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New to #LibreOffice? Grab its Getting Started Guide for tutorials, tips and tricks! It was just updated to the latest release, thanks to volunteers in our Docs team: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


New to #LibreOffice? Grab its Getting Started Guide for for tutorials, tips and tricks! It was just updated to the latest release, thanks to volunteers in our Docs team: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


🆕 blog! “I'm never going back to Matrix”

I should love Matrix. It is a decentralised, privacy preserving, multi-platform chat tool. Goodbye Slack and your ridiculous free limits. Adiós Discord and your weird gamification. Suck it IRC with your obscure syntax and faint stench of BO. WhatsApp and Telegram can stick their heads in a bucket of lukewarm sick and sing sea …

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-ne…

#foss #Matrix #OpenSource #rant



After two weeks of writing, revising, and trying to make everything as digestible as possible, I finally published "GNOME Calendar: A New Era of Accessibility Achieved in 90 Days", where I explain in detail the steps we took to turn GNOME Calendar from an app that was literally unusable with a keyboard and screen reader to an app that is (finally) accessible to keyboard and screen reader users as of GNOME 49!

tesk.page/2025/07/25/gnome-cal…

#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #DisabilityPrideMonth #Linux #FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #GTK #libadwaita


🪟 "Unlock Modern Window Management in GNOME with Tiling Shell"
with Domenico Ferraro at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 15:15 CEST 📍 Brescia

🧭 Layout editor, Snap Assistant & more—Domenico shows how Tiling Shell transforms GNOME window management.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #Tiling #Linux #FOSS #Productivity


📺 "GNOME invades your TV? Supporting HDMI-CEC"
with Carlos Garnacho at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 14:20 CEST 📍 Brescia

🖥️ Carlos shows how GNOME + Raspberry Pi can speak HDMI-CEC and land in your living room.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #HDMI #CEC #SmartTV #FOSS #Linux


🧪 "Have a GTK app with no tests? No problem!"
with Federico Mena Quintero at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 14:20 CEST 📍 Brescia

🛠️ Federico shows how to refactor messy GTK codebases so you can finally test them—without rewriting from scratch.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GTK #GNOME #Testing #Refactoring #FOSS


This time next week we'll have our first NLnet office hour. Every last Wednesday of the month we'll be available for a chat at 16.00 CEST. It is open to anyone for questions or remarks. As this is our first session, we're very interested to learn what kind of topics will come up. And if there are any suggestions about the office hour itself, we're also keen to hear it.

For a link to the Matrix room see: nlnet.nl/events/20250730/Offic…

#NGI0 #FOSS #fundingfoss



For everyone wishing they were at GUADEC in person (hi all! 👋) but are elsewhere, there are video streams at:

Day 3, track 1:
youtube.com/live/Z7F3fghCQB4

Day 2, track 2:
youtube.com/live/ADwZXaOSe9U

Live streams overview: youtube.com/@GNOMEDesktop/stre…

(Note: You're able to jump back in time in streams to catch what you missed also.)

Schedule (you can adjust timezone in the top right): events.gnome.org/event/259/tim…

Matrix chat room: matrix.to/#/#GUADEC-Attendees:…

#GUADEC #GUADEC2025 #GNOME #Linux #FOSS




🛡️ "Stop Subverting Sandboxes"
with Michael Catanzaro at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 13:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

🔒 Flatpak can protect users—but not if we keep bypassing it. Michael calls for stronger sandboxing, better portals, and shares GNOME’s new security bounty program.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#Flatpak #GNOME #Sandboxing #Security #FOSS


🧩 "Cambalache 1.0"
with Juan Pablo Ugarte at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 11:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

🛠️ Cambalache 1.0 is here—a fresh GTK UI builder and Glade replacement. Get the full tour.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GTK #Cambalache #GNOME #UIDesign #FOSS


🛡️ "State of Portals"
with Georges Stavracas at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 11:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

🚪 Georges covers the current state and future of XDG Desktop Portals—essential for modern app developers.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #XDG #Flatpak #Portals #Linux #FOSS


Are you a developer looking to make a difference? NVDA is on GitHub with an enthusiastic community of people who report issues, test bugs & features & submit code to improve NVDA. Now is an exciting time to become involved in a not-for-profit. Use your skills to directly impact the lives of blind & vision impaired people around the world! Find out more, read the developer docs & join in at: github.com/nvaccess/nvda

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Community #Contribute #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource


🌀 "State of the Shell"
with core Shell & Mutter devs at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 10:35 CEST 📍 Brescia

🚀 Yearly update time! Join Carlos, Florian, Georges, Jonas, Philip & Sebastian for a look at what’s new—and what’s next—in GNOME Shell.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #Shell #Mutter #Wayland #FOSS


Thank you Arm for being a Bronze sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🧡

Arm has taken the lead in collaborating with standards-based and open-source communities throughout their history. From Linux to GNU, and from SOAFEE to Open SSL, their commitment to #OpenSource continues to expand.

