Published:
16 September 2026
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Last Updated: 16 September 2026
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Iconic PlayStation hacker and homebrew developer Andy ‘TheFlow0’ Nguyen has abandoned the ongoing PS5 Linux task owed to the emergence of AI vibe-coders successful open-source spaces.
Nguyen, who famously created the first kernel utilization for the PlayStation Vita, has spent complete a decade creating exploits and homebrew for PlayStation systems. As 1 of the leaders down the ongoing PS5 Linux project, which brought modern PC gaming to the console, the developer was besides bringing the afloat Linux OS acquisition to Sony’s PS5 with miraculous results.
In an update connected societal media, the modder announced that they would beryllium “stepping distant from the PS5 scene” arsenic good arsenic ending their activity connected PS5 Linux. “After pouring my bosom and months of my life into it, including plans to decorativeness PS5 Pro support and merchandise successful 2027, it’s each down the sink,” they said.
Nguyen, for illustration galore different homebrew developers recently, explained that they are ending the task owed to the emergence of AI vibe-coders successful open-source spaces. Recently, superb PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 announced a prohibition connected vibe coding participants owed to the truth that vibe-coders successful open-source spaces are submitting codification that they do not really understand.
In Nguyen’s words, “the segment utilized to beryllium a group of highly talented researchers, but now it is conscionable a bunch of noobs utilizing LLMs and penning hacks they don’t moreover understand”. Additionally, it seems that vibe-coders, aliases “slop kiddies” arsenic the modder dubbed them, utilized AI to observe a bug that they were utilizing to ace consoles, and reported it to Sony for a bounty.
The PS5 Linux task fundamentally turned each console into a Steam Machine, allowing players to play immoderate they wanted, moreover dual-booting their machines.
“Slop kiddies recovered the only hypervisor bug left, which I had besides recovered a while ago, and decided to study to Sony,” the modder said connected societal media. “I asked them to astatine slightest hold for GTA 6 to travel retired truthful that group would person the opportunity to legally acquisition the crippled and besides bask linux. They agreed to wait, but not a time passed and they decided to discarded it instead.”
With this successful mind, it seems that the advancement connected PS5 Linux for consoles connected newer OS versions whitethorn person been ruined by the reporting of this bug. This intends that the past type of PS5 Linux to beryllium helmed by the modder is the presently disposable Version 2.5 which supports PS5 Phat and Slim console moving 3.00-7.61 firmwares.
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Lewis White
Lewis White is simply a seasoned games journalist pinch complete a decade successful the field. Starting pinch beloved Xbox website ICXM/XboxMAD, Lewis became the Gaming Editor astatine MSPoweruser earlier becoming the Editor successful Chief of StealthOptional and Gfinityesports. Lewis later jumped to By Gamers For Gamers wherever he jumped to go EIC of VideoGamer and the big of the New VideoGamer Podcast anterior to the website’s acquisition.
Over the years, Lewis has besides seen long-form investigative pieces published successful outlets specified arsenic Eurogamer, PCGamesN, Wireframe, Retro Gamer, Nintendo Life, and EDGE. Now, arsenic the Editor successful Chief of FRVR Blog, Lewis strives to bring the aforesaid level of value publicity pinch interview-led contented to the tract successful some written and audio shape pinch the FRVR Podcast.
With a First Degree BA Hons successful Games Journalism and Public Relations, Lewis has been a unchangeable portion of the British games property for complete a decade, and has often displayed his emotion of Halo, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and different games beautiful overmuch everyplace he’s worked. And FRVR is nary different.
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