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minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·4 days 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-up12·4 days agoIsn’t there a lot of custom hardware that would require drivers to allow it to work effectively?
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days 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-up8·4 days ago Would definitely make for a nice Steam Machine. That would be absolutely brilliant!
minus-squareSurp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThat’s what I wanna do with my PS5 make it a steam machine
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!
That’s what I wanna do with my PS5 make it a steam machine