Modder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PC
Posted by Dapper_Order7182@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 78 comments
meznet@reddit
Amazing!!! Linux is the lords OS.
Is there an equivalent for ps4?
SeyAssociation38@reddit
Yes
lor_louis@reddit
Finally the ps5 can have games (tux cart and nethack)
gideonidoru@reddit
This is the hard truth
carlos17589@reddit
Care to tell me what games PC has other than indie slop and Half Life that PS5 is missing?
Fish_Procreator@reddit
"Indie slop" sounds so funny to me
gideonidoru@reddit
I don’t think you understand the joke.
TheG0AT0fAllTime@reddit
Nuth Truke
carlos17589@reddit
Can you play Battlefield 6 on Linux? I can play it on my PS5 no problem
TheG0AT0fAllTime@reddit
No, their kernel anti cheat does not support Linux.
SanityInAnarchy@reddit
...or Steam and a pile of PC games? Steam Machines are a thing now. This could be similar.
Not practical yet (because the project is very unfinished), but how is "lol Linux doesn't have games" the top comment?
kfergthegreat@reddit
Because it’s a funny joke.
Oriumpor@reddit
It's so funny it's like we went back in time before steamos
Livie_Loves@reddit
Isn't that statement implying the PS5 doesn't have games so now that it can run Linux it finally does?
gideonidoru@reddit
No it’s joking Linux doesn’t have games and now the ps5 has access to a few well known games that ship with every distro
carlos17589@reddit
It's not even remotely true
flecom@reddit
Maybe some day the steamdeck can have games too
carlos17589@reddit
Bruh you guys can't even play multiplayer games thanks to anti-cheat 😂😂😂
Lhaer@reddit
And people still can't get Linux properly working on their machines
slugrave@reddit
Does comments always make me wonder: who are those people? Have they touched any big name Distro in the last decade?
Shivox@reddit
One keyword: Nvidia.
I know it's not the issue of Linux per se, but if you have an Nvidia machine, you better stay away from Linux for your gaming needs.
EternallyAries@reddit
Surprisingly, Nividia GPU support has improved quite a bit in recent times. It might be worth peoples time to check out Linux again.
Shivox@reddit
Last time I tried, which was a few months ago, I gave up because it was a very unpleasant experience with all the display bugs.
archontwo@reddit
I'll save you the bother. A 9 year old account with history deleted or tuned off, who's last public award was 4 years ago.
Pretty safe to say it is an alt or a bought/stolen bot account. Block it, or ignore it, your choice.
frisbeethecat@reddit
Which people? Which people can't get Linux working "properly"? Are you one of those people? Havening problems? Need help?
I've personally installed GNU/Linux on several folks' Win10 boxen that weren't specced for Win11. For the couple that demanded MS Office, I walked them through signing up for Office365. Thankfully, they didn't want Teams.
Distinct-Temp6557@reddit
Still in kind of rough shape.
Sol33t303@reddit
Iirc that's the same limitation of the linux on PS4 exploit, it's web based, it can't be installed to your internal SSD.
I wander if there's a universe where you can chroot or kexec into say a USB or external disk and that's where your "install" lives. I don't see why that couldn't be automated.
Vortelf@reddit
Thunderbolt is an Intel technology. The PS5 runs on AMD hardware.
elatllat@reddit
AMD supports USB4 which is basically Thunderbird 3.
Justin__D@reddit
Why would I want to run an email client on a PS5?
ShyJalapeno@reddit
so you can roleplay as an adult?
Vortelf@reddit
And even the PS5 Pro still got released with 3.2.
USB4 is not "basically" Thunderbolt 3 -it is only backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 3 and the default is still 20Gbps rather than 40Gbps. There are a lot of other features missing from USB4. Also USB4 got released around the same time as PS5 so, not very realistic to have such new untested technology in a product that is supposed to last 10+ years.
deathtech00@reddit
Not arguing, as "basically" the same is true from an end user perspective. However, from a technical standpoint they are two different technologies that do have significant differences in driver level handshakes and licensing, among required kernel modules.
Normally this wouldn't matter, but in the scope of trying to activate and use these devices on a closed system running Linux, it does.
bleistiftschubser@reddit
I recall having to install Linux on an external SSD which then got kexec‘d
zipxavier@reddit
ps5-linx lets you install on the internal ssd if you are running 4.xx firmware
shogun77777777@reddit
These kinds of mods are usually just for shits and giggles for nerds (I’m a nerd so I can say that) rather than someone would actually daily drive
newsflashjackass@reddit
"Console Emancipated To New Life As Fully functional Linux gaming PC!"
"Does it boot Linux?"
"Shut up piggy."
hectorius20@reddit
Yes, as expected.
Next steps, community will use it and improve it, since Linus said "Fiat kernel".
alex2003super@reddit
🔥✍️
Lawnmover_Man@reddit
If these are the only issues, than that is absolutely not a rough shape. "Fully functional" however is of course headline bullshit.
