Since everybody seems be be anxious to comment an article from Information Week: What Linux Will Look Like In 2012, here's my take on how a typical, über-productive Linux desktop will look like in 2012:

A typical Linux desktop in 2012

Other predictions for 2012?

Debian will have 100,000 packages, 80,000 of which being obsolete.
Ubuntu will have 200,000 packages, 180,000 of which being broken.
Ubuntu, Fedora, and Mandriva will release 12 times a year.

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