iPad Mini as a Portable Arch Linux Desktop with Moonlight

February 4, 2026 1 min read 48 words

Turning an iPad Mini into a lightweight window into a home Arch desktop with Moonlight and Sunshine.

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Setting up Sunshine on Arch

Sunshine is the self-hosted game streaming server that replaces NVIDIA GameStream.

Install from the AUR:

yay -S sunshine

Enable and start the service:

systemctl --user enable --now sunshine

ToDo;

and the config to get ipad working with wayland/niri