• Linux

Obviously

• Wayland

So we can finally say goodnight to X

• XFCE

For low-end devices and people who don’t like bloat, we can still have a modern desktop.

• Nouveau / NVK

Nvidia are currently dominant, so new users probably have Nvidia GPUs.

• Open-source AMDGPU stack.

Why not? I’m only five items in.

• Blender

I want fast fluid simulations and RTGI in eevee.

Don’t know if it counts as “classic”, but Mortal Engines comes to mind. The film cut out over half the book. I loved the book and got really excited for the film, but it was a massive let-down. They could’ve easily made the film twice as long, maybe more.