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by kaladin-jasnah 1693 days ago
Not only is the hardware support better, but even with good hardware support, you have to do more on Hackintoshes (manually download and copy tens of kexts, edit a very, very long plist file for OpenCore, screw with the serial number if you want iMesasge, etc., etc.). Linux usually "just works."
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bigmadwolf 1692 days ago
True. For a Hack as with Linux, using compatible hardware is the key. However once that configuration process is done (and done right) from then on its typically a rock solid experience until the next major Mac OS version upgrade. In some ways it is superior to an actual Mac since you have the ability to inject kexts without having to stuff around with reboot to recovery mode, disabling SIP to install and so on. OpenCore is an impressive piece of software.
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kaladin-jasnah 1692 days ago
> OpenCore is an impressive piece of software.

100% agree with this in every way possible.

Cannot detract from how many features it (Audio support for boot chimes? Full graphics support? How many Linux bootloaders have that?). Tons and tons of configuration options and settings that you'll need to get a working Hackintosh.

Yes, OpenCore is an extremely impressive piece of software. It would be nice if Linux bootloaders even approached the featureset and level of polish that OpenCore has.

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