Hack lets PS4 run Steam Linux Steam OS games

[froggyboy604]

This current generation of consoles, both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, did something substantially different from their predecessors. For the first time, they sported desktop PC components inside, practically making them special purpose PCs fine-tuned for gaming. That fact, of course, has piqued the curiosity of many modders and hackers in actually making those machines run a different operating system, usually Linux. One such modder is OsirisX, who has not only successfully loaded Linux on the PS4, but was able to get SteamOS games up and running at decent performance.

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I wonder how long it would take Windows to be installed on the PS4.

I think I rather use Windows for Gaming because there are still a lot of Windows Games which are not available on Linux or Steam OS Linux.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

very impressive, though I'm sure Sony will patch this by end of the month.

 

[froggyboy604]

very impressive, though I'm sure Sony will patch this by end of the month.

I agree Sony will probably patch this by the end of the month, and hackers will probably very quickly re-hack the PS4 to run Steam OS if there is a huge demand for running Steam OS on the PS4.