PlayStation 5 Modded Into A Linux Gaming PC Runs Ray-Traced GTA 5 Smooth As Silk

A modder has successfully shown off Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced Edition running smoothly on the PlayStation 5 under Ubuntu Linux, with the CPU and GPU clocked up to 3.2GHz and 2GHz, respectively. Compared to the default CPU and GPU boost clocks, which peak at 3.5 GHz and 2.23 GHz, the frequencies used were actually lower than what's possible, but the game still ran at a nearly-locked 60 FPS as if it were running the console version. This can be attributed in part to the massive advances made for Linux gaming via Valve's Proton compatibility layer, which makes Windows games playable on Linux, and PlayStation 5s with the right firmware can be transformed into Linux gaming PCs.

Compared to Linux support on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 (which was eventually blocked on the latter), things are nearly seamless on the PS5. Previously, operating systems ...