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I think the reason to not invest your time in PS5 linux is that sony hates it and will patch it away over and over, and nobody really wants it. It's $200, medi

I think the reason to not invest your time in PS5 linux is that sony hates it and will patch it away over and over, and nobody really wants it. It's $200, mediocre hardware. I might be showing a lot of unc energy here, but if you can't afford a raspberry pi or something to play with linux, or a used pc, gaming and having a playstation 5 should be de prioritized for a bit while you get your life together.

forgotpwd16 17d ago
You've misunderstood something deeply. PS5 Linux doesn't exist because running Linux on PS5 is something useful or practical. Exists due to the curiosity and fun of running a free OS on a locked-down device. Maybe some nostalgia mixed in as Linux has existed in every other PS (even PSP/PS Vita).
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alexjplant 17d ago
> I might be showing a lot of unc energy here, but if you can't afford a raspberry pi or something to play with linux, or a used pc, gaming and having a playstation 5 should be de prioritized for a bit while you get your life together. Your comment is framed as though Linux usage and what you deem an unstable lifestyle (lack of monetary means in your judgment) are mutually exclusive. Open-source software is for everybody, including the messy or disenfranchised. Would you frame a kid who got a PS5 for Christmas who doesn't have an allowance or job as a failure because they don't have $100 to spend on a Pi? It sounds like you just look down on people playing video games even when they want to use the very thing you're implicitly deriding to do the thing that you think they should be doing... doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.
- ltbarcly3 16d ago
  Your argument contains a category error. I am arguing based on what is adaptive and in a person's best interests. You are countering that they have the right to be a mess and still have hobbies. That does not answer my point at all; I agree with you that people who are a mess still have the right to enjoy whatever hobbies they want. Is someone who owns a PS5 but can't put together $100 a failure? Assuming they are older than 16, unqualified yes. They are a failure and also a loser by any colloquial definition. TLC refers to them as a scrub. Their romantic partners' parents are gently encouraging them to end the relationship. There are almost certainly more than 7 empty cans within easy reach of wherever they are sitting right now.

forgotpwd16 17d ago

You've misunderstood something deeply. PS5 Linux doesn't exist because running Linux on PS5 is something useful or practical. Exists due to the curiosity and fun of running a free OS on a locked-down device. Maybe some nostalgia mixed in as Linux has existed in every other PS (even PSP/PS Vita).

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alexjplant 17d ago

> I might be showing a lot of unc energy here, but if you can't afford a raspberry pi or something to play with linux, or a used pc, gaming and having a playstation 5 should be de prioritized for a bit while you get your life together. Your comment is framed as though Linux usage and what you deem an unstable lifestyle (lack of monetary means in your judgment) are mutually exclusive. Open-source software is for everybody, including the messy or disenfranchised. Would you frame a kid who got a PS5 for Christmas who doesn't have an allowance or job as a failure because they don't have $100 to spend on a Pi? It sounds like you just look down on people playing video games even when they want to use the very thing you're implicitly deriding to do the thing that you think they should be doing... doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

ltbarcly3 16d ago
Your argument contains a category error. I am arguing based on what is adaptive and in a person's best interests. You are countering that they have the right to be a mess and still have hobbies. That does not answer my point at all; I agree with you that people who are a mess still have the right to enjoy whatever hobbies they want. Is someone who owns a PS5 but can't put together $100 a failure? Assuming they are older than 16, unqualified yes. They are a failure and also a loser by any colloquial definition. TLC refers to them as a scrub. Their romantic partners' parents are gently encouraging them to end the relationship. There are almost certainly more than 7 empty cans within easy reach of wherever they are sitting right now.