# No Sur, No Thank You URL: /show/linux-unplugged/380/ > We review the Dell Precision 5750, a born and bred MacBook killer that runs Linux. - Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/) - Episode: 380 - Date: 2020-11-17 - Hosts: chris, wes - Duration: 01:10:52 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/435b2256-d7b4-4521-8a3d-93e853fa0b72.mp3 - YouTube: https://youtu.be/uHHXS1pY1W0 ### Episode Links * [New device puts music in your head — no headphones required](https://apnews.com/article/new-tech-device-sound-beaming-noveto-38327ae5fe116080a5eaf2374eb0f5c8 "New device puts music in your head — no headphones required") * [Greg K-H at Linux app Summit 2020: What Linux kernel developers wish application developers would do better](https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/1/contributions/30/ "Greg K-H at Linux app Summit 2020: What Linux kernel developers wish application developers would do better") — In this talk, a Linux kernel developer gets to complain how his normal "test case" i.e. userspace code, could do better when it comes to a whole range of different things that have been learned over time by maintaining a stable interface to the kernel for 20+ years. * [Linux App Summit 2020 Videos Now Available From Steam/Valve To GNOME Circle - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-App-Summit-2020&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Phoronix+%28Phoronix%29 "Linux App Summit 2020 Videos Now Available From Steam/Valve To GNOME Circle - Phoronix") * [Seattle GNU/Linux Conference](https://seagl.org/ "Seattle GNU/Linux Conference") * [Why Linux: Your Mac Isn’t Yours](https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/# "Why Linux: Your Mac Isn’t Yours") — On modern versions of macOS, you simply can’t power on your computer, launch a text editor or eBook reader, and write or read, without a log of your activity being transmitted and stored. * [macOS Big Sur launch appears to cause temporary slowdown in even non-Big Sur Macs | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/macos-big-sur-launch-appears-to-cause-temporary-slowdown-in-even-non-big-sur-macs/ "macOS Big Sur launch appears to cause temporary slowdown in even non-Big Sur Macs | Ars Technica") * [Apple apps on macOS Big Sur bypass firewall and VPN connections](https://appleterm.com/2020/10/20/macos-big-sur-firewalls-and-vpns/ "Apple apps on macOS Big Sur bypass firewall and VPN connections") * [Macs are a privacy nightmare – OSnews](https://www.osnews.com/story/132577/macs-are-a-privacy-nightmare/ "Macs are a privacy nightmare – OSnews") * [Application Trust is Hard, but Apple does it Well — Security Embedded](https://www.security-embedded.com/blog/2020/11/14/application-trust-is-hard-but-apple-does-it-well "Application Trust is Hard, but Apple does it Well — Security Embedded") — It comes down to an argument of trust - do you trust Apple, acting in their best interests, is sufficiently aligned with your best interests too? Or do you believe they're a malevolent entity? It's not feasible for an individual to maintain the list of trustworthy or untrustworthy parties that Apple does. * [Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look – Jacopo Jannone - blog](https://blog.jacopo.io/en/post/apple-ocsp/ "Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look – Jacopo Jannone - blog") * [Not all bad news for Arm Macs Tho, might be able to bless Linux kernels](https://twitter.com/never_released/status/1326315741080150016 "Not all bad news for Arm Macs Tho, might be able to bless Linux kernels") — On arm64 macs, there's no all-security-checks-are-off mode. You can however bless your unsigned kernels through kmutil, which adds their hashes to the Secure Boot policy, allowing you to boot them. * [Longhorn on Twitter](https://twitter.com/never_released/status/1327398102983176192 "Longhorn on Twitter") — So how will you boot third-party operating systems on arm64 Macs? You might have seen that pongoOS has been getting a ton of work in the recent past, and even more is coming. This work will allow us to support pongoOS as a second-stage bootloader for Apple Silicon-based Macs. * [patrick wardle on Twitter](https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/1327726496203476992 "patrick wardle on Twitter") — In Big Sur Apple decided to exempt many of its apps from being routed thru the frameworks they now require 3rd-party firewalls to use (LuLu, Little Snitch, etc.) 🧐 Q: Could this be (ab)used by malware to also bypass such firewalls? 🤔 A: Apparently yes, and trivially so 😬😱😭 * [All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows](https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows "All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows") * [Precision 5750 17 Inch Mobile Workstation Laptop with AI & VR | Dell USA](https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/workstations-isv-certified/precision-5750-mobile-workstation/spd/precision-17-5750-laptop "Precision 5750 17 Inch Mobile Workstation Laptop with AI & VR | Dell USA") — The first thin and light 17-inch mobile workstation is also the smartest. Featuring Dell Optimizer for Precision with AI, the latest Intel® Core™ or Xeon® processors and NVIDIA® graphics. Starting at $2,139.00 * [Dell vs Ryzen desktop](https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2011130-FI-1910219UN99 "Dell vs Ryzen desktop") * [ChrisLAS Workstation vs Ryzenbox](https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2011138-FI-1910219UN11 "ChrisLAS Workstation vs Ryzenbox") * [Three way shoot out Ryzen vs Dell vs Chris Wks](https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2011130-FI-1910219UN99,2011138-FI-1910219UN11 "Three way shoot out Ryzen vs Dell vs Chris Wks") * [AI Benchmark Alpha Benchmark - OpenBenchmarking.org](https://openbenchmarking.org/test/pts/ai-benchmark "AI Benchmark Alpha Benchmark - OpenBenchmarking.org") * [Ryzen 3600 Single/Multithreaded And RAM Tests Performance - OpenBenchmarking.org](https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1910219-UNIT-201910277 "Ryzen 3600 Single/Multithreaded And RAM Tests Performance - OpenBenchmarking.org") * [Pick: Yacht](https://github.com/SelfhostedPro/Yacht "Pick: Yacht") — a container management UI with a focus on templates and 1-click deployments. * [Lutris 0.5.8 Release](https://github.com/lutris/lutris/releases/tag/0.5.8 "Lutris 0.5.8 Release")