TL;DR: A PlayStation 5 running firmware up to version 4.5 can be modified to run Linux via a USB or M.2 SSD, enabling Steam-like gaming with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. While performance is comparable to native ...

New Delhi: The PlayStation 5 has taken a strange but interesting turn, and it is not the DRM issue we are talking about. It is in the PS5 modding scene, that an interesting development has occured.

TL;DR: Security engineer Andy Nguyen developed PS5-Linux, enabling PS5 Phat consoles on specific firmware versions to run Ubuntu and play Steam games smoothly using a patched hypervisor exploit. The ...

A developer has reportedly created a mod for the PS5 that allows you to run Linux on it, opening up the possibilities for playing PC games on the console. The mod has been showcased working with PC ...

Modern game consoles are basically PCs… so much so that Microsoft’s next Xbox is expected to support PC games and rumor has it that it’ll run a version of Windows. But folks have been using another ...

A modder managed to pull off some impressive hacking tricks on their PlayStation 5. Andy Nguyen shared the news on Twitter: I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 ...

The takeaway: Sony's PlayStation 5 wasn't designed to double as a Linux machine, but that hasn't stopped developers from trying to make it one. Security researcher Andy Nguyen has published a method ...

Known modder Lance McDonald pointed out on X that the latest firmware update changed the way PS5’s ‘Restore Licenses’ feature works. Previously, players could download licenses for every single ...