# Season 9, Episode 01. Episode ID 161

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## 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](https://files.thelinuxcast.org/index.php/f/17663) and Podman in the next few years, making them far more accessible and user-friendly for the broader population.
  - [ARM-based processors ](https://files.thelinuxcast.org/index.php/f/17664) 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%](https://files.thelinuxcast.org/index.php/f/17668)
- 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