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A Letter from our Executive Director

Hello, GNOME community! I am ecstatic to be joining the GNOME Foundation as the organization’s new executive director. I have been searching for a leadership position with a creative, forward-thinking, revolutionary nonprofit. My main goal was to find a place where I could apply my 32 years of nonprofit management and fundraising experience to advance a great mission, and I know I have found the right place—the right home—in GNOME.

I’m entering the GNOME community as a humble newcomer, with an open mind and a desire to learn from all of you. At the same time, I also bring lots of knowledge and experience to strengthen the GNOME Foundation so it can advance its mission effectively and have even more impact. I have an extensive and wide-ranging background in nonprofit management and fundraising. I worked for 25 years as a documentary film producer and filmmaker. I am an artist through and through. I also have lots of practical nonprofit organizational experience.

In addition, I am a passionate champion of democracy, collaboration, creativity, openness, and human unity. I also have direct experience with the open source world—from a biotechnology vantage point—from my time as the executive director of the BioBricks Foundation, an international science nonprofit whose mission is ensuring bioengineering is done in an open and ethical manner, and which developed open source legal tools and open source data-sharing for bioengineers. I am a fervent believer in open source!

I am impressed by the international reach of the GNOME community and the diversity of the individuals involved in creating all of this amazing output. Together, you have created something so powerful that can be further harnessed to create even more social benefit. I see many opportunities for the GNOME community to do even more incredible work, create even more products, solve even more problems, and leverage GNOME as a tool for social justice and human evolution at a pivotal time for all of us.

Now that I have shared a little bit about myself and my excitement about joining the GNOME Foundation, I invite you to reach out to me to introduce yourself, tell me about your passion for GNOME, and share your ideas for what the GNOME community needs at this point in its journey. I look forward to our collaboration!

Join us for a meet and greet with Holly!

Please join us online for a meet and greet with Holly on November 14th at 18:00 UTC (10:00 AM PST)! This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know our new Executive Director, hear about her vision for the Foundation, and ask questions. Please let us know if you plan to join the meet and greet by registering online: https://events.gnome.org/e/HollyMillion.

To ensure that Holly addresses as many questions as possible, we ask you to submit yours in advance. To submit your questions please visit https://events.gnome.org/event/172/surveys/81.

We look forward to chatting with you on November 14th!

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GNOME Foundation Welcomes Holly Million as Executive Director

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone for the GNOME Foundation as we welcome Holly Million to our team as the new Executive Director. Holly is a multi-talented individual with a diverse background in nonprofit leadership, filmmaking, teaching, public speaking, and writing. Her commitment to empowering individuals to make a positive impact aligns perfectly with the values and goals of the GNOME Foundation.

“Holly’s unique blend of passion for empowering individuals and organizations and depth of experience fundraising at a diverse set of non-profits is precisely what the GNOME Foundation is looking for as we enter this new chapter.”
Jonathan Blandford
GNOME Foundation Hiring Committee

Holly brings three decades of invaluable experience in nonprofit management, having served as a consultant, director of development, executive director, and board member for numerous organizations. Notably, she founded the nonprofit organization Artists United, dedicated to empowering individual artists and fostering collaboration across artistic disciplines for the collective good. Additionally, Holly served as the Executive Director of the BioBricks Foundation, an international, open-source biotechnology nonprofit.

Holly holds a Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Harvard University. Her academic background, combined with her extensive professional journey, equips her with a unique perspective that will undoubtedly contribute to the growth and success of the GNOME Foundation.

“I am impressed by the international reach of the GNOME community and the diversity of the individuals involved in creating all of this amazing output. Together, you have created something so powerful that can be further harnessed to create even more social benefit.”
Holly Million
GNOME Foundation Executive Director

We are confident that Holly’s visionary leadership and wealth of experience will guide the GNOME Foundation to new heights. Her passion for fostering self-sufficiency and empowering individuals to create positive change aligns seamlessly with our mission to create a free and open source desktop environment for all.

“We are delighted to welcome Holly to the GNOME Foundation. With her experience managing nonprofits, and passion for working with diverse communities of creators and technologists, she can strengthen the Foundation’s unique position as a partner and collaborator at the heart of the GNOME community. And, as an experienced communicator and fundraiser, she can tell our story to the outside world and position the Foundation in the wider ecosystem of nonprofits to raise the profile and impact of our incredible work.”
Robert McQueen
GNOME Foundation Board President

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Holly Million as she takes on the role of Executive Director. We look forward to working together under her guidance to continue advancing the GNOME Foundation’s mission and creating a vibrant, accessible computing experience for users worldwide.

