by Swapnil Bhartiya

11 predictions for Linux in 2016

Opinion
Dec 21, 2015
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The Linux world changed a lot in 2015. Will the momentum continue?

Peer into the future

The Linux world changed a lot in 2015. Perhaps the biggest change was at Microsoft, which turned from a foe into a lover of Linux. We saw the first Ubuntu Linux powered smartphone. Samsung launched a smartwatch running on Tizen Linux. In the enterprise, Linux and open source continued to become stronger with technologies like OpenStack, Docker, and Cloud Foundry. It has been an exciting year. 

What does 2016 hold for Linux? Here are my predictions.