Late Night Linux – Episode 367

Jan 5, 2026

The hosts reflect on their 2025 predictions, assessing hits and misses across AI, crypto, and tech. They dive into concerns about opaque AI financing and discuss the future of Linux with insights on desktop trends and Valve's upcoming moves in VR. Advances in perovskite solar research are highlighted, along with predictions for public funding for open-source projects. As geopolitical tensions rise, they warn of cyberwar risks and privacy implications from new age verification laws. The discussion rounds off with forecasts on Linux growth and potential Windows 11 backlash.

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INSIGHT

AI Funding Looks Like A Grift

The AI funding boom feels like a financial house of cards with money being shuffled and hidden.
Will warns that this could trigger a wider market crisis when debtors can no longer pay.

INSIGHT

AI Hype Kept Accelerating

AI hype continued through 2025 rather than subsiding.
Graham notes that AI adoption (OpenAI/Gemini) keeps driving the arms race, not slowing it.

ANECDOTE

User-Funded Desktop Came True

Félim's prediction that 2025 would be the 'year of the user-funded desktop' proved accurate.
He points to KDE as an example of that shift towards user-funded development.

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