Modder helps Sony unwittingly beat Valve to the punch: 'I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine'

If you've ever looked at a PlayStation 5 and thought 'That would be a really good budget gaming PC, if only you could put your own operating system on it', then I have good news for you. Because that's precisely what one software engineer has managed to do, though the simplicity of the outcome belies the seriousness of the challenge.

The engineer in question, Andy Nguyen, posted their success story on X (via TechSpot), reporting that his Ubuntu-powered PS5 Slim happily runs GTA 5 Enhanced, with ray tracing enabled.