Is this a ghost of Christmas past come to visit? Are we looking back on past generations of consoles as hackers make PlayStations run operating systems that they shouldn’t? No, not at all, it's just history repeating itself once again. This time though it's with a PlayStation 4, as hacker group fail0verflow has managed get Linux working on the current-gen system.
This marks the first time that someone has managed to get a full version of the operating system running on a PlayStation 4, despite others have made attempts at the feat. The current console has proven far more difficult to crack open than its predecessor. However, once the FreeBSD kernel exploit was discovered by hacker CTurt earlier this year, fail0verflow had a great starting point, and now several months later here we are.
Making the PS4 run Linux essentially turns it into a fully functioning PC. As proof of its varied abilities, the group was even able to get an emulator and a modded copy of Pokemon running on it (as per Liliputing), using a Game Boy Advance as a controller.
This marks the first time that someone has managed to get a full version of the operating system running on a PlayStation 4, despite others have made attempts at the feat. The current console has proven far more difficult to crack open than its predecessor. However, once the FreeBSD kernel exploit was discovered by hacker CTurt earlier this year, fail0verflow had a great starting point, and now several months later here we are.
Making the PS4 run Linux essentially turns it into a fully functioning PC. As proof of its varied abilities, the group was even able to get an emulator and a modded copy of Pokemon running on it (as per Liliputing), using a Game Boy Advance as a controller.
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