Fingerprint reader functionality under #Linux sucks.
1. Every few reboots/updates/whatever-triggers it, the fingerprint functionality GETS DISABLED all by itself. The bug is there in BOTH Ubuntu and Arch Linux ( #gnome ).
2. GDM won't let me choose between pass & fingerprint reading. This has repercussions for gnome's keyring.
3. Because the keyring is not unlocked, launching things like Chrome requires you to type a password! Again!
Guys at @thunderbird I Love what you have done to the email client, it's now beautiful, fast, lovable, well ... thank you so much! BTW ... I run it in @opensuse #Tumbleweed on the excellent #gnome DE
I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that the News tab in Nautilus from GNOME 1.4 (released in 2001) still shows current @lwn headlines/lwn.net still support whatever API/feed it's using.
Thunderbird en el escritorio Plasma de KDE usa el diálogo de archivos GNOME a la hora de añadir un adjunto o guardar un archivo. Veamos cómo modificar eso.
#linux but also #android question: are there any good apps/utilities for switching between different #wallpapers? I'm currently using a script I wrote for my laptop but if there was an existing, maintained utility (or even better a #GNOME app!) for this that'd be great :3
hey, #GNOME devs, here's an idea: put a "start a wi-fi hotspot" button in the top-right status pop-up, or maybe as an option at the bottom of the wireless networks list, so that i don't have to open the settings app for that
also having some sort of status display for how many devices are connected to your hotspot would be nice
Over a week on #Gnome and #Debian now. And I must say that I love it. Never thought that I would say this. Has it still its quirks? Yes. But way less than I thought. And Gnome + their UI framework makes the apps look so georgous now. Really impressed by the quality of all those apps. OpenSource does not need to look ugly. Seems like #libadwaita makes it really straightforward to build beautiful apps.
A big thank you to all amazing open-source contributors to that ecosystem.
DuckDuckFedi, what kind of desktop environment do GNOME developers use?
I am curious because some of the design decisions feel as if they had been made by people who... don't use GUIs at all? Or maybe are new to computers in general?
Some data points:
No way to adjust screen brightness out of the box.
No solid color backgrounds, only pictures.
At least the missing close buttons were just a temporary lapse of judgement.
The more I use it, the more I love #gnome. It is such a sleek desktop environment. Wether on the desktop-pc or on the laptop, it is smooth, does not bother me and justs works without any problems.
I am exited to see, what new features are shipped with gnome 49 🙂
How GNOME made its Calendar application accessible
This article will explain in details about the fundamental issues that held back accessibility in GNOME Calendar since the very beginning of its existence, the progress we have made with accessibility as well as our thought process in achieving it, and the now and future of accessibility in GNOME Calendar. ↫ Hari "TheEvilSkeleton" Rana
On August 15, 1997, @Migueldeicaza announced the start of GNOME on the GTK mailing list¹. Twenty-eight years later a lot has changed, but we continue to develop and iterate on “a free and complete set of user friendly applications and desktop tools… based entirely on free software.”
To help us continue this work far into the future, we hope you join us in celebrating our birthday by becoming a Friend of GNOME today! 🎂
- Knock-knock. - Who's there? - Dozen. - Dozen who? - Dozen anyone want to let me in?
Celebrating a dozen of #Fractal versions with knocking support! Get Fractal 12, the new version of your favourite #Matrix client for #GNOME from #Flathub now!
Knock, knock, knock… on wood rooms, baby 🎵 Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 🎶 That’s right, Fractal 12 adds support for knocking, among other things. Read all about the improvements since 11.
New #GNOME app release! Just a tiny one, based on the idea from a few weeks ago ( mastodon.social/@pojntfx/11491… ). A nice skeumorphic Pomodoro timer, except you get to set the session and pause durations yourself (which happens to be the way I use my physical Pomodoro timer).
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Would anyone be interested in a "skeumorphic" Pomodoro timer for GNOME? I have one of those nice physical analog Pomodoro timers and I kind of wish an app version would emulate it (pause button on the top, drag to set your time etc…
Trotz prekärer Finanzlage organisierte die Gnome Stiftung ein Entwicklerinnen- und Entwicklertreffen in Italien, um über die Zukunft des Projektes zu beraten.
I have 90 apps installed!! Fills almost 3 and a half pages of GNOME's app list.
These are apps that create desktop icons. If I count all the Libreoffice icons then it comes to 96 apps. 82 of them are Flatpaks, the rest came preinstalled with Fedora Silverblue.
And to think many moons ago I used to dislike GUI applications so much. Now I can't live without them.
Massive respect for all the people making Linux system more user friendly!
For those who were unable to attend, or see the recording, these are the notes for my GUADEC 2025 presentation about introducing a formal technical governance in GNOME, starting from a "change proposal" process, through the addition of a steering committee to evaluate those changes, and all the way down to the removal of the role of the "maintainer" for projects that exist under the GNOME umbrella.
For those who were unable to attend or see the recording, these are the notes for my GUADEC 2025 presentation about introducing a formal technical governance in GNOME, starting from a
Using #GNOME Builder again after Zed added mecha-hitler integration, currently rebuilding my website, and finding Builder very pleasant to use after customizing some stuff, and ofc adding #Vim keybinds in. Honestly nice having a GUI to configure stuff, and it being native to my GNOME system!
Finally back home after GUADEC. Thanks to all the foundation’s staff and the local volunteers for an incredibly fun and successful conference—and hopefully just the first time of many more held in Italy
![A screenshot of the LWN.net home page taken 02 Sep 2025. The headlines are:
- GNOME loses another executive director
- [$] The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
- Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc4
- Bcachefs goes to "externally maintained"
- [$] The challenge of maintaining curl
These match those shown in the GNOME 1.4 virtual machine.](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/700001 "A screenshot of the LWN.net home page taken 02 Sep 2025. The headlines are:
- GNOME loses another executive director
- [$] The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
- Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc4
- Bcachefs goes to \"externally maintained\"
- [$] The challenge of maintaining curl
These match those shown in the GNOME 1.4 virtual machine.")
![A screenshot of the GNOME 1.4 desktop running in QEMU. There is a 'Start Here' Nautilus (the file manager) window open. The window has a side bar with several tabs to choose from. News is selected and shows:
LWN.net
- GNOME loses another executive director
- [$] The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
- Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc4
- Bcachefs goes to "externally maintained"
- [$] The challenge of maintaining curl](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/699999 "A screenshot of the GNOME 1.4 desktop running in QEMU. There is a 'Start Here' Nautilus (the file manager) window open. The window has a side bar with several tabs to choose from. News is selected and shows:
LWN.net
- GNOME loses another executive director
- [$] The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
- Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc4
- Bcachefs goes to \"externally maintained\"
- [$] The challenge of maintaining curl")
