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I was wondering why GNOME's i10n platform is called "Damned Lies"?
I searched and I only found a link to "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" article on Wikipedia. After understanding the context a bit, I wasn't sure about the link between this and the localisation web app, so I asked in the @gnome I18n room on Matrix, and Alexandre generously explained it. Since there was no online explanation, I wrote a post about it on my blog. Hope it helps.
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Why GNOME’s Translation Platform Is Called “Damned Lies”
Damned Lies is the name of GNOME’s web application for managing localization (l10n) across its projects. But why is it named like this? Damned Lies about GNOME On the About page of GNOME’s...alirezash (Revisto)
It's really harder and harder to understand why is #GNOME alienating itself more and more form the rest of the community. Looks like we'll end up with GTK only for GNOME and GNOME only for #Linux and #systemd. I have no problems with systemd in particular, but making it a hard requirement is a limiting factor.
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Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd
PSA for systemd-free distros about work they'll need to do to continue running GNOMEAdrian (Adrian's blog)
🎓 "Making a career out of FOSS Internships (GSoC/Outreachy)"
with Aryan Kaushik at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 12:05 CEST 📍 Brescia
💼 FOSS can lead to real careers. Aryan explains how GSoC & Outreachy changed lives—and why you should get involved too.
🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…
#OpenSource #GSoC #Outreachy #GNOME
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
I don't want to support this move to amazon. @fedora What does this mean? Do I have to replace fedora?
EDIT: it's possible to switch desktop environments: docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/q…
#linux #fedora #gnome #f42 #gnome48
Switching desktop environments
Different Fedora Linux variants (Spins/Labs) have different default environments. For example, the Fedora workstation uses GNOME as its default desktop environment, while the KDE spin will use KDE. Irrespective of…Fedora Docs
💻 "Hacking the Shell"
with Florian Müllner at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 12:05 CEST 📍 Brescia
🧪 Bleeding-edge deps? No fear—containers & tooling make GNOME Shell dev easier than you think.
🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…
#GNOME #gnomeshell #Linux #DevTools
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
Thank you #GNOME team 
"We can’t afford to stay silent in times when history is literally being erased, and fundamental human rights are being revoked. Silence is complicity. We will not falter at this attempt to divide queer communities. We also encourage everyone to be as outspoken as they can be.
Never forget: We are stronger together.
In light of these circumstances it is especially encouraging to see the community of queer contributors growing steadily. We are here and we are not going anywhere - the GNOME community is and will always stand with queer people. We’ve got your back."
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#203 Infinitely Proud
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#203 Infinitely Proud
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#GNOME #TWIG #pride #pridemonth #queer
#203 Infinitely Proud
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🎨 "Designing GNOME"
with Allan Day & Cassidy James Blaede
📅 24 July 🕒 11:05 CEST 📍 Brescia
🖌️ A year of design updates: notifications, UX patterns, Adwaita fonts & more.
🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…
#GNOME #UX #Design #Adwaita #GUADEC2025
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
hello #gnome folks! your chance to stand for board of directors elections closes in 8 hours:
"Candidacies must be announced prior to 2025-06-03, 23:59 UTC."
discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-fo…
read more about what it looks like to sit on the board (and what we need this year) here:
blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05…
GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2025
I don’t have any affiliation at the moment. In near future as a contractor for the German government.GNOME Discourse
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#202 Presenting Screenshots
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#202 Presenting Screenshots
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📺 "GNOME Live Streaming & Outreach: 6 Years Later"
with Georges Basile Stavracas Neto at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 09:40 CEST 📍 Brescia
🎥 Reflecting on six years of GNOME's live streaming and outreach initiatives.
🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…
#GNOME #Community #LiveStreaming
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
🛠️ "Breaking the spell: how to fix GObject"
with Emmanuele Bassi at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 09:00 CEST 📍 Brescia
After 25 years of GObject, it’s time for a new direction.
🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…
#GNOME #GTK #OpenSource
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
is anyone from #gnome attending local-first conf in berlin?
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Local-First Conf 2025
Join us for the world's first local-first conference. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin, May 26-28 2025.app-2025.localfirstconf.com
this week's #gnome foundation report is late, so it didn't make it into thisweek.gnome.org/
but here it is!
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#201 Dithered Images
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As we are making good progress on #accessibility for GNOME Calendar lately (big thanks to @TheEvilSkeleton there) I have now rewritten and updated the description of this meta ticket to reflect the current status: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…
15 of 28 checklist items completed as of May 22nd, 2025, based on what issues I've been able to find so far.
