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GNOME Welcomes Google Summer of Code 2020 Students

The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that GNOME is participating in Google Summer of Code. We have participated every year since the program’s inception, and are proud to share with you our students for 2020!

Each project has an experienced community mentor working alongside the students.

To our new students, welcome! To our returning students, welcome back! We wish the students best with their respective projects.

You can follow the progress of each student by reading their blog posts on Planet GNOME.

A complete list of GNOME Summer of Code 2020 projects are available at the GNOME wiki.

The GNOME foundation is grateful for Google’s efforts and the mentors who make Google Summer of Code possible.

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-projects-for-google-summer-of-code-2020/2979

GUADEC 2020 Call for Participation is Now Open

The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that the call for participation or CfP for GUADEC 2020 is now open. Proposals can be submitted on the event page: https://events.gnome.org/e/guadec2020

GUADEC, the GNOME community’s largest conference, is taking place between the 22nd – 28th of July and will be held in Zacatecas, Mexico.  The GNOME Foundation is looking for talks on a wide range 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 day, the 22nd of July, will be called “GNOME Open Day”. The GNOME Foundation is looking for proposals for this day, in particular, that will focus on local outreach, governance, and getting more people involved in the Zacatecas region. These talks should be meant for new GNOME users. We also welcome talks on this day to be given in both Spanish and English to make them more accessible for locals. 

Talk submissions are due by the 31st of March: https://events.gnome.org/event/1/abstracts/

Additional updates about GUADEC 2020 can be found on the event website and social media channels. Press inquiries and questions regarding the event can be sent to: guadec@gnome.org

We hope to see you in Zacatecas!

GNOME at FOSDEM February 1st – 2nd

GNOME will be present at FOSDEM 2020 which takes place this weekend in Brussels, Belgium, from February 1 – 2. FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings for Free Software enthusiasts and contributors.

Photo by Teemu Mäntynen CC BY-NC 2.0

GNOME will be hosting a booth in the K-building where attendees can meet contributors, test the latest version of GNOME, and pick up some of the latest GNOME merch designs.

On Saturday, GNOME will be hosting our famous social evening – GNOME Beers! Gathering at Bonnefooi starting at 7:30pm, we’d love you to come along and socialize, meet staff, and chat with core contributors. Additional details about GNOME’s presence at FOSDEM including more info about the social event is available on GNOME’s FOSDEM wiki page.

We’re looking forward to see you.

GUADEC 2020 announcement

The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that GUADEC 2020 will take place between the 22nd – 28th of July in Zacatecas, Mexico.

Zacatecas is a city and municipality in Mexico, located in the north-central part of the country. Set in a valley and surrounded by mountains, the city, which had its start as a Spanish mining camp in the mid-16th century, has a rich interesting history and is a very pleasant city to visit, featuring several interesting attractions.

The foundation is confident that the organizing team will do their best to make GUADEC 2020 a great experience for every party involved.

To stay up-to-date with the latest conference deadlines and registration dates, news, activities and more follow @GUADEC and @GNOME on Twitter.

Whether you wish to present your work, take part in the workshops, or simply attend the talks, the GNOME Foundation hopes to see you in Zacatecas!

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Google Summer of Code 2019 concludes

After nine weeks, Google Summer of Code 2019 has concluded. During the summer, nine students have worked on a range of projects which will yield great benefits to upcoming versions of GNOME.

There no there is no doubt that this represents a substantial amount of effort and we hope that all of the students will stay as GNOME contributors.

The highlights of the completed projects include efforts to convert GStreamer plugins to Rust, implementing a saved states manager for GNOME Games, adding preview links in Polari (GNOME’s irc client), a rework of the Gtk website, implementing side by side diff view in Gitg and more.

As well as appreciating the student’s work, the GNOME Foundation is grateful to our mentors – all experienced community members who have contributed valuable time and energy helping guide the students to complete their respective projects.

The GNOME Foundation also wants to thank Google who provides the resources for Google Summer Of Code to run.

If you are not a GNOME contributor yet there is available information on how get involved – we love to have you on-board. A complete list of projects with links to respective to project is available on the GNOME wiki.

GUADEC 2019 about to start in Thessaloniki

GNOME’s main conference, GUADEC, will run from tomorrow, Friday, August 24th to Tuesday, August 28th in Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki is Greece’s second-largest city located in the North of the country.

GUADEC 2019 will feature 3 days of presentations, and afterwards there are 2 days reserved for BOFs or Birds of a feather sessions and workshops.

GUADEC represents an important opportunity for the community, partners and individuals to come together, discuss ideas, solve problems and get work done. It is no understatement that the community is excited about the event.

More information about GUADEC including the schedule for the conference and information about social events is available at guadec.org

The GNOME Foundation is very thankful for the sponsors, the organizers and individuals who make GUADEC possible.

Image by courtesy of Mehmet Cankaya

GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 Call for participation is now open

GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 invites you to participate as a speaker at the conference on the 12th and 13th of October 2019 in Gresik, Indonesia.

GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also covers applications and the 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.

Topics of Call for Proposal (CFP)

GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 will invite talks/workshop relevant to GNOME and FLOSS. We welcome proposals by newcomers and experienced speakers alike.

The possible topics include, but not limited to:

Contributing to GNOME

  • Latest developments
  • Writing applications for GNOME 3
  • UI design
  • QA and testing
  • Accessibility
  • Human Interface Engineering (Icons and Graphic Design)
  • Marketing/Engagement
  • Asia success stories / Local GNOME Projects
  • GNOME and Education
  • FOSS outreach programs, including Google Summer of Code
  • Developing GNOME on mobile devices (smart phones, tablets)
  • Developing GNOME on embedded systems or open hardware
  • Contributing to Linux and F/LOSS

Linux kernel and development

  • The development and promotion of open-source operating systems
  • About Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and other distributions
  • The development and promotion of other open-source projects
  • Open Source Enlightenment and Related Story

The Knowledge and Spirit of Open Source

  • Open Source stories of your own
  • How to optimize the process and improve efficiency with the help of open-source tools
  • How to engage non-technical clightning talksontributors in Open Source Projects
  • How to engage more female contributors in Open Source Projects
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • DevOps with AI
  • Deep Learning
  • AR & VR
  • Big Data
  • Distributed systems
  • Open Source DevOps

We are also interested in other topics related to Free/Libre and Open Source Software which are not listed above.

Type of Session
You can choose from 2 of these sessions:

  1. Standard session. Standard session will be scheduled for 45 mins (35 mins talk + 10 mins Q&A). The session could be a technical talk, panel discussion, or BOF. If you need more time or additional resources, feel free to get in touch with the organizing team.
  2. Lightning talk session. This session is a 5 mins presentation for demonstrating your work or promoting an interesting topic.

Submission Criteria
Please provide a short abstract of your proposal (under 150 words). Include your name, biographical information, a photo suitable for the web, a title, and a description of your presentation. Please submit your proposal to the following submission form. The reviewing team will evaluate the entries based on the submitted abstracts and available time by following the schedule.

  • Submission timeline: July, 15th to August, 31th 2019
  • Confirmation of paper acceptance: September, 11th 2019

Travel sponsorship
There will be an opportunity for speakers and GNOME Foundation members to request sponsorship by the GNOME Foundation. Please submit your applications to the GNOME Travel Committee. For further information please refer to this guide https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel

We are waiting for your proposal. All interested contributors are highly encouraged to send in talks. More information about GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 is available at https://asiasummit.gnome.id

The GNOME.Asia 2019 Team

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