We’re excited to be back at SCaLE this year! Melissa and Rosanna will be on hand to answer all your GNOME-related questions. Stop by to say hello, hear about the latest and greatest with GNOME, pick up some GNOME swag, or purchase a GNOME t-shirt or hoodie.
If you’re in the area and would like to volunteer at the GNOME Booth please see our discourse post for more details.
GNOME Beers
We are pleased to host a GNOME Beers on Saturday, March 11 from 6-8 pm at Craft by Smoke and Fire (30 W Green St, Pasadena). We hope to see you there!
The GNOME Foundation is delighted to announce that the call for participation in GUADEC 2023 is now open! You can submit your talk proposal at: https://events.gnome.org/event/101/abstracts/.
GUADEC is the largest annual GNOME community conference, and it will be held this year in Riga, Latvia, from July 26th-31st. Talks will be streamed online for anyone attending remotely.
The GNOME Foundation is seeking talks on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
Application development
Privacy and security
Community and team building
Design of user and developer experience
Use of GNOME technologies outside the desktop
Newcomers initiatives
Project planning and governance
The first three days of the conference, July 26th-28th will be focussed on talks. The following two days, July 29th and 30th will be dedicated to BoFs and workshops. The final day, July 31st will be a fun social event for all who want to join us!
The deadline for submissions is April 4th. Please note that this year, there will be no remote talks. We hope to see everyone in Riga for in-person presentations!
More information about GUADEC can be found at guadec.org and on our social media channels. Press inquiries and questions can be sent to guadec@gnome.org.
Join us at FOSDEM 2023 this weekend (February 4th-5th) in Brussels, Belgium!
FOSDEM is one of the largest annual gatherings for Free Software enthusiasts and contributors. This free event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate is back in Brussels after a multi-year hiatus.
We are excited to be back in person hosting a GNOME booth this year! Find us in the K-building on level 2 to pick up a GNOME shirt or hoodie (limited supply!), ask questions, meet contributors and staff, or just come by to say hello! If you would like to volunteer at the GNOME booth please see our discourse post for more details and reach out to Caroline at chenriksen@gnome.org.
On Saturday (Feb 4th), GNOME will be hosting our famous social evening – GNOME Beers! We will be gathering at BrewDog Brussels (Putterie 20, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium) starting at 6:30 pm, we’d love you to come along and socialize, meet staff, and chat with core contributors. Please note that this year this event is not sponsored, but you will be able to place personal orders to purchase food or drinks at the bar.
The GNOME Foundation invites bids for hosting GUADEC 2024.
GUADEC is the largest annual gathering of GNOME users and developers, and we’re looking for locations outside of Europe for the 2024 conference. Bring GUADEC to your city next year!
If you are interested in submitting a bid to host GUADEC 2024 in your city, please send an intention to bid by end of the day on Feb 8th, 2023. Bids will be due on Feb 28th, and you can talk to the Foundation Board and previous GUADEC organizers to find out more about what is involved.
Your bid should demonstrate that:
The location is easily accessible by plane or train
You have a motivated local team with a few core members, preferably with experience in event organization
A suitable venue is available to host the event
There are affordable accommodations and places to eat
Organizing GUADEC is a large undertaking but local teams will have help from Foundation Staff members and Engagement Team contributors!
You can find more information on what’s involved in putting together a GUADEC bid at: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/HowTo/Bid, including an overview of the sorts of things you should include in the proposal.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Foundation board at board@gnome.org.
We’re happy to announce that GUADEC 2023 will take place between the 26th and 31st of July in Riga, Latvia. This year GUADEC will be held as a hybrid event and attendees will be able to join virtually or in person at our venue in Riga.
The call for proposals and registration will be open soon. Please check guadec.org for more updates in the upcoming weeks.
If you or your company would like to sponsor GUADEC 2023 please contact us at sponsors@guadec.org.
About Riga
Riga sits on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the River Daugava. It is the capital of Latvia and the largest city in both the country and the Baltics. Riga is home to many museums and concert halls and is considered a cultural center. The city is known for its wooden buildings, Art Nouveau architecture, and medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters together for a week of talks and workshops.
About GNOME
GNOME is a free and open-source software environment project supported by a non-profit foundation. Together, the community of contributors and the Foundation create a computing platform and software ecosystem, composed entirely of free software, that is designed to be elegant, efficient, and easy to use.
The GNOME Foundation invites bids for hosting GNOME.Asia 2023.
GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop but also covers 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 the present technology and future developments.
If you are interested in submitting a bid to host this year’s event in your city, please send an intention to bid by end of the day on the 15th of February. Intentions should be submitted by email to board@gnome.org.
GNOME.Asia organizers are available for any questions at asia@gnome.org.
Your bid should demonstrate that:
The location is easily accessible by plane or train
You have a motivated local team with a few core members, preferably with experience in event organization
A suitable venue is available to host the event
There are affordable accommodations and places to eat
Bid submissions are due by end of the day on the 1st of March and should be made by e-mail to board@gnome.org. If you need more time to finalize your bid or assistance please contact asia@gnome.org, we are happy to help you.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Foundation Board at board@gnome.org.
We’re happy to announce that Linux App Summit 2023 will take place in Brno, Czech Republic on April 21–23, 2023. For 2023 Linux App Summit (LAS) will again be held as a hybrid event, allowing attendees and speakers to join virtually or in person at our venue in Brno.
