Regarding PS4 Linux as a whole
NOTE PLEASE: it’s STILL in testing form, no ready distros, no gurantee, only experimentation! If you think that you have better things to do…
Then don’t start this shit!
anyway, let’s get to this
Basic Linux knowladge:
0. Google, or ask ChatGPT for the meaning of something not written here, learn the basics!
1. “Switch TTY”
TTY is a Display and has terminal, graphical sessions (X11, Wayland) and many more on it running.
Usually, there’s seven of them available to the user.
To switch TTY, you need to press CTRL+ALT+Fx - where x is a number from 1 to 7.
By default - CTRL+ALT+F7 usually will switch you to the display where graphical session is running (unless you manually run it), and TTY on F1 up to F6 has TTY (or simply, a terminal)
2. Some abrevations and words:
DE; WM; X11; Wayland; DM
Desktop Enviroment: Full desktop enviroment, usually with it’s own Window Manager.
It’s your KDE, XFCE, GNOME, LXQt, LXDE, and many, many more.
Window Manager: Lightweight, deals with windows. DEs run on them and can be run separately.
X11 (Xorg) - X Display Server: centralised window system. It’s available on all DEs and most of WMs. It’s quite old, has an expiremental fork - X11Libre - it’s not recommended though. May create some problems, but generally works ok.
Wayland - Display Protocol. Was designed like a decentralised system. Tends to replace X11. A better option on PS4.
Display Manager - the thing that logs you in your graphical session. It’s usually a graphical one, like:
- LightDM (usually used with XFCE, works in X11),
- SDDM (usually used with KDE, by default runs in X11, can be run in Wayland),
- GDM (usually used with GNOME, works in Wayland).
Also, use an SSD if possible!
Preferably external. The most basic 128 GB SSD will be enough to not lose sanity.