# Perilously Pontificated Predictions

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/596/
> We make our big Linux predictions for 2025, but first, we score how we did for 2024.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 596
- Date: 2025-01-05
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Guests: michaeltunnell
- Duration: 01:15:12
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/81369e6c-3be2-4977-a319-df63605fafd1.mp3



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### Episode Links

* [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike")
* [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM")
* [LinuxFest Northwest 2025: Call for Speakers](https://sessionize.com/linuxfest-northwest-2025 "LinuxFest Northwest 2025: Call for Speakers") — Call closes at 11:59 PM PST on 
* [Planet Nix CFP - Jan 6th](https://planetnix.com/#call-for-proposals-cfp "Planet Nix CFP - Jan 6th")
* [Colony Events](https://colonyevents.com/events/ "Colony Events")
* [LUP was the #2 top show on Fountain.fm for 2024. THANK YOU!](https://x.com/fountain_app/status/1873744436493942916 "LUP was the #2 top show on Fountain.fm for 2024. THANK YOU!")
* [LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later](https://linuxunplugged.com/545 "LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later")
* [MAGI OS: AI powered Linux](https://github.com/ruapotato/MAGI "MAGI OS: AI powered Linux")
* [MakuluLinux AI podcast – MakuluLinux](http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2024/12/04/makululinux-ai-podcast/ "MakuluLinux AI podcast – MakuluLinux")
* [MakuluLinux X – AI Integration Update – MakuluLinux](http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2024/11/04/makululinux-x-ai-integration-update/ "MakuluLinux X – AI Integration Update – MakuluLinux")
* [OpenZFS Native Encryption Use Raises Data Corruption Concerns](https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-Encrypt-Corrupt "OpenZFS Native Encryption Use Raises Data Corruption Concerns")
* [Debian Installer Trixie Alpha 1 Brings RISC-V & Drops i386 Installer](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Installer-Trixie-Alpha-1 "Debian Installer Trixie Alpha 1 Brings RISC-V & Drops i386 Installer")
* [After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends/ "After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends")
* [mesa-dri-drivers-24.2.4-1.fc41 - Fedora Packages](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/mesa/mesa-dri-drivers/fedora-41.html "mesa-dri-drivers-24.2.4-1.fc41 - Fedora Packages")
* [UbuntuUpdates - Package Search (all versions of mesa)](https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/pm/mesa "UbuntuUpdates - Package Search \(all versions of mesa\)")
* [Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Moving To NVK + Zink For OpenGL On Newer GPUs - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zink-NVK-For-NVIDIA-OpenGL "Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Moving To NVK + Zink For OpenGL On Newer GPUs - Phoronix")
* [Mesa's NVIDIA Vulkan Driver "NVK" Now Exposes Vulkan 1.3 Support - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-1.3-Mesa-24.1 "Mesa's NVIDIA Vulkan Driver "NVK" Now Exposes Vulkan 1.3 Support - Phoronix")
* [NixOS-based distributions - NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS-based_distributions "NixOS-based distributions - NixOS Wiki")
* [It's time for change, it's time for Linux. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me7tCDPAlw4 "It's time for change, it's time for Linux. - YouTube")
* [How I Broke up with Adobe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm51xZHZI6g "How I Broke up with Adobe")
* [Automotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota to Help Automakers Manage Open Source Activities - Automotive Grade Linux](https://www.automotivelinux.org/announcements/ospo_eg/ "Automotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota to Help Automakers Manage Open Source Activities - Automotive Grade Linux")
* [Annual Membership](https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630 "Annual Membership") — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!
* [Enclosed - Send private and secure notes](https://enclosed.cc/ "Enclosed - Send private and secure notes") — Minimalistic web application designed for sending end-to-end encrypted notes and files.
* [enclosed - GitHub](https://github.com/CorentinTh/enclosed?tab=readme-ov-file "enclosed - GitHub")