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GNOME 3.16 Released
Orinda, CA– The GNOME Project is proud to announce the release of GNOME 3.16 today, the result of six months work, which includes 33,525 changes by 1043 authors. GNOME 3.16 brings a brand new notification system in response to the feedback of enthusiastic GNOME users. GNOME 3’s visuals have also received a refresh, and its…
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GNOME supports GPL compliance through VMware suit
The GNOME Foundation supports the Software Freedom Conservancy in its efforts to ensure compliance with the GNU General Public License (GPL) through Christoph Hellwig’s lawsuit against VMware. Like the Linux kernel, the GNOME Project chooses the GPL (as well as the LGPL) to license our software. Working in Free Software is a collaborative effort where…
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GUADEC 2015 to happen from August 7 – 9 in Gothenburg, Sweden
We’re happy to announce that the 2015 edition of GUADEC will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from August 7 – 9, at Folkets Hus conference center. Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden, located on the Swedish west coast. The city has a rich history in naval and automotive industries, and these days is…
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Outreach Program to Join Conservancy from GNOME; Program Renames to Outreachy
Software Freedom Conservancy and the GNOME Foundation together announce that the Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program is moving from GNOME to Conservancy. As Karen Sandler, Executive Director of Conservancy and co-organizer of the Outreach Program, announced in her keynote at FOSDEM this weekend, the program will be rebranding as part of the transition…
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Meet GNOME at FOSDEM
This weekend GNOME will be present at FOSDEM, one of the largest gatherings for Free Software contributors and enthusiasts taking place in Brussels, Belgium January 31 – February 01. GNOME is hosting a booth where attendees can test the latest GNOME version, get promotion material, talk to contributors and learn more about how to get involved in…
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Builder fundraiser concludes
Christan Hergert’s Builder fundraiser has concluded. The fundraiser surpassed its original goal allowing Christian to dedicate extra time to the development of Builder. Christian stated in a comment “The overwhelming support of the community is both heartwarming and inspiring. I’m excited to get to continue working on a project that I think is critical to the…
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Developer Experience and Documentation Hackfest about to start in Cambridge
Several GNOME contributors will in the coming days meet for the Developer Experience and Documentation Hackfest taking place in Cambridge, UK. Important items on the agenda for the Developer Experience Hackfest include the GTK+ roadmap, OpenGL GTK+ integration and Builder. The documentation team will work on user-help for the upcoming GNOME 3.16 release. The foundation wants…
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Interview with Christian Hergert about Builder, an IDE for GNOME
Christian Hergert have set out to improve the developer experience on GNOME with his new project, Builder. We sit down with him to discuss why we need another IDE, developer tools, missing GNOME apps and more. Q: Who are you, what is Builder, why are you creating it? I’m a long time contributor to…
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2014 Highlights
Its been both an exciting and challenging year for us, this post includes some of the highlights. Early in the spring Karen Sandler announced her departure* as the Executive Director of the foundation. The GNOME Asia Summit, an event with a strong community building focus, was this year hosted in Beijing, China. In the end…
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GNOME.Asia Join Kaiyuanshe – Open Source Alliance in China
We are thrilled to report that GNOME.Asia is a founding member of KAIYUANSHE(开源社) launched Oct 16, 2014. KAIYUANSHE roughly translated as “open source alliance,” is a group of enterprises, communities, and individuals in China supporting and promoting free and open source software (FOSS). KAIYUANSHE will support the growing needs of China’s growing software industry by…