# Death of the Mac

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/359/
> Why we think Apple just handed market share to Desktop Linux, and why you can kiss running Linux on the Mac goodbye forever.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 359
- Date: 2020-06-23
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Guests: drew-devore, nealgompa
- Duration: 00:47:07
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/86ff1f4f-34eb-4c18-85bd-9c459f00c69e.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/RSI-oG0bTtw





### Episode Links

  * [Generating cooking recipes using TensorFlow and a LSTM Recurrent Neural Network](https://github.com/trekhleb/machine-learning-experiments/blob/master/assets/recipes_generation.en.md "Generating cooking recipes using TensorFlow and a LSTM Recurrent Neural Network")
  * [ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world](https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/23/21300097/fugaku-supercomputer-worlds-fastest-top500-riken-fujitsu-arm "ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world")
  * [Ampere donates Arm64 server hardware to Debian to fortify the Arm ecosystem](https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200616 "Ampere donates Arm64 server hardware to Debian to fortify the Arm ecosystem")
  * [Google’s Bringing Its Apple AirDrop Rival to Linux, Windows, and Mac](https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-s-bringing-its-apple-airdrop-rival-to-linux-windows-and-mac-530321.shtml "Google’s Bringing Its Apple AirDrop Rival to Linux, Windows, and Mac")
  * [Know when we’re going to be live. Check out the calendar!](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/release-calendar/ "Know when we’re going to be live. Check out the calendar!")
  * [Pay it forward: Help us give away 1,000 ACG subscriptions ](https://info.acloud.guru/resources/pay-it-forward "Pay it forward: Help us give away 1,000 ACG subscriptions
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  * [Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year](https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21295475/apple-mac-processors-arm-silicon-chips-wwdc-2020?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4 "Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year")
  * [Tim Cook says first Mac with Apple Silicon shipping to consumers by end of this year](https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/apple-silicon-mac-shipping/ "Tim Cook says first Mac with Apple Silicon shipping to consumers by end of this year")
  * [r/linux: How will Apple’s ARM announcement affecting Linux going forward?](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/he7cm9/how_will_apples_arm_announcement_affecting_linux/ "r/linux: How will Apple’s ARM announcement affecting Linux going forward?")
  * [r/linux: Let’s suppose Apple goes ARM, MS follows its footsteps and does the same. What will happen to Linux then? Will we go back to “unlocking bootloaders”?](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/hedo9j/lets_suppose_apple_goes_arm_ms_follows_its/ "r/linux: Let’s suppose Apple goes ARM, MS follows its footsteps and does the same. What will happen to Linux then? Will we go back to “unlocking bootloaders”?")
  * [Jared Domínguez on Twitter](https://twitter.com/djdmngz/status/1275442846397427718 "Jared Domínguez on Twitter") — Today’s cynical take: Apple supporting Linux VMs is a way to make devs feel good with minimal effort (offload the work to Parallels/BSD community) while allowing Apple to deprecate their already super stale Unix userland. macOS itself will become less accessible.
  * [unsilence: Console Interface and Library to remove silent parts of a media file 🔈](https://github.com/lagmoellertim/unsilence "unsilence: Console Interface and Library to remove silent parts of a media file 🔈")