{"id":237628,"date":"2026-04-30T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:35:11","slug":"modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Modder Releases Loader To Turn The PS5 Into A Linux System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2161587\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/\">Modder Releases Loader To Turn The PS5 Into A Linux System<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2161587\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2161587\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-30 16:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.engadget.com\">www.engadget.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Aaron Souppouris for Engadget<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you&#8217;re too impatient to wait for Valve&#8217;s Steam Machine, developer and modder Andy Nguyen has created a solution, at least for the Sony crowd. He&#8217;s released a loader on GitHub that allows Linux to run on a PlayStation 5. Its use is limited to disc drive models of the console running 3.xx and 4.xx firmwares; Nguyen said additional firmwares may eventually get support too, but it doesn&#8217;t appear to be a priority. It&#8217;s a fun idea, and Nguyen posted a video of the loader in action last month.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. \ud83e\udd2f pic.twitter.com\/aMbT0PQ1dS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) March 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p>This year has been seeing a lot of love for Linux. The entire French government decided to drop Windows in favor of the alternative operating system, part of a move to rely less on foreign-made tech. Linux has also chipping away at Windows&#8217; dominance as a PC gaming platform as Valve and its SteamOS gain interest (although it does have one big hurdle left to climb in that arena).<\/p>\n<p>However, Nguyen&#8217;s mod isn&#8217;t the first time a Sony console has been able to run Linux.\u00a0Back in the PlayStation 3 era, the company offered a feature called OtherOS that allowed players to install their own software on the machine; Linux was a supported option. OtherOS was removed in the console&#8217;s 3.21 firmware update, a change that sparked a class action lawsuit. Sony agreed to settle the case, and disgruntled penguin fans&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2161587\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modder Releases Loader To Turn The PS5 Into A Linux System https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2161587\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-30&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/modder-releases-loader-to-turn-the-ps5-into-a-linux-system\/l-intro-1777582107.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-237628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237630,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237628\/revisions\/237630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}