Linux App Summit (LAS) is a conference focused on building a Linux application ecosystem. LAS aims to encourage the creation of quality applications, seek opportunities for compensation for FOSS developers, and foster a thriving market for the Linux operating system.
Everyone is invited to attend! Companies, journalists, and individuals who are interested in learning more about the Linux desktop application space and growing their user base are especially welcome. The call for papers and registration will be open soon. Please check linuxappsummit.org for more updates in the upcoming weeks.
Brno, the second-largest city in the Czech Republic, is a technological hub in Central Europe and the wider region. Several universities specializing in Information Technology give Brno a large source of IT talent and as a result, many companies have opened research and development facilities in the city. With around 90,000 students residing in the area, Brno is a vibrant university city and home to many museums, theatres, festivals, and cultural events. It is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and in 2017 was designated as a “City of Music“. Alongside the urban areas, visitors will find traditional Moravian folklore preserved in some districts and can experience traditional Moravian costumes, wines, folk music, and dance.
There are lots of sights to see in Brno! Some of the most popular attractions are:
Špilberk Castle
Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul
Veveří Castle
Villa Tugendhat
We hope to see you in Brno!*The image attribution: SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
About the Linux App Summit
The Linux App Summit is co-organized by KDE and GNOME. It brings the global Linux community together to learn, collaborate, and help grow the Linux application ecosystem. Through talks, panels, and Q&A sessions, we encourage attendees to share ideas, make connections, and join our goal of building a common app ecosystem.
Previous iterations of the Linux App Summit have been held in the United States in Portland, Oregon, and Denver, Colorado, as well as in Barcelona, Spain, and Rovereto, Italy. Learn more by visiting linuxappsummit.org.
With hundreds of contributors all over the world working on GNOME projects, we’re doing what we can to move the project forward! But we still need help. Our organization is a 501(c)3 (in the United States) and relies on financial contributions in order to keep the lights on. Your financial support goes towards GNOME conferences, intern sponsors, new releases, staff resources, infrastructure, and so much more! We are excited about the future of the GNOME project and ask for your support with a donation during our annual fundraising campaign.
Giving Tuesday also marks Day 1 of our annual campaign drive which continues till the end of the year! And, we need your help reaching our goal. While a financial contribution helps, we know there are many ways to help support our fundraising. We’ve included some non-financial ways you can help:
Share or repost GNOME social media messages. Help us get the message out!
Make a donation request on behalf of GNOME! Ask friends and family to contribute to an organization that is important to you. Remember to share why GNOME is important to you. Start your own campaign today: https://www.gnome.org/donate/
Use the upcoming holidays to ask for contributions in lieu of presents. This is a great thing to do for birthdays and the upcoming holiday season! https://www.gnome.org/donate/
Take advantage of your company match program. Many organizations will match your donation – make sure you are taking advantage of all the ways you can donate!
We are excited for 2023 and hope we can count on your support during Giving Tuesday and our annual campaign drive. Help us build another great year at GNOME!
Thank you from all of us at the GNOME Foundation.
About Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity that takes place today, November 30, 2021. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
As the GNOME community has moved further towards becoming Matrix-first, our legacy IRC chat systems have begun to show their age. Migrating to Libera Chat allows us to maintain IRC operations on a well-maintained and thriving platform, while also bringing the Matrix interoperability to the next level.
The shift to Libera Chat went live today. What does this mean for you? Community members already using Matrix will not notice any change, if you’re a GIMPnet user you may experience some alias changes to chat channels. Channels that have had alias changes will need to be rejoined manually. For channels with the same alias the change to Libera Chat will be transparent. For more details on what this move means for you and a deeper explanation on why we’ve moved, please see the Discourse announcement from Foundation Board member Thibault Martin.
GIMPNet has provided our community and countless others with a remarkable communications platform these past decades. It is with great appreciation that we thank the GIMPNet maintainers and moderators for their hard work and dedication to promoting open source collaboration.
We’re happy to share that GNOME.Asia 2022 will return in person in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This year’s summit will be held as a hybrid event on Dec 2-4, and attendees will be able to join virtually or in person at our venue in Kuala Lumpur. Registration for this free event is open and attendees can sign up on our event website.
Malaysia was selected as our summit location in 2020, but the conference shifted to fully remote due to the global pandemic. We’re grateful to our local team for sticking with us for two years of virtual summits and excited to finally bring GNOME.Asia to Malaysia!
More details and a full event schedule will be added to our event website soon. Please check events.gnome.org/e/asia2022 for more updates in the upcoming weeks.
Kuala Lumpur is a cultural, financial, and economic center. As the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur is home to both the Parliament of Malaysia and the Istana Negara—the official residence of the monarch of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The city is one of the fastest growing in Asia and has experienced massive growth since the 90’s making it one of the leading cities in the world for tourism and shopping.
Our GNOME.Asia 2022 venue is in the beautiful neighborhood of Taman Tun Dr Ismail. iSpace, a boutique venue specializing in meeting rooms and unique event spaces, is conveniently located within walking distance of public transit.
About GNOME.Asia
GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop but also covers 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 the present technology and future developments.
About GNOME
GNOME is a free and open-source software environment project supported by a non-profit foundation. Together, the community of contributors and the Foundation create a computing platform and software ecosystem, composed entirely of free software, that is designed to be elegant, efficient, and easy to use.
