Open source is more exciting than ever, imo. People can much more credibly customize their own software now thanks to language models, and that makes the fact that something’s open source an even more compelling feature. It also provides an alternative interface to whatever (usually rough) UI it has.

Lots of people are using locked down devices, but the higher friction alternatives just lost a lot of their friction.

Combine that with Windows getting noticeably worse and more aggressively annoying, and it might finally be The Year Of The Linux Desktop.