Game streaming

[indian_guy101]

Hello everyone,

An idea just dawned on me. I was reading the other day about game streaming such as OnLive and StreamMyGame. Basically how they work, is you have a server that is capable of running any game and you install all you're games on it. Then you stream the game to any pc in you're house. However, the problems with OnLive is that it is not out yet, you have to pay a monthly fee of $50, and they control the server, meaning it is nowhere near you. It is in Palo Alta, CA and they stream the games over the Internet. The problem with StreamMyGame is that it only plays a very little amount of games and the software to be installed on the server is only for Windows. Also it requires me to the client and server programs to access the internet, meaning i have to unblock them in my firewall and I don't know why. That was when I was thinking, why can't I do something like that which runs on Linux (superior) servers, that is local, and can be streamed to any operating system? So I was thinking if one of my favorite communities would have any ideas to share.

(PS I originally posted this on the ubuntu forums and they gave me some information and told me that i should check here and the readhat forums because this community is better suited for my questions. If you would like to read the other post, please look at this link: Game Streaming - Ubuntu Forums)

[Knurpht]

I understand what you mean, but do not know what can be done. It would be very nice to be able to play any game on linux, no matter what OS it's written for.
In my home network my sons play lots of games, that require a mounted DVD or ISO. They found out, that ISO's mounted on my server instead of their PC's (3 year old Semprons with 3GB RAM, dual boot openSUSE & XP) give them a much better performance. This just for your info

[indian_guy101]

PLease elaborate on what you mean by ISOs mounted on the server.