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Install ZeroTier on Steam Deck (wimpysworld.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From Martin Wimpress:

What follows is a guide to installing ZeroTier on the Steam Deck, but this technique can be used to install any software on Steam Deck that is available for Arch Linux 👍️

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ZeroTier is a way to basically create a peer-to-peer VPN of sorts. This is just a blog about how to set that up.

One possible use case for having such a VPN or overlay network is that you can then play LAN games over the Internet because every machine in the ZeroTier VPN is on the same LAN. This is great if a game you play (usually older) does not support Internet play but does support LAN multi-player.

Another possible idea is that you can also use this to stream games from say your desktop computer to your Steam Deck even if you are out of the house (if the machines are on the same ZeroTier network).

An alternative to ZeroTier is Tailscale which would allow you to do basically the same things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Do you see any benefits in using ZeroTier for game streaming compared to Moonlight/Sunshine? I'm mainly doing this while at home so I don't have to hide away in my corner to play games.