Hello, I would like to know what would be the most secure & private option for a 2011 Macbook Pro between : staying on official High Sierra (unsupported os and web browsers) switching to a linux distro like Fedora updating to Monterey with OpenCoreLegacyPatcher (SIP disabled, APFS seal,…) ? Than…

Thanks for your answer Jonah ! I understand that Linux is the way to go for greater control over my system. It might have greater security/privacy potential but I will need to learn a new system I’m not used to. Will try to dual boot with Fedora and play with it. However, reading Madaidan’s blog a…

[image] Waverspe: However, reading Madaidan’s blog article Linux is less secure than MacOS. Maybe not for casual users like me… Well, I’m not sure if hardening Linux could actually make it more secure, but the main attrait for your case, is that, whatever you can do with OpenCoreLegacyPatcher…

Linux actually isnt as difficult to use as many people make it out to be. Mainstream distros usually have auto updates (at least with a prompt and a button) and everything is graphical.

I’m sure Linux is as easy to use as MacOS I just feel that it seems to need some tweaks with stuff and terms I don’t even know about yet that I need to learn along the way (Selinux/Apparmor/Kernel/flatpak/snap/immutable……) to be as secure as a ready to use OS like Mac OS. Just like Firefox vs harde…

[image] Waverspe: This is just for a normal use : web browsing, banking, paying tax, printing personal pictures, listening music, watching videos. I’m not a journalist nor an activist. Also my mother is in the same situation so I would like to implement the same solution for her. Fedora out o…

To simplify my request : Can I do my banking, use my credit card on eshop and enter password on my webmail, for instance, without risk on an updated OSX with opencore legacy ? Could it be worse on the unsupported High Sierra as I use it today ? This is the major risk I think about as I don’t have…

[image] Waverspe: Hello, I would like to know what would be the most secure & private option for a 2011 Macbook Pro between : staying on official High Sierra (unsupported os and web browsers) switching to a linux distro like Fedora updating to Monterey with OpenCoreLegacyPatcher (SIP disabled…

[image] Waverspe: To simplify my request : Can I do my banking, use my credit card on eshop and enter password on my webmail, for instance, without risk on an updated OSX with opencore legacy ? Could it be worse on the unsupported High Sierra as I use it today ? This is the major risk I think…

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jonah (Jonah Aragon) December 12, 2023, 6:39pm 2

Just from a security/privacy perspective you’ll be better off with Linux in this case, but if you do stick with macOS using OCLP is better than not updating at all.

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