VGLeaks: Details about Playstation 4 OS development


Recommended Posts

We have some details about the development of the Playstation 4 OS.

 

The Operating System is called ?Orbis OS?. It is a modified version of FreeBSD 9.0.

 

We aren?t sure if this will bring again the ?Other OS? functions to Playstation 4 (remember that this option enabled Playstation 3 to install other OS in the console like linux or windows).

 

When you boot up a second-gen development kit, you will be prompted with several options, as you can see in the next captures:

 

310.jpg

 

More options appear when you choose startup settings:

 

410.jpg

 

As you can imagine you have either a console mode or a graphic mode (the one you will see in a retail Playstation 4).

 

Here you can see some images of the console mode and some of the files/directories in the devkit:

 

IMG_1517.jpg

 

IMG_1519.jpg

 

We?ll try to add more information in the future.

 

Source: http://www.vgleaks.com/some-details-about-playstation-4-os-development/

Ugh, I hope that's not the final UI. Looks like a mess! Sony needs to hire some better UX designers.

 

The UI/UX, exclusives and Kinect is why I'm getting the Xbox One.

 

But the PS3 UI was kinda cool in itself due to it being generally more responsive than the Xbox 360's. That said, there the possability that

the PS4 will have a bit different looking UI at launch. And Sony could still push some updates in the future as well.

There is zero details about the development of the PS4 OS here, there some screenshots of some Linux files and the dev kit boot loader. That's not details of anything, it might not even be related to the PS4 OS at all. As was stated earlier the PS3 dev kits ran red hat.

When the thread title says details about the PS4 OS, I expected something a lot more interesting than this :/

Yes, thank you. I saw that during Sony's E3 press conference. It did show some of the UI, but it wasn't realtime or very informative of how the UI/dashboard will look. I'm waiting for a more in depth live demo.

There is zero details about the development of the PS4 OS here, there some screenshots of some Linux files and the dev kit boot loader. That's not details of anything, it might not even be related to the PS4 OS at all. As was stated earlier the PS3 dev kits ran red hat.

When the thread title says details about the PS4 OS, I expected something a lot more interesting than this :/

 Gotcha. VGLeaks is a reliable source though, so I look forward to seeing more.

 Gotcha. VGLeaks is a reliable source though, so I look forward to seeing more.

I'll second that. I've been using VGLeaks a lot and everything they've said has been pretty much right. They were the ones who leaked all the specifications for the consoles, got Mirrors Edge 2 right, The Club etc etc.

 

To be honest, it's not quite the engineering feat if they're using a modified unix build. I would of expected something a bit grand.

I seriously doubt they are going to let you run your own OS with this.  The only way I would see this happening is via USB stick and I doubt that as well.  The days of installing another OS is over (unless you successfully hack it of course). 

