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Distro for a local "cloud gaming" no monitor desktop (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by olafurp@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking for a specific distro to handle some tasks.

I got a second hand rig with Nvidia GTX 1050 that I want to use as a home server. I wanted to use HoloISO but it doesn't support nvidia. If someone says "do it anyway, it's fine" I'll install it though.

The idea is to support a Jellyfin server and Steam Link gaming but steam is not big on Nvidia so it's hard to narrow down "black screen" issues etc. I'm also planning to manage it via VNC and SSH.

I'm familiar with Ubuntu based systems since I develop software on Ubuntu based KDE distro but never had a graphics card.

So it boils down to:

Ease of setup including nvidia drivers
Ease of update via command line (I'm not going to download nvidia drivers from their website to update proprietary drivers)
Graphics performance
Prefer Ubuntu based

I'm up for Gnome, Xface, Cinnamon, KDE or whatever DE.

Edit: Changed title to better reflect requirements and not have misleading "headless" and "server" in it

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe Vfio powered virtual desktop? You could install Proxmox and then pass though the GPU to a VM.

For remote access you could use Sunshine/moonlight

For Jellyfin I would create a different VM running Debian with your integrated graphics passed though.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You'd still need a base distro for the VM to run on. If OP goes the proxmox route they should do VGPU instead of pass through as it's more flexible. Here's the link to a guide on getting vGPU working with consumer grade nvidia GPUs