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minus-squaregegil@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down2·7 hours agoIf ps5 hack will allow running linux on it, i will run linux on it.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 hours agoThat is already possible, but the hacks to get it actually to run are quite annoying and limited to a few older versions AFAIK. Hopefully with this you can just boot Linux normally on a PS5 in the nearish future. Would definitely make for a nice Steam Machine.
minus-squareWhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agoIsn’t there a lot of custom hardware that would require drivers to allow it to work effectively?
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoThey have been selling the same SoCs (slightly defective ones) in various forms for crypto-mining etc. and as a result Linux kernel support is supposedly quite good already.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours ago Would definitely make for a nice Steam Machine. That would be absolutely brilliant!
If ps5 hack will allow running linux on it, i will run linux on it.
That is already possible, but the hacks to get it actually to run are quite annoying and limited to a few older versions AFAIK.
Hopefully with this you can just boot Linux normally on a PS5 in the nearish future. Would definitely make for a nice Steam Machine.
Isn’t there a lot of custom hardware that would require drivers to allow it to work effectively?
They have been selling the same SoCs (slightly defective ones) in various forms for crypto-mining etc. and as a result Linux kernel support is supposedly quite good already.
That would be absolutely brilliant!