I do not own a blu ray drive with the ability to burn discs. I am trying to accomplish the 12.02 exploit on ps4 without having to buy one. However I would also like to be able to burn new discs for exploit updates if necessary, so buying just a burned disc isn’t an option.
My ps3 is already on custom firmware, I was wondering if I were to install linux would that allow me to use the drive to burn discs? Is the drive only capable of reading discs? If so I guess it’s a bullet I hsve to bite.

I’m afraid the PS3 lacks the required laser to burn blu-rays. Linux running under otheros or an exploit is only able to use the Blu-ray drive to read disks.
Damn, guess I gotta find a cheap blu ray drive thst can write then.