Exciting times lie ahead for the GNOME community, and we are grateful to have Holly Million leading the way.

Introducing GNOME 45

The GNOME Project is proud to announce the release of GNOME 45, “Rīga”.

This release brings a new Activities indicator, a Camera usage indicator new quick settings, a Light system style, a new image viewer and a new camera app, numerous app refreshes and enhancements, and many others.

To learn more about the changes in GNOME 45, you can read the release notes.

You can also watch our release video.

GNOME 45 will be available shortly in many distributions, such as Ubuntu 23.10 and Fedora 39. If you want to try it today, you can look for their beta releases, some of which are already available:

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 Installer

If you are interested in building applications for GNOME 45, look for the GNOME 45 Flatpak SDK, which is available in the www.flathub.org repository.

This six-month effort would not be 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 awesome local GUADEC team in Rīga, our tireless infrastructure team (thanks Andrea+Barthalion!), and last, but not least, our users.

GNOME would not exist without all of you. Thank you to everyone!

We hope to see some of you at GNOME Asia 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal!

Our next release, GNOME 46, is planned for March 2024. Until then, enjoy GNOME 45.

The GNOME release team

Support GNOME

To get involved, please visit gnome.org/get-involved/, and to help support GNOME in producing a free and easy-to-use desktop, visit gnome.org/donate/.

GNOME.Asia 2023 Call for Participation

The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that the Call For Participation in GNOME Asia Summit 2023 is now open! This year’s summit will occur from December 1st to 3rd at Kathmandu, Nepal.

GNOME.Asia is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia and focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, applications, and platform development tools. The Summit brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments, and businesses to discuss current technology and future developments.

The GNOME Foundation is seeking talks on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:

Contributing to GNOME
UI design
Accessibility
Human Interface Engineering (Icons and Graphic Design)
Marketing/Engagement
Developing GNOME on embedded systems or open hardware
Contributing to Linux and FLOSS
Linux kernel and development
The development and promotion of open-source operating systems
Distributions, including Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and FreeBSD
The development and promotion of other open source projects
We are also interested in different topics related to Free/Libre and Open Source Software that are not listed above.

Sessions will be scheduled for 30 or 50 minutes (Q&A included). The session could be a technical or non-technical talk, panel discussion, workshop, or Birds of a Feather session (BoF).

The deadline for submissions is September 1st, 2023. You can submit your talk proposal at: https://events.gnome.org/event/170/abstracts/.

For more information, feel free to contact the organizing team by emailing asia@gnome.org.

Submit a Talk!

GNOME.Asia 2023 will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal

We’re delighted to announce that GNOME.Asia 2023 will take place between the 1st and 3rd of December in Kathmandu, Nepal.

This year GNOME.Asia will be held as a hybrid event and attendees will be able to join virtually or in person.

The call for proposals and registration will be open soon. Please check our event website for more updates in the upcoming weeks.

If you or your company would like to sponsor GNOME.Asia 2023 please contact us at asia@gnome.org.

About the city of Kathmandu

Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, is a vibrant metropolis nestled in the Kathmandu Valley. With a rich cultural heritage and a blend of ancient temples, palaces, and modern developments, it offers visitors a captivating experience. The city is known for UNESCO World Heritage Sites like Durbar Square to spiritual landmarks such as Pashupatinath Temple and Boudhanath Stupa.

About GNOME.Asia

GNOME.Asia Summit is an annual GNOME conference for the community members of Asia. It is largely concerned with the GNOME desktop, although it also includes apps and platform development tools. The summit brings together the Asian GNOME community to give a forum for consumers, developers, foundation leaders, governments, and enterprises to discuss current and future technology.

About GNOME

GNOME is a non-profit software environment project that is free and open-source. Together, the contributor community and the Foundation build a computing platform and software ecosystem made entirely of free software that is elegant, efficient, and simple to use.

GUADEC 2023 Call for BoFs and Workshops

We are excited to share the call for Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) and Workshop submissions for GUADEC 2023!

BoF and Workshop spots will be available for one or two-hour blocks on Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30. If you would like to host a BoF or Workshop on either of these days, please apply by filling out this short form. If you submitted a BoF or Workshop proposal during the call for participation, we have already added your request to the conference schedule. The deadline for submitting proposals is June 12.

GUADEC 2023 will be hosted in two venue locations. BoFs and Workshops will be held at our second venue, Central Building, University of Latvia. To learn more, please visit guadec.org.

Please note that BoFs and Workshops will be held in-person and will not be live-streamed. If you are hosting a BoF or Workshop and wish to allow remote attendance, you will have access to our GUADEC BoF rooms on meet.gnome.org. The hosts will be responsible for connecting to the remote conference room using their computers and microphones.

