I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine

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341 points by doener a month ago on hackernews | 150 comments

I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. 🤯

Mar 6, 2026 · 8:02 PM UTC

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Oh and I wrote this post on the PS5 too 😝

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Please run RPCS3 on this thing. I wanna see how it performs.

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FWIW you have your console sitting upside down. Not that it will help much with overheating, but still...

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I know. I don't have the stands that's why.

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Repo?

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Ubunto?

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My hero. Always dreamed with something like that. Do you think will be possible to run something like ollama with gpu support?

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Can you run something that isnt't on ps5, like halo infinite multiplayer or total war warhammer 3?

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Does the video encoding work?

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I would have to see this live to believe it.

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Do the reverse. So we can play PS5 games on PC.

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Any firmware versión? 10.01 too... Or low firmware?

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Interesting decision. What was the most challenging issue in porting it to PS5?

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Why not use bazzite though?

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Ubuntu is hard to say no too...

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Can you do the same with GTA 6 please

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Tons of possibilities unlocked right there.. sadly only on old firmwares but still massive edition.

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is that possible on an Xbox?

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Just curious, how well does it run the pc versions of the ps5 ported games lol. Like god of war

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You are GOAT of PS hacking

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what about the ps4

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thats a really cold GPU!

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Which Distro did you choose? An Arch one?

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How many fps?

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The Slim version is released with software 7.00 Tell me how to do it 😍 I have a new one in the box with software 7.61 and I would love to do it on my PS5 :)

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Great, amazing development, could it mine something?

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Amazing what a human can do with a little bit of consumer hardware. I see all that rays traced so much.

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can you try cemu emulation? like running BOTW maybe?

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Running Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced with ray tracing through Steam on a PS5 is the kind of hack the modding community lives for. Console… or secretly a PC now?

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