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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/12/the-raspberry-pi-5-now-works-as-a-smaller-faster-kind-of-steam-link/ [arstechnica.com]

The Steam Link was a little box ahead of its time.
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Valve quietly discontinued the Steam Link gear in November 2018 [arstechnica.com], but it didn't give up. These days, a Steam Link app can be found on most platforms, and Valve's sustained effort to move Linux-based (i.e., non-Windows-controlled) gaming forward has paid real dividends [arstechnica.com].
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As detailed in the Raspberry Pi blog [raspberrypi.com], there were previously means of getting Steam Link working on Raspberry Pi devices
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Sam Lantinga from Valve [steamcommunity.com] worked with the Raspberry Pi team on optimizing for the Raspberry Pi 5 hardware. As of Steam Link 1.3.13 [steamcommunity.com] for the little board, Raspberry Pi 5 units could support up to 1080p at 144 frames per second (FPS) on the H.264 protocol and 4k at 60 FPS or 1080p at 240 FPS, presuming your primary gaming computer and network can support that.
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I have a documented preference for a Moonlight/Sunshine game streaming setup [arstechnica.com] over Steam Link because I have better luck getting games streaming at their best on it. But it's hard to beat Steam Link for ease of setup

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