How to install Gentoo Linux on Your 5.05 PS4!

What PS4Gentoo Comes Installed With:

‘Internet: Brave, Chrome (Browser), Telegram, Discord (Messenger), Filezilla (Ftp-Client)
Game & Emulation: Emulationstation (Front End of Retroarch [AllinOne Emulator]), Steam, Lutris (Play Games on Linux), Chiaki (PS4rViewer), ScummVMpcsx, pcsx2, pcsx3 (PS1-3 Emulator), Dolphin (Gamecube Emulator)
Multimedia & Graphics: Kodi, Vlc, MakeMKV, Gimp, Gwenview, MuPDF, Spectacle, Simplescreenrecorder
System: Geany, Gkrellm, Ark, krfb, AntimicroX, Gparted, Spectable, Ksysguard, Kinfocenter’

What You Will Need:

A USB stick/external HDD/external SSD of at least 12GB’s.
PS4Gentoo Distro (Mirror)
Rufus (for Windows) or Etcher (for Mac) or use DD (under Linux)

Instructions:

Open Rufus (or the proper tool for your OS).
Plug in your USB device of choice.
Now on Rufus you can search for the image of Gentoo.
Once you have done that, direct the program to the USB device you’re using.
Click on the Start button and let it run.
Now that that is done, properly eject the USB and plug it into the PS4’s USB port.
Start the PS4 and then head to your web browser.
Type in the following link https://ps4gentoo.github.io/
Once it’s loaded, inject the Linux 5.05 payload
Now that you have it loaded, Linux will start for you!

Notes:

Some models may crash when doing this, simply try the steps again.
Once you’ve done the initial start up of Linux, you can expand partition2. Just head into the Gparted application in Gentoo to do so. Your login credentials for it: Username: ps4 Password: ps4 Username: root Password: ps4 (make certain to change this after using it)
change portage mirror in /etc/portage/make.conf with root

nano /etc/portage/make.conf

https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/mirrors

VirtualManger KVM you need to run libvirtd with root before you can use

systemctl start libvirtd

systemctl enable libvirtd

VR User. Register the PSVR in SteamVR (after install SteamVR) command with user rights

/home/ps4/PSVR/SteamVR-OpenHMD/./register.sh

Working/Not Working:

‘CUH10XX & CUH11XX
– Ethernet : works
– Wi-Fi : works
– Bluetooth : works
– Internal HDD: works
– Audio : works
– GPU : works
– GPU acceleration : works (via mesa), with Vulkan
– Power button : works
– BD Drive : works
– USB : works
– Power management / Suspend : suspend doesnt work shutdown and reboot : works

CUH12XX & CUH2XXX
– Ethernet : works
– Wi-Fi : works
– Bluetooth : works
– Internal HDD: works (only Beikal)
– Audio : works
– GPU : Works but Blackscreen problem with some Monitors / TVs
– GPU acceleration : works (via mesa), with Vulkan
– Power button : works
– BD Drive : works
– USB : works for some Model
– Power management / Suspend : suspend doesn`t work, shutdown and reboot : works

CUH70XX PS4 Pro
– Ethernet : works
– Wi-Fi : works
– Bluetooth : works
– Internal HDD: WIP
– Audio : works
– GPU : works but Blackscreen problem with some Monitors / TVs
– GPU acceleration : works (via mesa), with Vulkan
– Power button : works
– USB : WIP
– BD Drive : works
– Power management / Suspend : suspend doesn’t work, shutdown and reboot : works’

More info here : https://github.com/ps4gentoo/ps4gentoo.github.io/blob/master/about/index.md

How to install Gentoo Linux on Your 5.05 PS4!