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Forget Linux, just use OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
That will work for now - although in my experience the performance of newer OSs on older hardware is not great. Soon, however, new releases of macOS won't support Intel processors. Tahoe, later this year, will supposedly be the last.
You don't have to use the latest OS.
Yes, Tahoe will be the last. However that will last you another year and then you'll get a couple more years of security updates after that, so it will still be safe to use. The thing is already >10 years old so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement before then.
Putting Linux on a Mac is, in my experience, a right pain in the ass. They have proprietary hardware and drivers that just make it very painful.