Sharing pc with someone else on the same network

Hey guys, first time posting, i have read the template but i don’t really know how to explain my problem really well.

So the issue is:
I’m trying to share the “power” of my PC so that my sister who as a potato pc can actually play her favorite games using the power from mine.(not very demanding ones Genshin Impact/etc)
Do you guys think there’s a way that i can setup a VM or share a user account to achieve that?
Keep in mind shes not a nerd, and the thing from the side of my pc shouldn’t need her input to the day to day use.

Sorry for the messy explanation.
And thanks for any help/opinion you can provide.

System:
Kernel: 6.6.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=fec233c0-3f73-4599-a920-c6900a07b2dc rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z370 Killer SLI
serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P4.30C
date: 04/01/2021
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8600K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 9 MiB
desc: 1x9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/4300:4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900
bogomips: 43200
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
off: DP-1,DP-2 empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2486 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Valve 3D Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-8.1.1.1:5
chip-ID: 28de:2400 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.87x11.85")
s-diag: 610mm (24")
Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73")
diag: 609mm (23.97") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 device-ID: 10de:2486
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Razer USA Barracuda X 2.4
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-11:2 chip-ID: 1532:0552 class-ID: 0301
serial: <filter>
Device-4: Valve VR Radio driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-13.1.1.3.2:14
chip-ID: 28de:2102 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-5: Valve VR Radio & HMD Mic
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-13.1.1.3.3:15 chip-ID: 28de:2102
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 962.05 GiB (45.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SFYRS1000G
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EIFK31.6 temp: 15.8 C
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 010 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 126.62 GiB (13.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 126.62 GiB (13.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 126.62 GiB (13.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 126.62 GiB (13.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.55 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 6 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 25 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 313 Uptime: 1h 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.55 GiB used: 5.51 GiB (35.5%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1786 libs: 522 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish
v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-11-24
Last full system update: 2023-11-30
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:

I think you have given answere to your own question :wink:

You can alternately install a “Guest” account for her use. If she’s not the most knowledgeable computer user there’s less risk of her messing things up with a guest account.

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Heh I have done that in the past, but the idia was that she could access it from her one computer while I’m “asleep, or at work” without going into my room or my computer(fisically).

I’m currently looking at the VM way as I have done that in the past when I used windows and for some other reason.
I was just wondering if there are a better way you guys might know or could help with your knowledge.

You can dualboot other than that, as you are thinking of VM so in VM there might be some less performance than usual so you can do this :wink:

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