{"id":464952,"date":"2026-03-08T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/464952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:04:09","slug":"ps5-modder-successfully-installs-linux-boots-gta-5-at-60fps-with-ray-tracing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/464952\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 Modder Successfully Installs Linux, Boots GTA 5 at 60fps with Ray Tracing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"PS5 Hack Runs Linux, Boots GTA 5 at 60fps with Ray Tracing 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/9fe6f247d883d\/ps5-hack-runs-linux-boots-gta-5-at-60fps-with-ray-tracing-1.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ps5-hack-runs-linux-boots-gta-5-at-60fps-with-ray-tracing-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"PS5 Hack Runs Linux, Boots GTA 5 at 60fps with Ray Tracing 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A modder <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theflow0\/status\/2030011206040256841\" rel=\"nofollow\">has ported the open source operating system Linux<\/a> to his PS5 and immediately set it to work, running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/grand_theft_auto_v\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GTA 5<\/a> at 60fps with full ray tracing enabled.<\/p>\n<p>The hack runs using an older version of the console\u2019s firmware, so only the most dedicated will be able to try this at home.<\/p>\n<p>But according to the modder, all of the format\u2019s features are functional, including its 4K HDMI video output and all USB ports.<\/p>\n<p>I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aMbT0PQ1dS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aMbT0PQ1dS<\/a>\u2014 Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theflow0\/status\/2030011206040256841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that its CPU is currently running at 3.2GHz and its GPU is operating at 2.0GHz. While it\u2019s possible to push both of these harder, it sounds like it could lead to overheating issues, so he\u2019s currently not using those higher speeds.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting this is all running on a traditional base PS5, and not the more powerful PS5 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting experiment, then. It\u2019ll be fascinating to see where else modders take the console, now it\u2019s starting to get cracked open a little more.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A modder has ported the open source operating system Linux to his PS5 and immediately set it to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,140539,112,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-464952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-mods","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}