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Sony PlayStation 4
Operating Systems (AMD x86 Jaguar + ARM background)
Console emulation (potential)
Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included.
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Emulators_on_PS4
Atari Lynx – retroarch, mednafen
Bandai WonderSwan – retroarch, mednafen
NEC TurboGrafx-16 – retroarch, mednafen
Nintendo 64 – retroarch
Nintendo DS - retroarch
Nintendo Game Boy (Color) – Gbemu beta, Cinoop rel, mednafen, retroarch
Nintendo Game Boy Advance – mGBA 1.00 fix, retroarch
Nintendo Entertainment System – retroarch, PS4NES 1.01, PNES rel, FCEUX rel, mednafen
Super Nintendo Entertainment System – SNESStation rel, mednafen
Nintendo Virtual Boy – retroarch, mednafen
Sega Dreamcast – reicast beta 3, retroarch
Sega Genesis – retroarch (PicoDrive, PGEN), mednafen
Sega Saturn – Yabause beta, retroarch
Sega Master System – retroarch, SMSPlus 1.0, PS4GearSystem POC, mednafen
Sony PlayStation 1 – PCSX-R beta 2, mednafen-retroarch
Sony PlayStation Portable - retroarch
Emulation Nest
This device runs an operating system which is known to emulate various devices with EOPs. See the DOS and MSX pages.
Fedora
Some recent activity for Fedora, implying that it works on new firmwares.
Gentoo
Etcher has had the highest success rate amongst those I’ve talked to
Image linked is Jan 2020, unsure if more recent images exist. Noted improvement on PS4 Pro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs5Amlbl-TU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXepUTlAY8
https://www.psxhax.com/threads/installing-ps4-gentoo-linux-on-playstation-4-guide-by-mircoho.7276/
https://medium.com/linuxforeveryone/guide-pc-gaming-on-your-ps4-with-the-power-of-linux-3b0391fb2b2f
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1o5zYErfHAeZnOR1beeN4syeuKW77VDjA
Linux (base)
Apparently, the loader only supports firmware up to 7.02. 8(?) and above are in the works. It may even support 9 now, as new exploits were found for that version very recently (14th December 2021)
https://wololo.net/2020/12/24/playstation-4-linux-loader-now-ported-to-fw-7-02-thanks-to-mircoho/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/12/new-ps4-homebrew-exploit-points-to-similar-ps5-hacks-to-come/
Manjaro
PC emulation (potential)
Whether these emulators support operating systems for these computers is unknown; it must be looked into further. Computers without meaningful OSes are not included.
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Emulators_on_PS4
Atari 8-bits – retroarch
CHIP-8 – CHIP8 emulator
Commodore 64/128 – retroarch
Commodore PETs - retroarch
Commodore Plus/4 – retroarch
Commodore VIC-20 - retroarch
MSXs – fMSX 1.76, retroarch
x86 – DOSBox 0.74, retroarch
Psxitarch
A custom distro tailored for the PS4, with specific drivers and such. More recent, but not the most.
Ubuntu
Old, and also on 1.76. In theory, this could run on later kernels, if the loader permits.