March 2025 – GNOME Foundation

GUADEC 2025 Registrations are Open!

The GNOME Foundation is thrilled to share that registration for GUADEC 2025 is now open!

GUADEC is the largest annual gathering of GNOME developers, contributors, and community members. This year we welcome everyone to join us in the beautiful city of Brescia, Italy from July 24^th to 29^th or online! For those who cannot join us in person, we will live-stream the event so you can attend or present remotely.

To register, visit guadec.org and select whether you will attend in person or remotely.
In-person attendees will notice a slight change on their registration form. This year we’ve added a section for “Registration Type” and provided 4 options for ticket fees. These costs go directly towards supporting the conference and helping us build a better GUADEC experience.
We ask that in-person attendees select the option they are most comfortable with. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at guadec@gnome.org.

The Call for Participation is ongoing but once are talks are selected you will find speaker details and a full schedule on guadec.org. We will also be adding more information about social events, accommodations, and activities throughout Brescia soon!

We are still looking for conference sponsors. If you or your company would like to become a GUADEC 2025 sponsor, please take a look at our sponsorship brochure and reach out to us at guadec@gnome.org.

To stay up-to-date on conference news, be sure to follow us on Mastodon @gnome@floss.social.

We look forward to seeing you in Brescia and online!

Introducing GNOME 48

The GNOME Project is proud to announce the release of GNOME 48, ‘Bengaluru’.

GNOME 48 brings several exciting updates, including improved notification stacking for a cleaner experience, better performance with dynamic triple buffering, and the introduction of new fonts like Adwaita Sans & Mono. The release also includes Decibels, a minimalist audio player, new digital well-being features, battery health preservation with an 80% charge limit, and HDR support for compatible displays.

For a detailed breakdown, visit the GNOME 48 Release Notes.

GNOME 48 will be available shortly in many distributions, such as Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04. If you want to try it today, you can look for their beta releases, which will be available very soon

Getting GNOME

We are also providing our own installer images for debugging and testing features. These images are meant for installation in a vm and require GNOME Boxes with UEFI support. We suggest getting Boxes from Flathub.

GNOME OS Nightly

If you’re looking to build applications for GNOME 48, check out the GNOME 48 Flatpak SDK on Flathub.
You can also support the GNOME project by donating—your contributions help us improve infrastructure, host community events, and keep Flathub running. Every donation makes a difference!

This six-month effort wouldn’t have been possible without the whole GNOME community, made of contributors and friends from all around the world: developers, designers, documentation writers, usability and accessibility specialists, translators, maintainers, students, system administrators, companies, artists, testers, the local GNOME.Asia team in Bengaluru, and last, but not least, our users.

We hope to see some of you at GUADEC 2025 in Brescia, Italy!

Our next release, GNOME 49, is planned for September. Until then, enjoy GNOME 48.

The GNOME release team

Linux App Summit 2025 – Registrations are now open!

The Linux App Summit (LAS) 2025 is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to remind you that registrations are now open for both online and in-person attendees!

Event Dates: April 25-26, 2025
Location: Tirana, Albania

Join us for two days of inspiring talks and community engagement. Whether you’re are a developer, a contributor, or someone curious about the open source ecosystem, LAS is the perfect place to connect, learn, and share ideas.

Register now: Linux App Summit Registration

Stay tuned for more updates, and we can’t wait to see you in Tirana!

GNOME Internship: Get Ready for GSoC and Outreachy!

Exciting news! The GNOME Internship Committee and Open Source Community Africa (OSCA) are teaming up to host the GNOME Internship event!
If you plan to apply for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) or Outreachy internships, this online event is for you!

Join us to:
✅ Learn about these internship programs
✅ Gain insights from past participants
✅ Ask questions directly to mentors and organizers

This is a great opportunity to prepare your application, understand the selection process, and boost your chances of success!

Date: March 15th (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM UTC
Join here: https://meet.gnome.org/rooms/tl3-fsa-gyb-arq/join

Don’t miss out—mark your calendars and get ready to start your open source internship journey with GNOME