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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · 22d

Itching to try GNOME 49 today? Developers & curious testers can try GNOME OS in a virtual machine or bare metal:

os.gnome.org

Remember that GNOME OS itself is considered pre-release software; bad things may happen if you use it in production. Happy testing!

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

GNOME OS Nightly

Try the latest and greatest GNOME software in a VM or on real hardware

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you to everyone who helped make GNOME 49 a reality—especially Friends of GNOME whose financial support sustains the GNOME Foundation!

If you'd like to join us on the road to GNOME 50, consider donating today.

donate.gnome.org

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Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · 22d

GNOME 49 has been officially released! Head over to the release notes to discover all the new features and enhancements:

release.gnome.org/49

Many thanks to our community for your work over the past 6 months. You're amazing!

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

GNOME Release Notes

Discover what's new in GNOME, the distraction-free computing platform.

release.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Oregon State University Open Source Lab (@osuosl) has supported major open source projects for over 20 years. 🖥️🌍

Now they need your help to keep going.
Learn more and consider donating: osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...

Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab

A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jun 30

È stato un anno difficile per le finanze di GNOME.

Se GNOME ti è utile, abbiamo davvero bisogno di un tuo contributo: donate.gnome.org

Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

donate.gnome.org

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Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · Jun 26

This one is a no brainer for me, I've been getting value from GNOME for *decades* at this point, and for decades to come I hope.

GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jun 26

It has indeed been a difficult year for GNOME, financially. If you benefit from GNOME as a user, we really need your donation:

donate.gnome.org

Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

donate.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jun 26

It has indeed been a difficult year for GNOME, financially. If you benefit from GNOME as a user, we really need your donation:

donate.gnome.org

Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

donate.gnome.org

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · Jun 26

it's been a very difficult year or two for @gnomefoundation.bsky.social and, to continue to exist, the foundation really needs you.

however, we first want to ask you to *donate less*:

blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/...

#gnome

Donate Less

We have a new donation page. But before you go there, I would like to impress upon you this idea: We would vastly prefer you donate $10/mo for one year ($120 total) than $200 in one lump sum. That's c...

blogs.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jun 10

GNOME Has a New Infrastructure Partner: Welcome AWS!

discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-has-...

With an ever-growing contributor base, GNOME infrastructure has an increasing number of demands placed on it — and only two engineers. AWS saved us from the burden of manually scaling our infra. Thank you AWS!

GNOME Has a New Infrastructure Partner: Welcome AWS!

This post was contributed by Andrea Veri from the GNOME Foundation. GNOME has historically hosted its infrastructure on premises. That changed with an AWS Open Source Credits program sponsorship w...

discourse.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚀 Big thanks to @MacStadium for sponsoring macOS runners to power our CI pipeline!
This support helps us manage macOS builds more efficiently in GNOME. 🙌

🔗 More details: blogs.gnome.org/sid/2025/04/...

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨 We've opened another call for BOFs and Workshops for GUADEC2025!

Submit your session idea now: events.gnome.org/event/259/su...
Deadline: June 15

GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and wor...

events.gnome.org

GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · May 26

📢 The call for location for GUADEC 2026 is officially open! Want to bring GNOME’s biggest conference to your city in Europe? Now’s your chance!

📄 Learn how to apply:
discourse.gnome.org/t/the-gnome-...

The GNOME Foundation invites bids to host GUADEC 2026 in Europe!

GUADEC is the largest annual gathering of GNOME users and developers, and we’re looking for locations inside of Europe for the 2026 conference. If you are interested in submitting a bid to host GUADE...

discourse.gnome.org

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · May 24

this week's #gnome foundation report is late, so it didn't make it into thisweek.gnome.org

but here it is!

blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/...

This Week in GNOME

Updates on what happens across the GNOME project from week to week

thisweek.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · May 16

We’re thrilled to welcome Steven Deobald as the new Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation! 🎉
Learn more about Steven’s background and vision:
blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/...

Huge thanks to Richard Littauer for his fantastic work and leadership 🙏

Introducing Myself – The Everyone Environment

blogs.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · May 2

The Oregon State University Open Source Lab (@osuosl) has supported major open source projects for over 20 years. 🖥️🌍

Now they need your help to keep going.
Learn more and consider donating: osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...

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Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · May 1

GNOME powers much more than just a desktop!

Projects like libxml2, libsoup, and vte are widely used across the open-source ecosystem.

Support GNOME and the many projects it enables :🚀
👉 www.gnome.org/donate

GNOME

An easy and elegant way to use your computer

www.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Apr 17

🚀 Try the latest GNOME experience in the freshly released @fedora 42!
We hope you enjoy what’s new.

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Apr 15

✨ Did you know? GNOME has been shaping the open-source world since 1997! 🖥️

Want to learn more about GNOME’s journey? Check out this presentation:
📜➡️ A Brief History of GNOME
(blogs.gnome.org/jrb/files/20...)

blogs.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 31

🎉 GUADEC 2025 registrations are now open!
Whether you're attending online or in person, be part of our biggest event—get your seat today!

🔗 Register now: events.gnome.org/event/259/re...

events.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Linux App Summit 2025 schedule is now out! 🎉

Take a look to discover more about our amazing speakers and the exciting topics we'll be covering at the conference! ✨

Check out the full schedule here: conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/7/time...

Linux App Summit 2025

conf.linuxappsummit.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎉 Congratulations to our friends
at freedesktop.org
(www.freedesktop.org/wiki) for completing their migration! 🙌

Welcome back, we’ve missed you!

freedesktop.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚀 GNOME 48 is on its way to Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04!
But why wait? If you’re as excited as we are, you can try it out right now in a virtual machine with GNOME OS!

👉 Try GNOME 48 today: os.gnome.org

GNOME OS Nightly

Try the latest and greatest GNOME software in a VM or on real hardware

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 24

✨GNOME 48 brings two amazing new fonts!
Dive into the process and decisions behind the change in this blog post: blogs.gnome.org/monster/intr...

Introducing Adwaita Fonts – Out of the Bag

blogs.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 21

🚀 Discover amazing apps in the GNOME ecosystem! Check out the GNOME Circle Initiative and explore the awesome projects that make GNOME even better. 💙
🔗 Visit now: circle.gnome.org

GNOME Circle

Applications and libraries extending the GNOME ecosystem.

circle.gnome.org

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GNOME Foundation @gnomefoundation.bsky.social · Mar 19

🚀 GNOME 48 is here!
After months of hard work from contributors worldwide, this release brings exciting updates and improvements. 🎉

🔎 Check out what’s new in hashtag#GNOME48 in the release notes: release.gnome.org/48

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