud going you might be right. But I'm currently forced to use geforce now to play fortnite with my wife cause Epic hates Linux and goddamn is it a miserable experience.
  
  The 2-week fortnite phase every few months is currently the only reason I boot into Windows

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