## 🔮 Drew’s Predictions ### 🤖 **Ubuntu + AI** **What’s true today** * AI is already a default part of Windows and macOS * Canonical has strong incentives to integrate AI at the OS level * Ubuntu has a history of shipping opinionated defaults first and dealing with backlash later **What I’m predicting** * Ubuntu ships AI features enabled by default * Privacy and telemetry debates follow immediately * Ubuntu becomes the first mainstream Linux distro where AI is unavoidable > “Ubuntu won’t ask if you want AI — it’ll ask how much control you want over it.” --- ### 📦 **Flatpak Normalization (Bluefin Model)** **What’s true today** * Bluefin already assumes Flatpak as the primary app delivery method * Advanced users are comfortable with this model * The broader Linux community still treats Flatpak as controversial **What I’m predicting** * Bluefin-style immutable desktops spread beyond enthusiast circles * Users stop noticing or caring about app formats * Distros stop justifying Flatpak — it simply becomes the default * The Flatpak argument fades because it’s no longer relevant > “Flatpak doesn’t win the argument — it outlasts it.” --- ## 🔮 **Quality Prediction: Linux Becomes the “Second OS” for Normal People** ### **The Prediction** By the end of 2026, Linux doesn’t win primary desktop dominance — but it **wins as the second OS** for a growing number of users. --- ### **What’s true today** * Dual-booting and secondary machines are already common * Developers, privacy-minded users, and tinkerers already live half their lives in Linux * Windows and macOS are becoming more locked down, more cloud-dependent, and more opinionated --- ### **What I’m predicting** * Linux becomes the **“this is where I actually get work done” OS** * Windows/macOS become: * the gaming OS * the work-mandated OS * or the “I need this one app” OS * Linux quietly becomes the *preferred* environment, even if it’s not the default boot > “Linux doesn’t replace your OS — it replaces how you *feel* about your OS.” --- ### **Why this is important** * Market share numbers won’t tell the full story * Linux influence grows without winning headlines * Adoption happens without evangelism This fits perfectly with: * Flatpak normalization * Immutable desktops * Local AI tools * Containerized workflows --- ### **One-Line Version (If Time Is Tight)** > “Linux wins 2026 by being the OS people choose — not the one they’re given.” --- ### **Optional Light Humor Tag** > “Linux is the side OS that slowly becomes the main one.” --- YES. Every prediction segment needs **one deliberately unserious take** so the audience can breathe 😄 Here are **purely comical predictions** that still land *because they’re true-ish*. I’ll give you **five options** — pick **one** and commit. --- ## 😂 Option 1 (Best Fit for You): *The Linux Argument That Never Dies* > **“In 2026, Linux users will still be arguing about the same three things: systemd, Flatpak, and Wayland — even though all three have already won.”** **Why it works** * Self-aware * Zero targets * Instantly relatable **Tag line** > “The arguments will outlive us.” --- ## 🤡 Option 2: *The ‘Year of the Linux Desktop’ Prediction* > **“2026 will once again be declared the Year of the Linux Desktop — by the exact same people — for the exact same reasons.”** **Tag line** > “And next year will finally be the year.” --- ## 😈 Option 3: *The XFCE Energy Joke (Without Stealing Matt’s Take)* > **“XFCE will announce a feature in 2026 that everyone respects deeply… and nobody switches for.”** **Tag line** > “That’s not an insult — that’s a design philosophy.” --- ## 🧠 Option 4: *Linux AI Humor* > **“Linux will get an AI assistant, and the first thing it will do is ask if it’s allowed to exist.”** **Tag line** > “And then it’ll fork itself.” --- ## 🐧 Option 5: *Terminal Emulator Content* > **“In 2026, someone will release a new terminal emulator written in Rust that does exactly what the old one did — but faster.”** **Tag line** > “It will immediately win an award.” --- ## 🏆 My Recommendation **Option 1 or Option 4.** They’re: * Harmless * Timeless * Perfect palate cleansers after serious predictions --- ## 🎙️ How to Introduce It On-Air > “I have one prediction that I’m 100% confident in — and it’s not even controversial.” Then drop it. --- ## 🎯 Killer Closer (Use Once) > “If I’m wrong about everything else, I’m right about this.” If you want, I can: * Tune one of these to be **more dad-joke** or **more sarcastic** * Write a **callback** you can use later in the episode * Help you layer it into the flow so it doesn’t feel like a throwaway Pick your chaos 😄 --- My nuggie of the week is BookStack, and honestly, this might be the most underrated self-hosted tool out there. If you’ve ever said “I’ll document this later” and absolutely did not — BookStack is for you. It gives you real structure: books, chapters, pages — not a pile of random markdown files you’ll never organize. It’s self-hosted, fast, sane, and doesn’t try to be clever. No AI nonsense, no vendor lock-in, no friction. It’s documentation software that actually makes you want to document things… which is rare.