We look forward to receiving your BoF and Workshop proposals and making GUADEC 2023 a memorable event for all participants. For more information about GUADEC 2023 or to register, please visit guadec.org.

We can’t wait to see you at GUADEC 2023!

Submit a Proposal

GUADEC 2023 Registration is Open!

We’re thrilled to announce that registration for GUADEC 2023 is now open!

GUADEC is the largest annual gathering of GNOME developers and community members. This year, we’re excited to welcome everyone in person in the beautiful city of Riga, Latvia, from July 26th to July 31st. But if you can’t make it in person, don’t worry, we’ll also be live-streaming the event so that you can attend remotely.

To register, visit guadec.org and choose whether you’ll be attending in person or remotely. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at guadec@gnome.org.

We’ve already announced the full schedule of talks and presentations on our website, and we’ll be adding more details about social events soon. And if you or your company would like to become a sponsor for GUADEC 2023, please take a look at our sponsor brochure and reach out to us at sponsors@guadec.org.

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

We look forward to seeing you in Riga!

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Introducing GNOME 44

The GNOME Project is proud to announce the release of GNOME 44, ‘Kuala Lumpur’.

This release brings a grid view in the file chooser, improved settings panels for Device Security, Accessibility, etc, and refined quick settings in the shell. The Software and Files apps have seen improvements, and a whole slew of new apps has joined
the GNOME Circle.

To learn more about the changes in GNOME 44, you can read the release notes. GNOME release notes.

You can also watch our release video. GNOME release video 3

GNOME 44 will be available shortly in many distributions, such as Fedora 38 and Ubuntu 23.04. If you want to try it today, you can look for their beta releases, which will be available very soon: Getting GNOME

Try the latest and greatest GNOME software in a VM or on real hardware If you are interested in building applications for GNOME 44, look for the GNOME 44 Flatpak SDK, which is available in the Flathub repository.

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 Malaysia, and last, but not least, our users.

GNOME would not exist without all of you. Thank you to everyone!

We hope to see some of you at GUADEC 2023 in Riga, Latvia!

Our next release, GNOME 45, is planned for September 2023. Until then, enjoy GNOME 44.

The GNOME release team

Support GNOME

To get involved, please visit gnome.org/get-involved/, and to help support GNOME in producing a free and easy-to-use desktop, visit gnome.org/donate/.

GNOME Foundation Opens Travel Sponsorships for Linux App Summit 2023

The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that a limited number of travel sponsorships are available for those who wish to attend the upcoming Linux App Summit (LAS) in Brno, Czech Republic. LAS is a conference for developers, designers, product managers, community members, and anyone interested in the state of Linux application development to collaboratively work on building and improving Linux applications. This year’s conference takes place on April 21-23. You can learn more about LAS, register, and view the schedule on linuxappsummit.org.

The travel sponsorships are open to anyone who wishes to attend LAS but may not have the financial means to do so. If you’re interested in applying, please contact Kristi at kprogri@gnome.org and include a short statement on why you would like to attend LAS along with your estimated travel costs. Please note that the travel sponsorship recipients will be required to volunteer during the conference.

The deadline for submitting your application is March 24, so be sure to apply as soon as possible if you’re interested in attending LAS. This is an incredible opportunity to meet with fellow developers and community members and to work on improving the Linux application ecosystem.

If you have any questions about the conference or the travel sponsorships, please don’t hesitate to contact Kristi at kprogri@gnome.org. We look forward to seeing you in Brno!

Travel Sponsorship Applications Open for GUADEC 2023

The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that travel sponsorship applications for GUADEC 2023 are currently open. GUADEC is the GNOME community’s annual conference, and this year it will be held in Riga, Latvia on July 26-31.

GUADEC is a great opportunity for developers, designers, and contributors to come together to discuss and learn about the latest developments in the GNOME project. The conference features a variety of talks, workshops, and social events that help foster collaboration and innovation within the GNOME community.

If you are interested in presenting at or attending GUADEC but require financial assistance to make the trip, you may request support from our travel committee. The deadline* to apply for travel sponsorship is March 31st, so be sure to submit your application as soon as possible.

For more information on who can apply for travel sponsorship and what costs are covered, please visit: https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel/

To apply for travel sponsorship, please submit a GitLab issue using this template: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/TravelCommittee/-/issues/new?issue%5Bconfidential%5D=true.

Sponsorships are limited so we encourage everyone who is able to receive funding through their company or project to start there. We hope to see you in Riga this summer for an exciting and productive conference!

*Please note that the application will be open longer for GSoC students who need assistance attending GUADEC. GSoC students should check with their mentors for more information.