@geerlingguy I will be the hacker to bite on that strident comment, even rsj approves of this - walled gardens can be great #kext #bearcat scanners #kismac

Read the news today of how someone managed to run macOS on the Steam Deck and... I was pretty surprised when I learnt they used my GUX Kext fork to do it!  

Pretty cool, and props to kaitlyn/Winux-11/CodeRunner5235 and everyone else involved  

A guide can be found here if you wanna try macOS on the Deck yourself: https://github.com/CodeRunner5235/Opencore-Steam-Deck

https://github.com/RattletraPM/GUX-RyzenXHCIFix

#SteamDeck #macos #hackintosh #kext #foss #github #tech #coding #software #apple #valve

GitHub - CodeRunner5235/Opencore-Steam-Deck: An opencore EFI configuration for the steamdeck

An opencore EFI configuration for the steamdeck. Contribute to CodeRunner5235/Opencore-Steam-Deck development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

“Despite the unfortunate wording of “Reduced security,” kexts do not reduce a system’s security. If improperly developed, a #kext could only affect system #stability and #reliability, but not the system’s security”

Ah yes, by using only unstable or unreliable code, not insecure code. Cool cool cool.

Recently discovered Fuse-T a drop in remplacement for #MacFuse, improved, not a kernel extension, really fast and more stable.

#apple #mac #kext #osxfuse #fuset #nfs

https://www.fuse-t.org/

FUSE-T

Abstract FUSE-T is a kext-less implementation of FUSE for macOS that uses NFS v4 local server instead of a kernel extension. The main motivation for this project is to replace macfuse (https://osxfuse.github.io/) that implements its own kext to make fuse work. With each version of macOS it's

Apple deprecating macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) is a great win for security

Apple kernel extension APIs to be deprecated in macOS 10.15.4.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-deprecating-macos-kernel-extensions-kexts-is-a-great-win-for-security/
#macos #kext #kernel #security

Apple deprecating macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) is a great win for security | ZDNet

Apple kernel extension APIs to be deprecated in macOS 10.15.4.