Itching to try GNOME 49 today? Developers and curious testers can try GNOME OS in a virtual machine or bare metal:
Just remember that GNOME OS itself is considered pre-release software; bad things may happen if you use it in production. Happy testing!
#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux
Thank you to everyone who helped make GNOME 49 a reality—especially every Friend of GNOME whose financial support sustains the GNOME Foundation!
If you'd like to join us on the road to GNOME 50, consider donating to become a Friend of GNOME today. With your help, we can continue to build a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem to realize a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust.
#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux
GNOME 49 has been officially released! Head over to the release notes to discover all the new features and enhancements:
Many thanks to our community for your work over the past 6 months. You're amazing!
#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux
Discover what's new in GNOME, the distraction-free computing platform.GNOME Release Notes
Mahjongg was accepted into Circle! 🀄🀄🀄
It's one the historical GNOME games, but thanks to Mat's modernization work over the past few cycles it looks very fresh and clean nowadays. Welcome :)
Match tiles and clear the board – Single-player tile-matching game, commonly known as Mahjong solitaire. Tiles are stacked on the board at the start of the game. The goal is to remove all the tiles in as little time...apps.gnome.org
At last, all the accessibility improvements on GNOME Calendar are finally available as a stable release. Get it on Flathub while it's hot!!!
flathub.org/en/apps/org.gnome.…
#Accessibility #GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #libadwaita #a11y #calendar #GNOMECalendar #Linux #GNU #OpenSource #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OSS
There is no calendaring app that I love more than GNOME Calendar. The design is slick, it works extremely well, it is touchpad friendly, and best of all, the community around it is just full of wonderful developers, designers, and contributors worth …TheEvilSkeleton
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#216 Growing Community
thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/…
Updates on what happens across the GNOME project from week to weekthisweek.gnome.org
From 2025-guadec-gtype-next-18138c.…
- Feedback loop with language binding developers
- No more automatic conversion inside the introspection layer
Rough seas ahead for PyGObject?
The #gnome #bug reporter still wants to push reports onto bugzilla that has been replaced by their #gitlab instance.
Is that a known issue?
Couldn't find any reference online, how that will change in future.
My #fedora rarely crashes so it's not a big issue. However, I'd like to contribute data for improving software.
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!
Overall, abysmal.
Blog post about some of the new stuff for GNOME Maps 49.
ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/09/ma…
#gnome #maps #gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon #openstreetmap
As time is approaching the release of GNOME 49, I thought I should probably put together a small recap post covering some of the new...ml4711.blogspot.com
Thanks to the torch #GNOME extension by @vixalientoots I'm finally able to use the flashlight on my #postmarketOS OnePlus6 phone 🙏
Hopefully upstreamed to gnome-shell soon github.com/vixalien/gnome-mobi…
An extension to show available torches in GNOME Shell Mobile - vixalien/gnome-mobile-torchGitHub
@federicomena In case you want to play with the GNOME 1.4 VM yourself:
> A preconfigured disk image is available for checking it out on ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/misc/G…
>
> (user: gnome / password: gnomehistory)
Source: reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/sf…
Cómo hacer que el cliente de correo @thunderbird muestre el diálogo de archivos de Plasma de #KDE en vez del de #GNOME
Buscando ví la sencilla solución a este pequeño contratiempo. Así que veamos de qué manera más sencilla podemos cambiar este comportamiento.
victorhckinthefreeworld.com/20…
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.Victorhck in the free world
Upscaler just reached 200 thousand downloads 🥳
flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.the…
#Upscaler #Upscaling #GNOME #libadwaita #GTK #GTK4 #FOSS #OpenSource #OSS #FreeSoftware #Linux #GNU
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#214 Managing Tasks
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#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
As of GNOME 49, GNOME Settings will feature a button for configuring the Orca screen reader!
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…
#GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #Orca #ScreenReader #ScreenReaders #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
Playing a bit with some redesign of the public transit itinerary rendering in Maps.
#GNOME #Maps #gnomemaps #mapstodon #PublicTransport #gtk #libadwaita
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.
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#213 Fixed Rules
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This application is crazy good, it has helped me go from Windows to Linux at least on the laptop. It's black magic what it does xD
Upscaler, @TheEvilSkeleton flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.the…
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:
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 🙂
Thanks to all the devs.
And yes... I am a friend of gnome 😉
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
But, @gnome, #KDE is six months ahead! How will you catch up?
So few are old enough to even get that joke now! 😝
Cc: @federicomena @karen
#GNOME #Linux #GNU #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#212 Happy Birthday!
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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! 🎂
¹mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-li…
#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux
- 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!
discourse.gnome.org/t/fractal-…
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.GNOME Discourse
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).
Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 (@pojntf...
Attached: 1 image 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…Mastodon
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#211 Handling Brightness
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#GNOME #Desktop #a11y:
Über Fortschritte bei der #Barrierefreiheit berichtet @ktn@social.heise.de von der @gnome@floss.social Konferenz.
heise.de/news/Linux-Desktop-Gn…
#OpenSource #Linux
Trotz prekärer Finanzlage organisierte die Gnome Stiftung ein Entwicklerinnen- und Entwicklertreffen in Italien, um über die Zukunft des Projektes zu beraten.Keywan Tonekaboni (heise online)
My article about the @gnome conference #GUADEC was translated to English (thanks God not by me 😜 ).
Linux desktop Gnome: Between financial difficulties and technical progress
heise.de/en/news/Linux-desktop…
#Flatpak #Gnome #Guadec2025 #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LinuxDesktop
Despite the precarious financial situation, the Gnome Foundation organized a meeting of developers in Italy to discuss the future of the project.Keywan Tonekaboni (heise online)
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!
Embloggeration happened: bassi.io/articles/2025/08/03/g…
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 ahalting problem
![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")
