Season 9, Episode 01

Season 9, Episode 01. Episode ID 161

Topic

2025 Prediction Show!

• Our Predictions from last year. How’d we do?
• Three predictions each for what we think we’ll see in 2025. 2 Linux/FOSS relates, one General if you want.
• One thing we’d like to improve about our lives in FOSS/Linux/our workflow this year.

2024 Predictions

Matt -

1. Canonical will roll out the official Ubuntu Immutable Distro
2. Plasma 6 will be buggy beyond belief, yet people will like it anyway.

Tyler -

1. Hyprland will become the new Arch
2. NixOS is what I will be using for the entire year

2025 Predictions

• Matt
  • RedHat will piss off the FOSS world again by making something proprietary
  • Steam will fix anti-cheat this year. Something major, whether it’s getting existing anti-cheat to work on Linux or making something new and forcing game devs to use it, they will do something to fix the online gaming problem they currently have.
  • Microsoft will bring AI to Linux.
• Drew
  • Mainstream adoption of containerization tools like Docker and Podman in the next few years, making them far more accessible and user-friendly for the broader population.
  • ARM-based processors are going to be a huge focus. ARM chips have already been taking over the world, especially with the rise of Apple’s M-series chips in MacBooks and the increasing use of ARM in everything from smartphones to servers.
  • Microsoft Windows 10 EOL October 2025 will push Linux marketshare above 10%
• Nate
  • More Gamers will leave Windows for Linux due to a lot of the new Ryzen Handhelds are pushing for SteamOS to be the main OS.
  • Will probably see a actual beta release of SteamOS as a normal “gamer” Linux Distro
  • System76’s CosmicDE will be moved into beta in ready for full release in 2026
  • We will start seeing more ARM compatibility for Linux due to ARM laptops becoming mainstream.
• Tyler
  • mozilla will make 2 products that will go nowhere and have no more than 250 users total
  • SteamOS will become a major percentage of the Linux user base
  • Bing will die

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Matt - MakeMKV (JAGL: first geany and now makemkv… what’s next Debian? LOL. Love it.)

Nate - Nate’s House is getting new Floors, total office change.

Drew - sudo apt install peek is designed specifically for capturing short screen recordings and turning them into Animated GIFs with minimal fuss.

Tyler - Webcord, discord client that works on Wayland