PieFedPS5 Linux project released, turning some PlayStation 5 consoles into Linux PCs
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To anyone who owns a PS5 and thinks this is cool and wants to use it: turn off updates now, it just disconnect it from the network. This will be patched and blocked, probably very quickly.
It was patched and blocked in 2022. The most common way to jailbreak stuff these days is to stash it offline for an extended period of time while waiting for a public exploit.
Just get a PC or steam deck at that point lol
It might be cheaper than either given that Sony subsidises their hardware and PS5 comes with 16GB of GDDR6. Getting PS5 on firmware old enough makes this a very niche thing though.
And people wonder why valve won’t subsidize their PC. If they do, they’ll run out fast. And not by gamers
These things run on rather specialised SoCs so it’s not like somebody is going to buy them wholesale to train machine learning models. Valve already monopolised PC gaming market so there’s nowhere to run with that hardware really.
Idk about that. There are many uses for compute units beside training. Inference may still be possible. But also, I’m just remembering that time the PS3 was used as a super computer. If general purpose compute hardware is subsidized, I think gamers won’t be able to get it and instead it will get to the hands of corporations or research institutes for cheap compute hardware. Why spend 1k to get a sub-par machine when you can get the same one with say $500 (if valve subsidize it)
PS3s had native Sony-sanctioned Linux support at the time - it was marketing for computational prowess of Cell processor. Funnily enough removing it as an anti-piracy measure was what prompted community to jailbreak PS3. Steam Machine doesn’t offer anything nearly as attractive, it’s just a PC and inference requires way more VRAM than it offers (8GB which is pretty awful for modern games too).
Or a BC-250. Same chip, just with fewer cores. Performs about the same as a ryzen 2600 + rx 6600 pc.
Show me one in a living room friendly setting
https://media.printables.com//media/prints/1499974/rich_content/fc4dd779-afb9-434f-8a03-aa6949592e16/thumbs/inside/1280x960/jpg/img_20251128_182707_270-9.webp
Sweet! They looked like server boards when I searched so I’m happy that exists
Right, they are originally mining cards, but there is a community turning them into living room PCs with 3d printed cases. It is very much a DIY project, but there are also premade kits available.
Is this it?
https://elektricm.github.io/amd-bc250-docs/getting-started/introduction/
How much is it? I can’t find a purchase link.
These are repurposed mining “cards”. You can get them on the used market. I got mine from ebay, but aliexpress has them too.