In 10 years,
• People will no longer be amazed that they can plug in their new hardware then have it to work without jumping through many counter-intuitive hoops.
• There will be a perfect port of the latest version of DirectX, and some big-name games will have a Linux version, but many won't bother as it will be trivial to Wine it.
• Gnome will be even easier to use and more intuitive to new computer users. Most apps will dispense with preferences altogether, by thinking outside the box about what computer users really need.
• KDE will lose enough ground to become a marginal (and unsupported) choice, like Enlightenment.
• The GIMP will become as user-friendly as Photoshop 4.
• Two additional corpses will be found in Reiser's former backyard.
• RMS will still be begging people to call it GNU/Linux. Even though all the GNU software will have been reimplemented by the Anonix project