Notices by Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)

I was admittedly bearish about Bazaar early on; I was confused by the design that was trying to reinvent a lot of things, plus I didn’t know how I felt about diverging efforts from GNOME Software.

Now that the Bazaar team has decide to clone the Flathub web UI whenever it makes sense (and improve on it in cool ways!), I’ll admit it: it’s pretty rad.

Huge props to the designers and developers making Bazaar. It’s the Flathub app store @tbernard always wanted.

#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #GNOME

Hot take, git shouldn't call it the master or main branch; it should be called bough.

A reminder that I've put together some simple 3D printable stencils that could be useful to spray paint protest signs or shirts! You know, in case you were to need some signs this weekend.

https://www.printables.com/model/1178791-letter-number-symbol-stencils-for-signs

#NoKings

Okay, this is cool. AltStore runs a Mastodon server, where the accounts are the developers of apps on the store, and the posts are the release notes. You can just… follow the app on social media and get updates straight from the source!

https://explore.alt.store/public/local

It’s wild to hear “political violence is never acceptable” in one breath, and “I hope he gets the death penalty” in the next.

I’m looking for my next challenge in some intersection of open source, community, and developer advocacy! I am passionate about helping others and doing good with technology, in particular—thus I’m especially interested in working with a non-profit or strongly value-aligned organization.

I’ve loved my work with @EndlessAccess, but unfortunately due to strategic decisions, my particular role won’t exist in the coming months.

https://cassidyjames.com/resume

#GetFediHired #FediHire #OpenToWork #jobs #cv

Home Assistant nerds, I have a challenge: I’d like to grab the dominant colors from a given image, and set a room’s lights to those (individual) colors.

Use case: matching the RGB lights in my game room to the current game’s art, but not just a single color; a palette for 4 RGB lights.

#HomeAssistant

Today I got Plushtodon a boyfriend: Turnip Boy! 🫜 Apparently one of just 539 ever produced.

Shout out to everyone I met from Snoozy Kazoo at GodotCon Boston; you were all such wonderful human beings that I literally ordered this on the spot. And he’s finally here! 🙌

#TurnipBoy #Plushtodon

If you’re on Linux, there’s a good chance you use GNOME: it’s the default experience across Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora Workstation, Endless OS, and more. If you’re on another desktop, you still likely use components developed by GNOME contributors—or maybe you get apps from Flathub.

Want to become more than just a user? How about… a friend? 🥺 Become a Friend of GNOME to support GNOME, Flathub, and the work we do!

https://donate.gnome.org/

#GNOME #Flathub #Linux #OpenSource

Huge congratulations to @alice! She has been formally recognized as an outstanding @gnome contributor by being awarded this year’s “Pants of Thanks,” a long-standing GUADEC tradition.

Thank you to everyone who sent in nominations; there were so many great people it was hard to choose just one, but Alice definitely deserves recognition for her tireless work on libadwaita and the GNOME platform.

Congratulations! 👏

#GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2025

@vixalientoots @forteller @GTK on iOS I think that's using OCR in the Photos app itself rather than saving it in the file metadata. But alt text metadata for image files seems… smart? If that’s not a thing, how is that not a thing?? 🤔

@forteller should be at https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Websites/welcome.gnome.org

@forteller I'll do you one better: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Websites/welcome.gnome.org/-/merge_requests/45

Every screenshot of macOS 26 looks like a bad macOS GTK theme.

Like, in so many places the apps or toolkit weren’t even changed but the new styling has changed spacing, breaking alignment and making it look super amateur—exactly the same symptoms as applying a GTK stylesheet that tries to “theme” apps that were never designed to be themed.

Screenshots shared by @louie

Any open source projects out there using Nextcloud Talk for real-time chat?

I’ve been researching and testing a whole bunch of solutions for open source projects while explicitly evaluating them on their fit for something pretty cool I’m working on. The gist is supporting an inviting, easy-to-join open source community of mixed-age members (including teens and adults). Due to this, safety and moderation tooling are extremely important. And so is price!

#Nextcloud #OpenSource

So far I’ve explored Discord, Slack, Matrix, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Revolt, and Zulip. Annoyingly many of these are targeted at workplace communication which is not exactly the same as an open source project (especially around safety tooling!).

Someone had mentioned Nextcloud Talk and I get similar vibes (their materials focus on collaborating with your colleagues), but don’t want to completely rule it out. But also: what if we don’t want/need the rest of Nextcloud; can it be used standalone?

The latest @gnome Foundation Board of Directors election has officially been announced, so I’ll go ahead and announce: I’m running! :)

https://cassidyjames.com/blog/elect-gnome-foundation-board-directors-2025/

If you contribute to GNOME, go make sure you’re a Foundation member so you can vote in this upcoming election. :gnome:

#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #governance

No, I will not come onto your podcast to “address” your wild accusations against me or my friends, especially if you have a history of turning everything into a negative hit piece. It also doesn’t help if you repeatedly deadname and misgender people, have a history of directing hate towards open source projects, and make a living out of stoking fake controversies.

Please join me in a very warm welcome to the new @gnome Foundation Executive Director, @deobald!

https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/06/introducing-myself/

I’m excited to work with Steven and see him help steer the GNOME Foundation going forward. He’s a great guy and I’m already excited by his framing and deep understanding of what GNOME is—and needs to be.

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

As someone drowning in Google Drive hell, I’m constantly fighting against my urge to say planning, tracking, and documenting *everything* at an org should happen on a git forge—but then elementary, Hack Club, GNOME, and probably others come along and do it effectively. So… maybe?

The problem is that telling non-nerds to use something like Markdown for writing docs—even when using something like a GitLab or GitHub web UI—is a huge barrier. And real-time collaborative editing has big advantages.