Linux hacked onto a PS5 to turn Sony’s console into a Steam Machine — GTA V Enhanced Edition runs at 60 FPS on 1440pwith ray tracing
Publish Date: 2026-03-07 13:17:00
Source Domain: www.tomshardware.com
In light of Sony’s heavily-rumored decision to pivot away from PC releases, one security engineer took matters into his own hands and turned the PS5 into a PC. Andy Nguyen ported Linux to a PlayStation 5 console, hacking through several layers of hardware and software barriers thanks to full-chain exploits. Not only did he manage to get Linux running, but the modded console actually performs well in games.
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Andy says this Linux-PS5 (LinuxStation 5?) supports 4K HDMI and audio output, and all USB ports are working. The CPU is sitting at 3.2 GHz, while the GPU is at 2.0 GHz, but both can go higher — the CPU can boost to 3.5 GHz, and the GPU can boost to 2.23 GHz. But the PS5 Slim doesn’t have the thermal headroom to keep up with those numbers and simply overheats if pushed any harder.
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I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/aMbT0PQ1dSMarch 6, 2026
To achieve this, Andy used a PS5 running significantly older firmware, between 1.0 and 2.0, that was released around five years ago. The author used the ‘Byepervisor’ exploit to say bye to the hypervisor Sony uses on its console, gaining kernel-level control to run unsigned code. GPU acceleration is still incomplete, and some functionality remains limited, but the community’s efforts are impressive nonetheless, as Andy demonstrates.
To be clear, GTA V Enhanced Edition, the game Andy tested on this, is natively available on…
