You Can Now Install Linux on Your PS5, Transforming It into a Steam Machine

Honestly it's things like this that bring about Online check-ins and "DRM." People "tinkering" with the OS doesn't always end with harmless homebrew apps.

Crazy. But I had a steam deck and I lost interest in it after a month. I genuinely think steam store is full of garbage each to their own I guess

@Yousef- no thanks

Always cool when people can expand functionality to hardware one owns. Especially important with how hard Sony wants to work to remove rights from users. (Mind, same could be said about other companies too)
I loved enabling silly extra features on my PS2/3/P/Vita. And anything that allows for homebrew especially in this era of gaming is a win in my books.

Gaming consoles nowadays are the closest to regular PCs that they’ve ever been, in terms of hardware; it’s honestly a shame that such expensive devices are locked to only playing games, and even then, only what the hardware manufacturer approves for sale on its own store.

Meanwhile, Valve actually said, “who are we to tell you how to use your computer?”; the Steam Deck and Steam Machine will run anything it is physically capable of, no OEM approval required. If I wanna use my Steam Deck to run R, do some Folding@Home, write my own software, or even just browse social media, Valve certainly won’t stop me. And it really sucks that Sony, Microsoft, and even Nintendo don’t give us the same freedoms with the hardware they sell, all in the name of profits and “stopping” piracy or cheaters. (Microsoft has allowed some leniency with Xbox’s developer mode; and future Xboxes might just run regular Windows anyway, if rumors hold true.)

I know it won’t change, but it’s nice to dream.

I think such "tinkering" should be limited to devices that stop being supported and no longer have games being made for them , doing this to a ps5 is why regular consumers have to deal with the dumb online requirement

Just a correction, you need a fat model ps5 on 3.x or 4.x, not a "disc-based" one. Which means digital models also work as there's a webkit exploit that works up to 5.50.

@Yousef- The point is people doing stuff like this is what causes Sony to add more DRM and stuff like that and we all know a sizable portion of the people using these homebrew things are using it for piracy.

@Ultrasmiles For what it's worth, it isn't.

Sony will do this regardless of any tinkering. (Also piracy has shown repeatedly in official studies to help sales for all media types. A reminder that Sony owns Crunchyroll which started as a pirate site).

It's important to note that Andy Nguyen submits security vulnerabilities he finds on devices to companies.

Also why wouldn't you want the right to do what you want with what you own?
This doesn't allow you to sail the seven seas with PS content. Heck, the xbox one / series allows for a dedicated homebrew mode, and users that use that still purchase legitimate games.

Another thing: when do systems stop being supported? The PS3 still receives firmware updates and you can still buy things on its store. So we shouldn't allow the advancement and research in that?

Plus as someone that's done work for Playstation: I ASSURE YOU, they make a lot of bad choices when it comes to customers. I could weave tales of how bad their internal system was (and probably still is) for customers.

I also think about how many early day tinkering on systems allowed people to learn homebrew that they're using to release games on PS5. (Nightdive studio would probably be a good example of that)

I usually draw the line at OS mods like this, I’ve modded my PS3, 3DS, Vita, Wii, Wii U and Switch but I prefer homebrew and the like to exist within the boundaries of the console’s original OS.