#a11y #GNOMECalendar #GNOME #keyboardnavigation #screenreaders #Linux
Improve keyboard navigation and annotations throughout the app for better accessibility (a11y) (#1036) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab
GNOME Calendar is not known to be very accessible nor keyboard-friendly. This is a list of currently knownGitLab
If you contribute in some way to GNOME, are you already a GNOME Foundation member? If not, you should apply ASAP: foundation.gnome.org/membershi…
Once you do (or if you’re already a member), don’t forget to VOTE in the upcoming Foundation elections!
The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors is elected by Foundation members. If you want to influence how the Foundation is run, one of the most effective things you can do is to become a member and vote.
#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS
🎉🎉 Two Hundred! 🎉🎉
#ThisWeekInGNOME #200 is here — and I'm thrilled to unveil TWIG 2.0!
Check out the latest news and experience the new revamped TWIG:
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#200 Two Hundred
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Matthias posted an update on the current state of Accessibility in GTK and GNOME on the development blog: blog.gtk.org/2025/05/12/an-acc…
#gtk #gnome #accessibility #a11y
I'm trying to get back into longer form writing. Today I am advocating for a cross organizational effort to have a consistent donation framework.
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Rethinking Donations for Applications
One of the worst things about being a Linux user is that you have to deal with Linux users from time to time. Like the time an extension author had to quit due to being shit on by users.Jorge Castro
GNOME is Sponsoring an Outreachy Internship Project for GNOME Crosswords!
We are excited to announce that the GNOME Foundation is sponsoring an Outreachy internship project for the June 2025 to August 2025 internship round!
Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living.
The intern will work with mentors Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena Quintero, and Tanmay Patil on the project Add Wordlist Scoring to the GNOME Crosswords Editor.
The intern’s blog will soon be added to Planet GNOME, where you can follow their project updates and learn more about them. Stay tuned!
feborg.es/gnome-outreachy-june…
Add Wordlist Scoring to GNOME Crosswords Editor (#63) · Issues · Teams / Internship / Project Ideas · GitLab
Add Wordlist Scoring to GNOME Crosswords Editor Mentors jrb@gnome.orgGitLab
#Ubuntu 25.04 will be released today (maybe it already is), so here is my look at this new update!
The TLDR is: I thought it wouldn't have that much, but it turns out that between #GNOME 48, APT 3.0, Nvidia dynamic boost, and a new default app, there's a lot to cover!
Also, props to Xubuntu for the move to XFCE 4.20, that's going to be a big change for Xubuntu users!
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Ubuntu 25.04: a bigger release than I thought!
Check out TuxCare's Custom kernel Development and Maintenance services: https://tuxcare.com/custom-linux-kernel-development-and-maintenance-services/?utm_cam...YouTube
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#199 One More Week...
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#199 One More Week...
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from May 02 to May 09.thisweek.gnome.org
GNOME Welcomes Its Google Summer of Code 2025 Contributors!
We are happy to announce that five contributors are joining the GNOME community as part of GSoC 2025!
This year’s contributors will work on backend isolation in GNOME Papers, adding eBPF profiling to Sysprof, adding printing support in GNOME Crosswords, and Vala’s XML/JSON/YAML integration improvements. Let’s give them a warm welcome!
In the coming days, our new contributors will begin onboarding in our community channels and services. Stay tuned to Planet GNOME to read their introduction blog posts and learn more about their projects.
If you want to learn more about Google Summer of Code internships with GNOME, visit gsoc.gnome.org.
Hello #gnome people, are #gui tests still done through the #accessibility #api? I found discourse.gnome.org/t/how-do-y… but havent yet a chance to use #openQA or #dogtail. Im asking mostly because Im planning on making some small application, and I would like to add at the end of the CI pipeline some #end2end #test to make sure there are no regressions when attempting on some #datadriven #dynamic layout generation. Or in GNOME case e2e tests are generally not done for specific applications, and they are mostly for the shell, and applications are tested (mostly) by hand? (not trying to belittle #QA people, just I feel the common use cases should be automated to lessen the burden on them)
How do you test a GUI application?
This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.GNOME Discourse
I'm glad I created the "1. Performance" label globally in #GNOME's GitLab instance two years ago, and encouraged maintainers to use it. Its now much easier to identify & manage performance issues at scale, and to have numbers to show for it.
We can see hundreds (a thousand?) of performance issues were solved: =1.+Performance]https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/issues/?state=closed&label_name[]=1.+Performance
…same if looking only at MRs (when people actually label them), 500+ performance MRs: =1.+Performance]https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/merge_requests/?state=merged&label_name[]=1.+Performance
It's paying off.
Issues · GNOME · GitLab
Projects tracked as part of official or extra GNOME release sets and releasesGitLab
It’s alive! Welcome to the new Planet GNOME!