HairObjective7183@reddit
We got Linux on the PS5 before Games 🥀🥀
nude-rating-bot@reddit
We’re gonna get a better Plex client on Linux PS5 before they fix the official one 🥀
7oey_20xx_@reddit
I was under the impression that ps5 was built off of a fork of freebsd, sure this is cool but its hardware was already Linux / unix compatible wasn’t it? Was it just swapping the hard drive and having the right libraries?
nearlyepic@reddit
If Sony has contributed to FreeBSD upstream at all it certainly isn't in the form of support for the various playstations. In all likelihood this is a few clever driver hacks to support the semi-custom RDNA hardware in the PS5. The CPU is just an x86 CPU so you don't even need to recompile any libraries or anything once you have the kernel up and running, but to do that you need a full hypervisor exploit (as mentioned in the article).
Albos_Mum@reddit
The CPU is x86 but not the exact same as the ones in our PCs, afaik they're closer to that x86S thing Intel was trying to push where the legacy IBM PC-related stuff is entirely gone.
nearlyepic@reddit
Oh that makes a lot of sense - no reason to deal with all the 16 bit nonsense on what's functionally an embedded application.
betam4x@reddit
The comment about the CPU is incorrect fyi.
ThatOnePerson@reddit
It's " basically RDNA1/GFX10 but with added support for image_bvh_intersect_ray ray tracing instructions.
Mr_Lumbergh@reddit
Yes, a lot of consoles use BSD as the base because the BSD license doesn’t require giving back. Allows them to keep any new changes as opposed to the GPL so they can hold onto IP.
beryugyo619@reddit
FreeBSD code predates Linux and Torvalds didn't copy codes from it when he created Linux. They both look and work similar to users but the internals are all different. It's like Windows and Linux except functionally closer together. It'll also be a copyright violation to mix codes together between these two.
Sony reportedly had learned lessons from PS4 and kept changes minimal between upstream FreeBSD and custom PS5 OS, but license for BSD do not require open sourcing your changes, it only require copyright notices to be included, unlike Linux which require you to hand it all to the users(you don't have to upload it to the Internet, but you also can't stop your user doing so. Doing it yourself saves time for everyone). So anything custom to Sony is closed source, and all the AMD proprietary drivers are naturally closed source too.
bubblegumpuma@reddit
The video I'm linking is about PS4 and not PS5, but sorta yes, sorta no, from both the perspective of the software and the hardware: it is built on top of FreeBSD, but the OS is not really built in a way that is conducive to running arbitrary user-supplied *nix software. Hardware-wise, the PS4/PS5 are not really "x86 personal computers" in the sense that we know them, they're different enough and break enough of the architectural standards that it takes some special work to get them running. However, enough is usable as-is or with light modifications that the amount of architecture-specific code that is needed is much less than prior non-x86 consoles that people have ported Linux to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiubC6LdTA
LanderMercer@reddit
What can I game on it?
MuffinSpecial9198@reddit
I love hacking ❤️
Stealthinater1234@reddit
This only works on system software 4.51 or lower, you need a PS5 that hasn’t been updated in over 4 years. While very cool, it’s also not very accessible.
ExplodingFistz@reddit
I've been waiting for this moment.
s32@reddit
Now is my time to shine
SomeGuy20257@reddit
If it can utilize the hardware’s full potential with Steam proton that would be a nice alternative to Steam machine, given you already have ps5 and just want to change.
_hlvnhlv@reddit
You could buy a PS5 SoC instead
Check out /r/BC250Gaming
crshbndct@reddit
I just sold mine :(
Adventurous_Fig_4677@reddit
NOW Apple will also release PS 5😂😂
AMGz20xx@reddit
Nice. Should be a good replacement for PS5 OS as most PS5 gamed are also on PC.
lKrauzer@reddit
How would it compare to a regular PC in terms of PC parts? And also, which distro is it based on?
Strange-Future-6469@reddit
If comparing to nvidia, somewhere around a 3060ti or 3070 from what I've read. 4060ti for the pro.
About 16gb memory, 8-core 3.5mhz cpu.
Really nice system for your average gamer. More ram would be nice, but 16gb is fine if you are aware of your limitations.
PoauseOnThatHomie@reddit
I thought base PS5 GPU is equivalent to the RTX 2070?
Strange-Future-6469@reddit
Not based on my recent searches, but you're welcome to search yourself if you like.
lKrauzer@reddit
Cool, thanks for the clarification
BeHappy85@reddit
That penguin and ps5 merged logo is fantastic
mcdrama@reddit
Get a BC-250 on eBay.
NuclearGriffin@reddit
Finally, I can have some games on PS5
electrobento@reddit
Yes, but why?
OffsetXV@reddit
So you can install a PS4 emulator on it to finally have 60fps Bloodborne on PS5, which means the PS5 will finally have one(1) game
mtgguy999@reddit
Ok but what if you installed a ps5 emulator
BedroomHistorical575@reddit
Subsidized hardware if I have to guess.
transgentoo@reddit
So it can actually play games
kumliaowongg@reddit
Without permanent internet connection.
Huge win
roboj3rk@reddit
If you play online games that require anti cheat, then you dont want this.
However the PC gaming library is much much larger than any console. So if you Dont play those games this opens up pretty opens up the possibility to play pretty much any game ever made.
It all depends on how well these modders got the GPU up and running.
Rekt3y@reddit
Apparently you get identical performance under GTA 5 Enhanced with RT, meaning 1440p60 with the High RT preset
aew3@reddit
Way more/ better games on pc/linux compared to playstation.