Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? I'm using desktop Linux and nothing comes to mind.
> Dynamic typing becomes niche technology choice
I wish!
> Russia invades a country without admitting that
Hmm, I am from that "country" and I think Russia is quite past "Little green men" stage.
At the moment they intend to instigate some thinly veiled provocation (read their statements about "it is actually Ukraine who is planning the offensive!" and "undercover American soldiers are preparing to use chemical weapons in Donbass") and go in with official "peacekeeping" mission in order to protect Russian-speaking people of Lugansk/Donetsk from bloodthirsty Ukrainian nazis. Plan B (if no good opportunity for provocation arises) is to just declare that West has crossed their "red lines" and forced their hand to invade in order to protect their security.
> Windows 11 becomes even more user hostile and less 'Pro'
Already happened?
> Laws around refugees become more strict internationally
Ditto.