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Nice. September/October GA?! I'll keep following it, but won't install any preview or beta versions.
    • Wow, that could have been dangerous, certainly not ready for these things. They have to be 100% or pretty well close to it. Not that I will see one i doubt, never mind ride in one, they may have them in London, but I doubt they will come to where I live.
    • Nothing kills CMF Phone 2 Pro's successor due to rising memory prices by Hamid Ganji Storage and RAM prices have been rising over the past year, leading to a significant increase in the cost of electronics for customers around the world. Many companies are now revising their plans for upcoming devices due to higher component costs and overall production expenses. CMF is the latest company to cancel the successor to one of its best-selling phones due to rising memory prices. CMF is a sub-brand of Nothing and focuses on making budget smartphones for growing markets. The brand launched the CMF Phone 2 Pro last year with some eye-catching specifications and an affordable price. While many customers may have been waiting for a successor this year, one of the company’s executives has announced that CMF will not release a new smartphone this year. And AI is to blame. As Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis announced on X, the company has been working on a successor to the CMF Phone 2 Pro, but with current memory prices, it cannot “build a phone that feels like a genuine step forward at a price that makes sense for CMF.” So, no new CMF phone will be launched this year. Meanwhile, Evangelidis said the company still has several new products in the pipeline, including some in entirely new categories. He added that the Nothing brand will also continue launching new products through 2026. Budget smartphones are among the first victims of the surge in RAM and memory prices, as they have become more expensive to build. The sharp increase in memory costs could also reshape the traditional price ranges associated with budget phones. Apple CEO Tim Cook also recently said that price increases for some of the company’s products are unavoidable because RAM and memory have become significantly more expensive this year. Analysts estimate that the base price of the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro could rise to $1,399 due to current market shortages.
    • Nudge me when they bring back hardware audio acceleration so I can get my EAX 5 back. We've evolved graphics to real-time path tracing, but regressed audio some 15 years back in time with this stupid software audio stack.
    • Ocenaudio 3.19.4 by Razvan Serea  Ocenaudio is a full featured, fast and easy to use audio and music editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. Ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users. To assist ocenaudio development, a powerful toolset of audio editing, analysis and manipulation called Ocen Framework was created. ocenaudio is also based on Qt framework, a well known library for cross-platform development. Cross-platform support ocenaudio is available for all major operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Native applications are generated for each platform from a common source, in order to achieve excelent performance and seamless integration with the operating system. All versions of ocenaudio have a uniform set of features and the same graphical interface, so the skills you learn in one platform can be used in the others. VST plugins support Ocenaudio supports VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plugins, giving its users access to numerous effects. Like the native effects, VST effects can use real-time preview to aide configuration. Real-time preview of effects Applying effects such as EQ, gain and filtering is an important part of audio editing. However, it is very tricky to get the desired result by adjusting the controls configuration alone: you must listen the processed audio. To ease the configuration of audio effects, ocenaudio has a real time preview feature: you hear the processed signal while adjusting the controls. The effect configuration window also includes a miniature view of the selected audio signal. You can navigate on this miniature view in the same way as you do on the main interface, selecting parts that interest you and listening to the effect result in real time. Multiselection for delicate editions To speed up complex audio files editing, ocenaudio includes multi-selection. With this amazing tool, you can simultaneously select different portions of an audio file and listen, edit or even apply an effect to them. For example, if you want to normalize only the excerpts of an interview where the interviewee is talking, just select them and apply the effect. Eficient edition of large files With ocenaudio, there is no limit to the length or the quantity of the audio files you can edit. Using an advanced memory management system, the application keeps your files open without wasting any of your computer's memory. Even in files several hours long, common editing operations such as copy, cut or paste happen almost instantly. Fully featured spectrogram Besides offering an incredible waveform view of your audio files, ocenaudio has a powerful and complete spectrogram view. In this view, you can analyze the spectral content of your audio signal with maximum clarity. Advanced users will be surprised to find that the spectrogram settings are applied in real time. The display is updated immediately when altering features such as the number of frequency bands, window type and size and dynamic range of the display. Ocenaudio 3.19.4 changelog: Adds fallback fonts so every language and symbol displays correctly Improves autosave and session recovery stability Improves region navigation and display Fixes a crash when the level meter is used on displays with a scaling greater than 200% Fixes memory corruption when using the silence selection tools Fixes crashes when closing a file while effects are still being processed Fixes a freeze when applying effects to many files at once (macOS) Fixes crashes related to audio devices on Windows Fixes invalid file names when exporting regions whose label is used as the file name Other bug fixes and improvements Download: Ocenaudio 64-bit | Portable | ~40.0 MB (Freeware) Download: Ocenaudio for Linux and Mac OS View: Ocenaudio Homepage | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
  • Recent Achievements

    • Collaborator
      ryansurfer98 went up a rank
      Collaborator
    • Week One Done
      Eurosoft10 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Eurosoft10 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      Skeet Campbell earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Month Later
      Sharbel earned a badge
      One Month Later
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      541
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      187
    3. 3
      Michael Scrip
      78
    4. 4
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      75
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      71
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!