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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by maayank on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:04PM (#27225623)
Wow, interesting suggestion with Shadow PC. How does it work exactly? Do you install Virtual Desktop on the shadow pc instance? Do I need any "interim" physical computer on my home network to proxy?
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Re:Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years? by johnboiles on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:15PM (#27228651)
Yeah you install Virtual Desktop on the Shadow PC and then your Quest can connect directly to it.

You do need something other than the Quest to start up the Shadow PC and keep it running (it will shut down automatically if an official Shadow client is not connected for too long). I use my laptop or AppleTV for this -- both connected over ethernet so I save all my WiFi bandwidth for the Quest.

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