A few months ago, I announced that I was working on a new implementation of Planet GNOME, powered by GitLab Pages. This work has reached a point where we’re ready to flip the switch and replace the old Planet website.
You can check it out at planet.gnome.org
This was only possible thanks to various other contributors, such as Jakub Steiner, who did a fantastic job with the design and style, and Alexandre Franke, who helped with various papercuts, ideas, and improvements.
As with any software, there might be regressions and issues. It would be a great help if you report any problems you find at gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Website…
Here’s to blogs, RSS feeds, and the open web!
Issues · Teams / Websites / planet.gnome.org · GitLab
[WIP] This is an implementation of Planet that uses a static website/feed generator and publishes as GitLab Pages Publishing address https://teams.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/websites/planet.gnome.org...GitLab
Some GNOME websites are getting modernized and simplified, but Planet GNOME has fallen behind. Not anymore. I started a prototype for a Python script to publish Planet GNOME with GitLab Pages/CI.As Planet GNOME Editor, I am often asked to look for blog and syndication issues I couldn’t really address due to limited server-side access. With this, debugging indexing issues should be easier as it is just about looking at the CI job output.
Also, the Planet website is perceived as messy and outdated. So this work allowed Jakub Steiner to quickly jump in and restyle the page from a clean state.
Try it live at felipeborges.pages.gitlab.gnom… and let me know what you think. Keep in mind this is a proof of concept. Tips, feedback, and contributions are welcome in the project repo.
This still doesn’t produce the global Planet rss feed, just the webpage, but that’s in my TODO list too.
P.S.: I know feed readers/parsers can over-request rss/atom feeds. So I plan to cache data and use metadata to avoid redundant downloads before this is even considered as a replacement for the current Planet implementation. No worries. 😉
feborg.es/rethinking-planet-gn…
#blogs #feeds #gitlab #gnome #planet #rss
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#198 Two More Weeks...
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#198 Two More Weeks...
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from April 25 to May 02.thisweek.gnome.org
As part of our volunteer-driven accessibility initiative in GNOME Calendar, and for the first time in the 10+ years of Calendar's existence, we finally completed and merged the first step needed to have a working calendar app for people who rely on keyboard navigation. This merge request in particular makes the event widgets focusable with navigation keys (arrow left/up/right/down) and activatable with space/enter. This will be available in GNOME 49.
Most of GNOME Calendar's layout and widgets consist of custom widgets and complex calculations, both independently and according to other factors (window size, height and width of each cell, number of events, positioning, etc.), so these widgets need to be minimal to have as little overhead as possible. This means that these widgets also need to have the necessary accessibility features reimplemented or even rethought, including and starting with the event widgets.
We also hope to get other parts of GNOME Calendar accessible before GNOME 49, but I can't promise anything at the moment. We did start working with making the month view accessible: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…
#GNOME #Calendar #GNOMECalendar #GTK4 #GTK #Libadwaita #Accessibility #a11y #Linux
Make the event widget accessible (!559) · Merge requests · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab
This implements button functionality to make it able to focus and activate it. This also sets the appropriate accessibility role and labels/descriptions. Related:GitLab
#GNOME powers libxml2 powers xsltproc powers #Docbook automation for Ada & Zangemann #FSFE book translation powers the next generation of #FOSS hackers git.fsfe.org/FSFE/ada-zangeman… So yeah, donations matter! #AdaZangemann
I'm honoured to contribute monthly to this project, and would encourage anyone to consider a contribution. 
#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux
If you join the GNOME GitLab instance and you want to create or fork a project, you'll see an error that says:
"Limit has been reached You cannot create projects in your personal namespace. Contact your GitLab administrator."
Turns out, you have to add an SSH key to make it work.
forum.gitlab.com/t/i-cant-crea…
I can't create or fork any projects (free account)
yes, you are correct. It is happening on gitlab.gnome.org but not on gitlab.com (I can create a project there) thank you for the clue, I will ask on the gnome forum. Much appreciated!GitLab Forum
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#197 XML Parsing
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#197 XML Parsing
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from April 18 to April 25.thisweek.gnome.org
“On Elephants,” from fellow GNOME Foundation Director (and long-time, valued contributor) Allan Day
blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/04/2…
As noted by Allan, the post is his personal view and not an official position of the GNOME Foundation board. That said, I personally feel like it includes important context and is well worth a read.
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#196 Dot Release
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#196 Dot Release
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from April 11 to April 18.thisweek.gnome.org
Emmanuele Bassi explains how portals tie everything together in modern Linux app development at #LAS2025. #gnome #kde #opensource #linux
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