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Netris is an open-source cloud gaming platform with Stadia-like features using Proton
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Stadia is probably the last product I'd want to be compared to, but hopefully this helps push gaming on Linux more than Stadia was able to.
Stadia was pretty cool honestly, it just never caught on, and it's game library couldn't compete with other platforms.
It was magical feeling though, just being able to play any game from my library in anything with a screen. Any Chromecast, Chromebook, old PC, phone, tablet, etc. They could all run any game, and you could switch between them at any time if someone else needed the TV or something like that.
It made it easy to imagine a future where you don't worry about how to play a game, or ever spend money on a new console or upgrades, or ever have to delete games so you can wait to download another game. You just think "I want to play this game on this screen" and it works.
I didn't have good gaming gear at the time so I was all in on streaming. Stadia, GeForce now, xcloud, even moonlight on hosted locally with Gamestream. Stadia was hands down the smoothest cloud gaming of all the options I tried. Moving between TV and phone was so quick, no noticeable lag at all and constant 4k.
It's too bad their business model sucked. Most of the other game streamers have caught up now but I always wished they would have just somehow provided their tech to other services.
I had better luck with Amazon Luna but still never invested much into either since I would be forced to purchase games again specifically for that platform.