This Week in GNOME #244 Recognizing Hieroglyphs. Image of Bazaar app in the back.
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online! This week we greet new releases of Bazaar, Amberol and Phosh, and much more.
#244 Recognizing Hieroglyphs
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GNOME endorses UN's Open Source principles.
Are principles like openness, sustainability, inclusion and community contributions also important to your organization? Then join us at
opensource.un.org/en/news/unit...
#UnitedNations #UN #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Today we celebrate the trans members of our community and stand with them against discrimination.
GNOME wouldn't be where it is without our trans contributors. Thank you for being here! 🏳️⚧️
#transgenderdayofvisibility #transrightsarehumanrights #TDOV
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Reminder that the #GUADEC call for proposals deadline is TODAY! 🚨
Submit yours at events.gnome.org/event/306/ab.... See discourse.gnome.org/t/the-guadec... for more info.
#opensource #linux #desktop #GNOME #GUADEC2026
Electron—the framework that powers popular cross-platform apps like Signal, VS Code, and many more—is getting even better on modern Linux desktops.
Developers, read about what this means if you develop an Electron app for Linux:
www.electronjs.org/blog/tech-ta...
#Linux #GNOME #Wayland #Electron
Yesterday we were thrilled to announce the #GNOME Fellowship program. It was a major step forward for us.
We couldn't have done it without the support of our donors. Thank you, everyone. ❤️
If you aren't a #FriendsofGNOME: sign up today, and allow the Fellowship to prosper.
donate.gnome.org/
#GNOME 50 release of our Calendar app also had very nice #a11y change — it's now possible to navigate through events via keyboard!
In addition, many accessibility labels have been updated.
Thanks to Hari Rana and Zelda Ahmed for making this happen!
“What does the GNOME Foundation do, anyway?”
So much work is behind the scenes—and frankly, in the past it’s not been as efficient as it could have been.
With the relaunched Friends of GNOME and now the Fellowship program, I hope it’s obvious what the role of the Foundation can and should be.
Big news! Today we’re launching the GNOME Fellowship: funded positions for contributors to work on the GNOME project’s long-term sustainability. 🎉
We are starting with one 12-month fellowship; applications are open through April 20.
Find out more: fellowship.gnome.org
#GNOME #OpenSource
Timer in a circle with divided sessions
And our last but not least Circle's new app:
* Sessions: a visual timer app which will help you stay productive by breaking work into focused sessions with regular breaks.
#linux #GNOME
Sreenshot of the constrict app, on the left options sidebar.
Who else joined GNOME's circle?
* Constrict: an app that would help you meet the file sizes when compresing a video. Just set your target size!
#linux #GNOME
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🚨We are a few days away of our CfP deadline for #GUADEC 2025.
Have you sent yours? What are you waiting for!?
You can send your abstract until 27th March.
events.gnome.org/event/306
#GNOME
A picture of the icon with a mustard yellow background. The icon shows a representation of sodoku.
From our Circle to the game lovers:
* Sudoku: the addictive puzzle for solving number-placement challenges for beginners or experts players with keyboard navigation and game saving.
#linux #games #sudoku
Screebshot of the Sudoku made with Gradia. On the left the annotation tools provided.
#GNOME Circle becomes bigger with every release. We have 4 more apps that have joined us in this last release!
* Gradia: An app for refining and annotating screenshots before you share them. You can use Gradia to prepare quick visuals to share with your colleague or mom!
#linux #opensource
#GNOME 50 brings big updates to our display technologies:
* Improved VRR and low-latency cursor
* Fractional scaling suport
* Next-Gen color management
* HDR Screen sharing
Check our release notes for more details!
release.gnome.org/50
#gaming #opensource #linux
Squarrel streching to reach a nut
We are approaching 1000 #FriendsofGNOME! 🎉🎉🎉
Who is joining us to celebrate #GNOME 50?
donate.gnome.org
Screenshot of Papers Document viewer app showcasing annotation support
The new document annotation feature might win the prize for most useful feature in #GNOME 50. We love the design on this one.
Check out the release notes to learn more: release.gnome.org/50
#opensource #FOSS
Parental controls app screenshot
Screenshot of locked desktop that has exceeded screen time limits
Yesterday's #GNOME 50 release included new parental controls features which are essential for many families. With these features, we're excited to be bringing GNOME to new generations who can experience open source for the first time.
Check out the release notes to learn more 👉 release.gnome.org/50
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🚨 We are pleased to announce the release of #GNOME 50. You can read about what our contributors have been working on in
release.gnome.org//50/
We take the chance of this new release to thank our contributors who have made this happen!
Let us know what you think! ❤️
#linux
Coming up in #GNOME 50 there is new #accessibility option — reduced motion! It allows to reduce animations across desktop and apps.
Thank you to many contributors who made this happen❤️
#linux #opensource
Thank you @gnome.org for supporting Keep Android Open @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen
You can follow this initiative in bsky.app/profile/keep...
We signed keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ ! We strongly believe open ecosystem is of paramount importance for user freedom, and that is currently in danger for Android.
As a free software project we can't stand silent, we voice our support with other projects and invite more to join us.
For #GNOME 50 X11 session was finally removed, making #Wayland the only available session.
This opened doors for many clean-ups and improvements, with more in the future! Thank you for everyone involved♥️
#linux #opensource
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We are two days away from the exciting release of #GNOME 50!
We are excited by the new digital wellbeing help manage the amount of time you or someone else at home are on the computer.
Implemented by @ignapk@mastodon.social and funded by @EndlessAccess@mastodon.social.
#DigitalWellbeing
In #GNOME 50 release of Damned Lies, our #translation platform, we got many improvements, most important of all now we support merge requests!
This allows our translators to push translations to projects on, e.g. #FreeDesktop #gitlab without needing to manually open MRs.
#linux #opensource
Starting in #GNOME 50 you will be able to set first day of the week in the Settings app, with all #GTK apps and desktop respecting the preference.
As always, thank you to our contributors for implementing this!
Enjoy❤️
#linux #Opensource
A laptop, tablet and phone running the stack described in the post
Alrighty, everything set up for the #GNOME showcase at the hardware bazaar meetup later. A GNOME OS laptop, a #phosh tablet and phone, all connected with each other via #p2panda (via Reflection as a demo), #Nextcloud (calendar, contacts, files) and #Valent /KDE Connect (notifications, clipboard etc.
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🚨 #GNOME 50 will be released on March 18!
😍 Heart or repost post if you're excited! With 5 more days to go we just asked our developers to drop their final GNOME 50 release of their projects.
#opensource #linux
