Notices by GNOME (gnome@floss.social)

GNOME Has a New Infrastructure Partner: Welcome AWS!

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-has-a-new-infrastructure-partner-welcome-aws/29331

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!

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Check out the End of 10 initiative to learn more! If you know anyone else who might find this useful, share it with them!

https://endof10.org

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: https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

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 :🚀
👉 https://www.gnome.org/donate

🚀 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 #GNOME48 in the release notes: https://release.gnome.org/48

After years of hard work, countless reviews, and tons of community testing, we're happy to share that dynamic buffering has landed in Mutter for GNOME 48!

This improves the smoothness of GNOME across a wide range of hardware and software setups.

Thanks to everyone involved in this collaboration! Special thanks to author Daniel van Vugt from Canonical and reviewers Jonas Ådahl and Michel Dänzer from Red Hat.

Read more in This Week in GNOME: https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/

🚀 Exciting news! We’ve just launched our brand-new website!
🎉Explore a fresh design, improved navigation, and everything you need to know about GNOME.

Check it out now: https://www.gnome.org/

A huge thank you to everyone who worked hard to make this happen! 🙌

🚀 Join the GNOME Foundation Team!
We’re excited to announce two contractor opportunities funded by Endless:

1️⃣ Digital Wellbeing / Parental Controls
2️⃣ Flathub Payments

We’re looking for passionate individuals to help with GNOME Desktop-wide web/network filtering and Flathub program management.

🔍 For full details & to apply:
Visit the GNOME project Discourse forum links:

1. https://discourse.gnome.org/t/request-for-proposals-gnome-desktop-wide-web-network-filtering-solution/25483

2. https://discourse.flathub.org/t/request-for-proposals-flathub-program-management/8276

GNOME 47 is here! After months of hard work from contributors worldwide, this release brings many exciting updates and improvements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcVp5RHy4Q

Find more details about what's new in #GNOME47 in the release notes: https://release.gnome.org/47/

#GNOME #ReleaseDay

#GUADEC2024 photos from our Denver venue are now online! Take a look through this year's album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBC58f

#GUADEC #GNOME #eventphotography

📢 We're looking for GNOME users for a 30-40 minute session to test some GNOME apps and share your experiences. No specialist knowledge is required.

Interested? Pick your preferred time for the study via this link https://surveys.gnome.org/816914 and we will get back to you.

Thank you for helping us improve!
#GNOME #OpenSource #UsabilityTesting

We're excited to announce the release of #GNOME46! This release brings many updates and improvements thanks to the hard work of #GNOME contributors. 🎉
https://youtu.be/r_QyRJf3rtQ

Read all the details in our release notes: https://release.gnome.org/46/
and in our official announcement: https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-46-released/20066

The GNOME Foundation is seeking qualified applicants for an open Software Engineer position. Learn more about the role and how to apply: https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/01/12/application-open-for-gnome-foundation-software-engineer/

#GNOME #jobopportunity #opensource

We're thrilled to share that the GNOME Project is receiving an investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund!

Learn more about the projects this will fund and how to get involved:
https://foundation.gnome.org/2023/11/09/gnome-recognized-as-public-interest-infrastructure/

#GNOME #opensource #FOSS #Linux

We're launching a new Diversity and Inclusion working group! Join us for our first meeting on Nov 13 at 17:00 UTC. More details on this group and the upcoming meeting can be found here:
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/diversity-and-inclusion-meeting-announcement/17936

#GNOME #opensource #Diversity

We’re excited to welcome Holly Million as Executive Director of the #GNOME Foundation! 🎉

Holly comes to us with valuable experience in nonprofit management and has served as executive director and board member for numerous organizations. https://foundation.gnome.org/2023/10/17/foundation-welcomes-new-executive-director/

#opensource #FOSS

Happy #PrideMonth! We celebrate our vibrant and diverse community, joined by the spirit of collaboration and inclusivity. Thank you to all contributors who make #GNOME thrive! Let's continue our journey towards an #opensource ecosystem that empowers individuals together.

Take a quick look at the new quick settings in #GNOME43!

#GNOME #ReleaseDay

#GNOME43 is here, let's celebrate! If you're hosting a local release party add it to our list to share with others in your area: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/25Birthday

You can even make your gathering a combo release/birthday party in honor of our 25th Anniversary last month!

We're excited to announce the release of GNOME 43!

Thanks to the hard work of our community of contributors, #GNOME43 brings a redesigned system settings menu, a new Device Security page, improvements to many core apps, and more!

See all the updates in our release notes: https://release.gnome.org/43/

#GNOME #releaseday #opensource #FOSS