Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 – but one open-source legend may not survive

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• The Linux desktop will continue to grow.
• Linux and open-source security will both improve.
• Firefox is in deep, deep trouble.

Clearly, AI will play a larger role in Linux and open source next year, but that’s true of pretty much all technology. However, while AI will be used to help develop the Linux kernel, no one is predicting, a la Windows, that AI will be used to rewrite the…