This year we made good progress. You know, Linux gaming becoming better, Reddit fucking up, Metaverse failing etc. But on the other hand Big Tech has or are planning to make some moves. Such as, Google’s Web Enviroment Integrity API (EDIT: they backed off), UK’s encryption bill, etc.
So what do you think of the future? I’m currently optimistic. I think the best recent event was Reddit fucking up. Obviously one of the biggest information sources going down that path isn’t something to celebrate. But it was bound to happen. I believe decentralized social networks becoming more popular is what Aaron Swartz would have wanted if he saw how Reddit was being managed.
Ubuntu with GNOME. GNOME is the best and most polished DE, period. Ubuntu is the distro with largest community support, and they are not filled with unwelcoming jerks like the ones in Arch community. It has enough tutorials that you might never even need to talk to a person to solve your few issues you ever get.
Here is my Linux/Windows computing guide to get you started. https://lemmy.ml/post/511377