Continuing to make your hardware more your own and less like you rent it from Sony, the PlayStation 5 Linux project expands to support more firmware.
What exactly is it? From the GitHub - "ps5-linux leverages patched HV vulnerabilities to transform your PS5 Phat and Slim console running 3.00-7.61 firmwares into a highly capable Linux PC, unlocking its full hardware potential for desktop use. Powered by 8 CPU cores (16 threads) at 3.5 GHz and a GPU at 2.23 GHz, it provides enough performance to run Steam games and various emulators with impressive fluidity".
They just recently released v2.5 which brings more firmware support for the 7.0x series of updates. So now the project supports:
- 3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.21 without M.2 support.
- 4.00, 4.02, 4.03, 4.50, 4.51 with M.2 support.
- 5.00, 5.02, 5.10, 5.50 with M.2 support.
- 6.00, 6.02, 6.50 with M.2 support.
- 7.00, 7.01, 7.20, 7.40, 7.60, 7.61 with M.2 support.
As a whole the project features:
- HDMI 4K60 video and audio output.
- M.2 SSD as dedicated Linux partition.
- All USB ports usable for peripherals.
- BD drive usable via custom ahci driver.
- Internal Bluetooth usable via custom xhci driver.
- Ethernet port usable via custom gbe driver.
🌐 External Sources: GitHub - ps5-linux-loader, GitHub - ps5-linux-loader - v2.5
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Caldathras 7 Sep 2026
Curious question. Can you still run PS5 games on it after you install Linux?
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Quoting: CaldathrasCurious question. Can you still run PS5 games on it after you install Linux?Yes. Linux is installed on the M.2 SSD, the soldered internal SSD with the original firmware is untouched.
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