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Andy Nguyen Releases PS5 Linux Toolchain, Boots Full-Power Linux

4/30/2026

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Andy Nguyen (TheFlow) released the ps5-linux toolchain on GitHub to boot Linux on PlayStation 5 “Phat” consoles with firmware 3.xx-4.xx.
The exploit combines a hypervisor flaw, the umtx2 jailbreak, a DNS redirect and a TCP payload, with an orange LED confirming boot.
The Linux desktop uses all eight Zen 2 cores (16 threads) up to 3.5 GHz and the RDNA 2 GPU up to 2.23 GHz, requiring the exploit to be re-run after each reboot.

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Story summary

Andy Nguyen (TheFlow) released the ps5-linux toolchain on GitHub to boot Linux on PlayStation 5 “Phat” consoles with firmware 3.xx-4.xx.
The exploit combines a hypervisor flaw, the umtx2 jailbreak, a DNS redirect and a TCP payload, with an orange LED confirming boot.
The Linux desktop uses all eight Zen 2 cores (16 threads) up to 3.5 GHz and the RDNA 2 GPU up to 2.23 GHz, requiring the exploit to be re-run after each reboot.