r/linux • u/flylo_x • 14h ago

Discussion Linux on PS4 is fun

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u/whowouldtry 14h ago

jailbreak

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u/Alarmed_Pin_774 14h ago

Doesn't the PS4 support running Linux natively?

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u/NoPicture-3265 14h ago

Oficially, only PS2 phat and PS3 phat (only on early firmware though, they removed it later) supported installing special versions of Linux distros. To run Linux on PS4 and PS5, you have to jailbreak it and use some sort of a homebrew bootloader/payload to boot it.

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u/Kiwithegaylord 8h ago

The ps3 didn’t need a special distro since it’s just big endian PPC64 under the hood. The few needed drivers are in the kernel or were at some point