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+8 Defining Moments in the Open Source and Linux World: 2023 Edition
+======
+A recap of the rollercoaster ride in 2023.
+With Linux and open-source, every year brings some good surprises, and shockers.
+
+There could be a Linux distribution that changes its base, an independent project taken over by a big tech giant, and various other things. And, throughout 2023, we tried our best to get you a dose of the rollercoaster ride.
+
+Now that the year has come to an end. It is time to look back at some of the biggest stories that happened in 2023.
+
+### 1\. Ubuntu Debuts the "Flutter" Store ⭐
+
+![][1]
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+Ubuntu's software center is always the talk of the hour for its changes, and improvements.
+
+This year around, Ubuntu stepped up their game by introducing a new "Ubuntu Store" with Ubuntu 23.10 based on Flutter, providing a modern and sleek user experience.
+
+It will eventually replace the software center Ubuntu's had for years now, which is a good thing in my opinion.
+
+### 2\. Indian Defense Services Switch to Linux
+
+![][2]
+
+The Defense Ministry of India has decided to replace Windows with an in-house developed Linux distro dubbed " **Maya** ".
+
+Of course, this is not the first time a government body has decided to use Linux to improve security and privacy.
+
+However, in a country like India, a simple choice to use Linux in one part of the government body could have a massive influence over other systems. And, that would be a really nice thing for Linux in general.
+
+### 3\. Red Hat's Source Code Locking 🔒
+
+Red Hat, the biggest open-source company, decided to lock the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux behind a paywall.
+
+While they still allowed individual developers to access the source code with a free subscription, but it is no longer publicly accessible to all, as it was earlier.
+
+This change sent waves to all the RHEL-based distributions, and forks:
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+![][3]
+
+From competitors like SUSE, Oracle, and others teaming up to work on an RHEL-fork, to various other changes to projects like Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux.
+
+For me, it was the biggest story of 2023, which will continue to have after-effects in 2024.
+
+![][3]
+
+### 4\. A Change to Linux Kernel LTS Support Cycle
+
+![][4]
+
+To reduce the burden of Linux maintainers, the support cycle for an LTS kernel was dropped down to **two years** instead of six.
+
+It was evaluated that not many people use the older Linux Kernel versions, and with many LTS versions of the kernel being maintained for years, it becomes a difficult and tiresome task for the maintainers.
+
+As a user, you should not have to worry about it, unless you rely on specific hardware support that no longer exists on newer Linux kernels.
+
+### 5\. Ubuntu Drops Flatpak Support for all its Flavours 🔨
+
+It is no surprise that Canonical's Ubuntu favors Snap packages over anything else.
+
+However, Ubuntu flavours did have the freedom to offer Flatpak support, like Ubuntu MATE.
+
+Unfortunately, [Ubuntu axed the default Flatpak support][5] for the flavors, citing a consistent user experience as the reason.
+
+![][3]
+
+Of course, you can add Flatpak support manually, but it's not an out-of-the-box convenience anymore.
+
+Would this change affect you? Well, if you know your pick between [Flatpak vs Snap][6], you already know the answer.
+
+### 6\. A Rolling-Release Ubuntu Distro Appears 🎲
+
+Among all the other interesting disto releases, Rhino Linux hit the stable release. It aims to offer a rolling-release experience on top of Ubuntu.
+
+You can explore more about the release in our coverage:
+
+![][3]
+
+### 7\. Vim Creator Passed Away🥺
+
+![][7]
+
+This year, we lost a notable creator in the Linux space, **Bram Moolenar** , the legend behind [Vim][8] text editor.
+
+He aimed to improve upon the existing [vi][9] text editor, initially created for Unix.
+
+Bram then built upon the source code of vi and its clones, improving them by adding new features, and finally releasing the first version as “ **Vi IMitation** ”, where it got the “ **Vim** ” acronym.
+
+### 8\. Linux Rising Above macOS Gaming Stats
+
+As Linux users, we take our statistics seriously and celebrate when there's a milestone. Like, monitoring the [Linux desktop market share][10] every month.
+
+This year, Linux usage stats stood higher than macOS in Steam's stat report. You can get the details here:
+
+![][3]
+
+### Wrapping Up
+
+Plenty of things happened in 2023 😲
+
+For instance, there were various exciting applications that we uncovered:
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+![][3]
+
+Not to forget, some new names in the distro space made it to the spotlight:
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+![][3]
+
+_💬 For you, what was the biggest shocker (happy/sad) in 2023? Let us know in the comments below._
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+作者：[Ankush Das][a]
+选题：[lujun9972][b]
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+[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/2.jpg
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+[3]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/08/android-chrome-192x192.png
+[4]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w1304/2023/09/big-change-lts-kernel.png
+[5]: https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-flavor-drops-flatpak/
+[6]: https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-vs-snap/
+[7]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Bram_Moolenar.jpg
+[8]: https://www.vim.org/
+[9]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
+[10]: https://itsfoss.com/linux-market-share/