Visit their website to know more: arm.com/

#sponsor #foss #linux


Thank you Igalia for being a Bronze sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🧡

Igalia is a dynamic and highly specialised open source consultancy. Their engineers have expertise in a wide range of technologies from every layer of the software stack and years of experience contributing to open source projects and communities.

Visit their website to know more: igalia.com/

#sponsor #foss #linux


🧪 "Let's build an openQA testsuite, from scratch"
with Sam Thursfield at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 09:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

🖥️ Sam shows how to set up openQA + GitLab CI to test GNOME apps visually—step by step.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #openQA #Testing #CI #FOSS


🗂️ "Getting Things Done In GNOME"
with @ebassi at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 09:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

📋 GNOME has governance—you just have to be in the room. Emmanuele looks at how it works today, and how it could evolve.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #Governance #OpenSource #FOSS




📦 "cpak: an OCI-compliant packaging for IoT & Desktop"
with @mirkobrombin #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 15:10 CEST 📍 Brescia

🧱 Daemon-free, portal-free packaging—cpak is a modern way to ship apps for IoT, servers & the Linux desktop.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/ses…
#cpak #Linux #Packaging #OCI #FOSS


🐍 "The State of Python in GNOME"
with Dan Yeaw at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 14:15 CEST 📍 Brescia

⚙️ AsyncIO, girepository 2.0, real progress for Python in GNOME. Dan shows what’s new—and how to get involved.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#Python #GNOME #PyGObject #FOSS


🧱 "The state of GTK"
with Matthias Clasen at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 14:15 CEST 📍 Brescia

🎯 What's new in GTK? Color mgmt, Android, text rendering & more—plus what’s next for devs & contributors.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GTK #GNOME #Linux #FOSS


We’re proud to support @HowTheyVoteEU with our open source donation for their important work: making EU politics more transparent for everyone.

🔎💌 Open source + transparency = a perfect match!

👉 Learn more about this inspiring project & our support for open source: tuta.com/blog/open-source-spot…

#opensource #EU #Democracy #Privacy #Email #FOSS #Tuta


NVDA 2025.2 Beta 3 is now available for testing: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

Changes introduced in Beta 3:
- Added a WASAPI toggle to SAPI5.
- Added a confirmation dialog to update root certificates when downloading add-ons.
- When using NVDA Remote Access, speech from User Account Control screens on the remote computer now works reliably.
- Updates to translations.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #PreRelease #News #Update #Software #FLOSS #FOSS


Ever since I switched to #GNU #Linux in my private life, using #Windows at work gives me near-daily headaches. I have full admin rights, yet I constantly fight the system: forced updates, inconsistent behavior, sluggish UI, weird errors buried in the registry.

I used to think this was just how #computers worked. But after experiencing the #freedom and clarity of #FOSS, Windows feels more like an obstacle than a tool.

Going back feels wrong.

#os #opensource #free #arch #Fensterfreitag


It's another End Of 10 Challenge 🖖

Supporters are invited to do a simple task to further the campaign goals.

This time's challenge … 🚀

Locate the bug tracker 🐞 of an app you use, and learn how to submit a bug report 🐝 for the developers.

BONUS ❤️ POINTS: Actually submit a bug report.

BONUS BONUS ❤️❤️ POINTS: Show a friend how to do it too!

Tell us about it in a post. Don't forget hashtag #EO10Challenges

#EndOf10 #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #GNULinux #Windows



Even as a non-developer, I found this well written article of great interest. It explained a few things about #UnifiedPush I wasn't aware of, and has given me better insight into how it functions.

It's clear now that there simply isn't any excuse for developers to use #FCM for notifications. I sincerely hope UnifiedPush will gain traction, not only amongst #FOSS developers, but the Android developer community at large.

It's perhaps worth noting that users of #Conversations (and its forks) already have a distributor included in their client, thus further lowering the bar of entry.

@notnotrachit @daniel @snikket_im



I'd say this is an opportunity for #FOSS maintainers to collaborate taking advantage of. These companies that have been fortunate to earn tons of money by using open software without contributing back, can no longed do that if they want to keep doing business in the EU.

What could be a good EU based FOSS interest group to manage this smartly, collect _fees_ to distribute to maintainer of the used software.

Does @opencollective have an EU presence?


This is the perfect template for any #FOSS maintainer when companies ask them for free labor.
#foss