{"id":480,"date":"2012-12-31T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=480"},"modified":"2012-12-31T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T18:22:59","slug":"five-linux-predictions-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2012\/12\/31\/five-linux-predictions-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Linux predictions for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that the final curtain is about to drop on the year that was 2012, there’s no better time to look ahead and try to anticipate what 2013 will bring.
\nPredictions have been coming fast and furious throughout the tech press for some time already, of course, but not many focus on Linux.
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\nWith that in mind, here are some things I think we’ll see in the Linux world in this upcoming year.
\n1. The ‘tiny’ trend
\nThere’s been no end in sight to the excitement over the Raspberry Pi this year, and it’s just one in an ever-growing class of tiny, inexpensive, Linux-powered PCs. It’s a real revolution in computing, as I’ve said before, with potentially huge implications for society and the world. I predict this trend is going to continue into 2013 and beyond, as free, open source, and resource-efficient Linux enables ever smaller and cheaper computing options.
\n2. Increasing ubiquity
\nOne would already be hard-pressed to find a major company or aspect of the technological world that doesn’t rely on Linux in some way, but that’s clearly going to increase further. Not only are all these new \u201ctiny\u201d devices putting Linux into more consumers’ hands\u2014even beyond what it has already achieved through Linux-based Android\u2014but it’s also increasingly playing a role in the gaming world, for instance, as well as in cars and beyond. With its small size, flexibility, openness, and low cost, there’s virtually no limit on the places and ways it can be used to improve life for everyone.
\n3. Fully competitive at last
\nSpeaking of ubiquity, I’m not going to predict that 2013 will be the oft-anticipated \u201cYear of Linux on the Desktop,\u201d which has questionable relevance at this point anyway, but I do think two key things happened in 2012 that make Linux a more compelling desktop choice for companies and individual users. First: Windows 8 happened. Second: Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular have finally reached a point at which their features truly match\u2014or even surpass\u2014what Windows offers mainstream users. It will take time, to be sure, for many to overcome the inertia that keeps them locked into Microsoft’s plan, but I do think things are now looking better for desktop Linux than they ever have before, and that will only continue throughout the upcoming year.
\n4. Linux preloaded
\nWhatever your views of Windows’ long-term prospects, it seems pretty safe to say that the widespread skepticism currently greeting Windows 8 means that more business and individual users will be seeking out other choices. That, indeed, will drive fresh uptake of alternatives like Ubuntu on the desktop, and it will also fuel the growing number of hardware options sold with Linux preloaded. Dell’s new developer-focused \u201cSputnik\u201d laptop is but one of numerous recent examples, and I have no doubt that trend is going to continue in the upcoming year. More choice is always a good thing for users.
\n5. Back to basics
\nLast but not least, one big trend from the past year or so that hasn’t fared too well is the imposition of the mobile paradigm onto the desktop. We’ve seen it in Ubuntu’s Unity and GNOME 3 as well as Windows 8’s Modern UI, and a lot of users don’t like it. I predict\u2014and I fervently hope\u2014that in 2013 software makers are going to better appreciate that what works on one form factor\u2014however wildly popular it may be\u2014isn’t necessarily something that can be applied across the board in \u201cone size fits all\u201d fashion. The return by popular demand of GNOME 2 should be a lesson to all operating systems: mobile is mobile, desktop is desktop, and never the twain shall meet. Or something like that. \ud83d\ude09
\nvia Five Linux predictions for 2013 | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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