# What Linux is Best At

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/343/
> We try the Mac desktop for 30 days, find out what we think it does best, and where Linux will always have it beat.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 343
- Date: 2020-03-03
- Hosts: chris, wes, chzbacon
- Guests: popey, mariakomarova, michaelaaronmurphy
- Duration: 00:57:08
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/11bf0308-3a26-427f-985e-599635f3b74a.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/qKEejWRX28U





### Episode Links

  * [GNOME Shell 3.36 release Looking Great](https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2020/03/02/this-month-in-mutter-gnome-shell-february-2020/ "GNOME Shell 3.36 release Looking Great")
  * [Firefox 75 On Wayland Now To Have Full WebGL, Working VA-API Acceleration - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-75-Wayland-Great-Shape "Firefox 75 On Wayland Now To Have Full WebGL, Working VA-API Acceleration - Phoronix")
  * [Don’t forget about DST!](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/release-calendar/ "Don’t forget about DST!")
  * [FOSS Talk Live - June 20th at The Harrison near King’s Cross in London](https://fosstalk.com/foss-talk-live-2020 "FOSS Talk Live - June 20th at The Harrison near King’s Cross in London")
  * [Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram](https://jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram "Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram")
  * [Late Night Linux – Episode 84 – Late Night Linux](https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-84/ "Late Night Linux – Episode 84 – Late Night Linux")
  * [How Docker Makes All Linux Distros Look Alike - Container Journal](https://containerjournal.com/features/docker-makes-linux-distros-look-alike/ "How Docker Makes All Linux Distros Look Alike - Container Journal")
  * [Docker Desktop for Mac - Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac "Docker Desktop for Mac - Docker Hub")
  * [Docker Desktop for Windows](https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-windows "Docker Desktop for Windows")
  * [Simon Ferquel on Twitter: “We just updated @docker desktop edge channel with a build supporting Windows 10 Home Insider (you need WSL2 to run it on Home). So happy to see this at last!” / Twitter](https://twitter.com/sferquel/status/1234540699548364802?s=12 "Simon Ferquel on Twitter: “We just updated @docker desktop edge channel with a build supporting Windows 10 Home Insider \(you need WSL2 to run it on Home\). So happy to see this at last!” / Twitter")
  * [Yong Sheng on Twitter: “running #docker on #wsl2 from a fresh reboot of #windows10 20H1: 9 sec startup, 1.1gb of ram, no hyper-v MobyVM required. passthrough support into my existing ubuntu wsl instance. been waiting for this for years! https://t.co/6ernWi4Hoz” / Twitter](https://twitter.com/ystan_/status/1233650086728437761?s=12 "Yong Sheng on Twitter: “running #docker on #wsl2 from a fresh reboot of #windows10 20H1: 9 sec startup, 1.1gb of ram, no hyper-v MobyVM required. passthrough support into my existing ubuntu wsl instance. been waiting for this for years! https://t.co/6ernWi4Hoz” / Twitter")
  * [Chris Tries a Mac and it Makes him Think](https://markdownshare.com/view/b7be6016-73fb-472f-8c3e-48cb8bcff127 "Chris Tries a Mac and it Makes him Think")
  * [Steam Survey Updated For February 2020 With Latest Linux Figures - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=steam-survey-feb-2020 "Steam Survey Updated For February 2020 With Latest Linux Figures - Phoronix")
  * [Carl Richell on Twitter: Pop!_OS tiling is shaping up nicely. We’re hoping to have a 20.04 beta release available in about a month.](https://twitter.com/carlrichell/status/1232445892017311746 "Carl Richell on Twitter: Pop!_OS tiling is shaping up nicely. We’re hoping to have a 20.04 beta release available in about a month.")
  * [pop-os/shell: Pop!_OS Tiling GNOME Extension](https://github.com/pop-os/shell "pop-os/shell: Pop!_OS Tiling GNOME Extension")
  * [catt - Cast All The Things allows you to send videos from many, many online sources to your Chromecast.](https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt "catt - Cast All The Things allows you to send videos from many, many online sources to your Chromecast.")
  * [The Silver Searcher - A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher "The Silver Searcher - A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.")
  * [Ripgrep - ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep "Ripgrep - ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern")