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You can turn your PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC now, but there are big trade-offs

XDA·Patrick O'Rourke·about 1 month ago
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Published Apr 29, 2026, 12:24 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication  MobileSyrup , and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the  Financial Post and Postmedia . He's based in Toronto. Over the past 15 years, he's written thousands of articles. Patrick has also interviewed dozens of tech industry executives and covered GDC, E3, Gamescom, WWDC, Apple keynotes, Samsung Unpacked events and more. Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University.  Sign in to your XDA account Summary PS5-Linux has released: turns PS5 Phat on firmware 3.xx–4.xx into a full Linux gaming PC. Runs desktop Linux with 8 cores (16 threads) at 3.5GHz and GPU at 2.23GHz; plays Steam games, emulators. Experimental: requires USB/SSD, adapters, Bluetooth dongle; not dual-boot, must reapply exploit each power-on.…

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