We are happy to announce that GNOME was assigned eight slots for Google Summer of Code projects this year! GSoC is a program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. A number of long term GNOME developers are former GSoC interns, making the prog … | Continue reading
For the past few years I have been managing GNOME’s participation in the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy internship programs. As a former alumni myself more than a decade ago, I believe these programs are a fundamental tool to onboard new contributors to our community and to … | Continue reading
For the past months since my last update our project has been thriving with active contributors and positive interactions in our issue tracker and chat channels. As we land changes we often forget to talk about them, so this blog post is a small summary of the visual changes we h … | Continue reading
Andrea Veri (GNOME’s Infrastructure Team Lead) has recently installed the WordPress ActivityPub plugin to our blogs.gnome.org instance. This means that now GNOME Foundation members who have a GNOME blog can configure it to be followed in the fediverse. Just go to your blog’s dash … | Continue reading
We are happy to announce that GNOME is sponsoring two Outreachy internship projects for the December 2023 to March 2024 Outreachy internship round where they will be working on implementing end-to-end tests for GNOME OS using openQA. Dorothy Kabarozi and Tanjuate Achaleke will be … | Continue reading
Historically Planet GNOME is the go-to place for those interested in following up with the work of GNOME community members, but with the rise of social media platforms and the downfall of blogs (and RSS feeds), one would think that feed aggregators would follow the path of losing … | Continue reading
There’s no question that GNOME Settings is important to the overall GNOME experience and I feel flattered to share the responsibility of being one of its maintainers. I have been involved with Settings for almost a decade now but only in the last few months I have started to wea … | Continue reading
The GNOME Foundation is interested in sponsoring up to 3 Outreachy projects for the December-March cohort. If you are interested in mentoring AND have a project idea in mind, visit GNOME: Call for Outreachy mentors and volunteer and submit your proposal. We can also use pre-submi … | Continue reading
We are happy to announce that GNOME was assigned nine slots for Google Summer of Code projects this year! GSoC is a program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. A number of long term GNOME developers are former GSoC interns, making the progr … | Continue reading
We just wrapped up the 2023 edition of Linux App Summit here in Brno, and the conference was a blast! I was delighted to see so many friends and new people. I feel the future of Desktop Linux and our ecosystem is in very good hands! For those that came to Brno and those participa … | Continue reading
LAS 2023 is happening next month and registrations are open! You can check the schedule in https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/5/timetable/#20230422 We are excited to have you visiting us in Brno, Czech Republic. The conference starts on Friday, April 21st, with a pre-registra … | Continue reading
We are glad to announce that once again the GNOME Foundation will be part of Google Summer of Code. We are interested in onboarding new contributors that are passionate about GNOME and motivated to become long term GNOME developers! @Contributors interested in participating in GS … | Continue reading
This was my first time attending FOSDEM and I had a lot of fun! It truly lived up to my expectations of full corridors, lots of known faces, and Delirium. During the conference days I was around the GNOME booth where interactions were great! Lots of people passing by and sharing … | Continue reading
We are excited to bring Linux App Summit 2023 to Brno, Czech Republic, from April 21st to 23rd! This is a conference for the Desktop Linux community, GNOME, and KDE folk to discuss the future of our app ecosystem. Brno is where me and a few other GNOMies live, and it is a tech hu … | Continue reading
Hi folks! We are interested in sponsoring Outreachy internships projects for the May-August 2023 cohort. Project ideas should be submitted before February 7. GNOME usually has a few participants in Outreachy, so we are looking to offer projects that are most strategic for GNOME. … | Continue reading
What a year, huh? There was something about 2022 that was different for me than the previous years. There were lots of things to celebrate and many to be sad about. This is my GNOME blog, but I am more and more convinced that I can’t separate my whole self from my ~work persona~. … | Continue reading
GNOME yearly participates in both Outreachy and Google Summer of Code. These internship programs basically consist on having new contributors working on a well-scoped project alongside an experienced mentor. Defining project ideas is not as easy as it might sound. One needs to co … | Continue reading
Google has recently announced the 2023 edition of Google Summer of Code. The 2022 changes in the program’s format have been successful and are continuing for 2023, with just a small adjustment around eligibility (described in the link above). GNOME is certainly going to apply to … | Continue reading
Another program year is ending and we are extremely happy with the resulting work of our contributors! This year GNOME had nine Google Summer of Code projects covering various areas, from improving apps in our ecosystem to standardizing our web presence. We hope our interns had a … | Continue reading
Hey there! After two virtual conferences, GUADEC is finally getting back to its physical form. And there couldn’t be a better place for us to meet again than Mexico! If you haven’t registered yet, hurry up! I will be presenting “Using GNOME Boxes to contribute to GNOME” on July 2 … | Continue reading
We are happy to announce that GNOME was assigned nine slots for Google Summer of Code projects this year! GSoC is a program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. A number of long term GNOME developers are former GSoC interns, making the progr … | Continue reading
My involvement with GNOME started in my teens and has continued over the years where it influenced my studies, career, and even the place I chose to live. One of my desires in my journey has been to help the GNOME project achieve its goals and fulfill its vision of building an op … | Continue reading