# Season 7, Episode 01. Episode ID 101

## What Have You Been Up To? 

Tyler - I have been working on an automated social media program for a marketing company startup I am in. As well as my sister and I might be getting a boarding facility for our business soon 🤞

Matt – Been working on reducing my YouTube viewing time, at least on youtube, by switching everything to RSS. It has been wondeful. 
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* Matt 2022 Predictions 

1. Solus will fold. As in not exist.  [x]
2. Canonical Will become more obsessed with Flutter [x]
3. Discord will see some kind of huge scandal [x]

* Tyler 2022 Predictions
1. This Year will be the end of Matrix, but the year of Element. Element will compete with Discord. Also Grid mode (also Matt was right about you being wrong) [x]
2. Distributions based on Ubuntu, will no longer be based on Ubuntu [x though maybe, as some has started to not use snaps]
3. The SteamDeck will see most people running Windows on it [x]

* Matt 2023 Predictions
1. Valve Will Not Release a SteamDeck2 This Year
2. Microsoft Will Buy Something Big In the Linux World.
3. We'll see more classic window managers move to Wayland this year (bspwm, dwm, openbox), or at least they will begin making a plan to do so.

* Tyler 2023 Predictions
1. Web3, NFT's, Crypto, and Metaverse bullcrap will see heavy regulation as many more scams get properly investigated by authorities. As well as people losing interest.
2. I will start streaming on YouTube every day.
3. AI and Linux will become a big part of a lot of small companies success.


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### Apps of the Week ###

Matt - Kickstart Nvim - https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

Tyler - kitty
