Using the native GeforceNOW Steam-Deck app (Flatpak) on a Linux desktop computer with an AMD GPU does work amazing:
https://gist.github.com/Mihitoko/bd76340e56e78ec972c8a1365abb0d55
It does use HW Acceleration for the HEVC video decoding, which makes it extremely efficient and snappy. Currently it's only working with AMD GPUs.
# Add Flatpak Repo
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists GeForceNOW https://international.download.nvidia.com/GFNLinux/flatpak/geforcenow.flatpakrepo
# Install GFN
flatpak install --user GeForceNOW com.nvidia.geforcenow
# DIsabling Wayland ; Forching GFN to use X11/XWayland:
flatpak override --user --nosocket=wayland com.nvidia.geforcenow
# Getting the Log-In link from the Log-File
tac ~/.var/app/com.nvidia.geforcenow/.local/state/NVIDIA/GeForceNOW/console.log | grep starfleet/o-auth | head -n 1
# Launching GeforceNOW via gamescope compositor
gamescope -f -W 1920 -H 1080 -r 120 -- flatpak run com.nvidia.geforcenow
The performance is *significantly* better than in desktop browsers :)
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