What is your #GNOME highlight from 2025?
Exciting to see that #DasUBoot has joined @conservancy as a member project!
Odds are you have used (or you own) a device that boots with U-Boot. It's another reason to consider supporting Software Freedom Conservancy if you are able.
Become a Sustainer today (if you can)!
#SFC #FOSS #OSS #UBoot #Bootloader #SoftwareFreedom #Sustainable
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/29/u-boot-has-joined-sfc/
Michael Downey 🧢
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#GNOME supports a lot of foundational technologies that are widely used. Did you know that libxml2 is in every smart tv for the past 15 years?
If you are a company or individual that uses libxml2, consider donating to the GNOME Foundation so we can help make maintenance of these software sustainable for everyone to use.
#GNOME supports a lot of foundational technologies that are widely used. Did you know that libxml2 is in every smart tv for the past 15 years?
If you are a company or individual that uses libxml2, consider donating to the GNOME Foundation so we can help make maintenance of these software sustainable for everyone to use.
hamish campbell
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LLM`s and the openweb
The debate about so called #AI and large language models inside the #openweb paths is not, at its core, a technical argument. It is a question of relationship. Not “is this tool good or bad?” but how is it used, who controls it, and whose interests it serves.
This tension is not new, every wave of open communication technology has arrived carrying the same anxiety: printing presses, telephones, email, the web itself. Each was accused - often correctly - of flattening culture, […]
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LLM`s and the openweb
The debate about so called #AI and large language models inside the #openweb paths is not, at its core, a technical argument. It is a question of relationship. Not “is this tool good or bad?” but how is it used, who controls it, and whose interests it serves.
This tension is not new, every wave of open communication technology has arrived carrying the same anxiety: printing presses, telephones, email, the web itself. Each was accused - often correctly - of flattening culture, […]
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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We are grateful to everyone who has become a #FriendsOfGNOME. Your donations help us plan new programs for 2026 and strengthen the future of #GNOME. We also thank all our contributors across many roles, without whom our desktop would not be possible.
Happy Holidays!
Risotto Bias
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We are grateful to everyone who has become a #FriendsOfGNOME. Your donations help us plan new programs for 2026 and strengthen the future of #GNOME. We also thank all our contributors across many roles, without whom our desktop would not be possible.
Happy Holidays!
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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GNOME.Asia 2025 is live in Tokyo, Japan! The two day event has a fantastic schedule of talks and workshops.
https://events.gnome.org/event/303/
If you can’t attend in person, the sessions can also be viewed remotely; head over to the online registration to sign up and follow along:
Debby ⁂📎🐧:disability_flag:
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Linux News: Tails 7.3.1 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Tor Browser 15.0.3 and Tor 0.4.8.21 https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-3-1-anonymous-linux-os-released-with-tor-browser-15-0-3-and-tor-0-4-8-21 #news #FOSS #linux
Michael Downey 🧢
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One week after we kicked off our year-end fundraiser, we’ve reached 800 #FriendsOfGNOME!
Our goal is a bit more ambitious, though: 1,500 by December 31. Help us out by joining today: https://donate.gnome.org
If you’ve already joined or are unable to right now, you can still help by sharing this post with friends and colleagues: https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2025/12/01/join-friends-of-gnome/
Let's secure the future of GNOME together and enable us to do even more great work next year.
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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We’re soooo close to 800 #FriendsOfGNOME; who is going to be the one to push us over that nice round number?? 👀
Top 5 #accessibility improvements in #GNOME Calendar 49:
1. Focus indicators were added in various places
2. Events are focusable with a keyboard
3. Year/month spin buttons are navigable with arrow keys
4. Calendar grids are skippable with Tab, and cells are wrapped via keyboard focus
5. Calendar list box now behaves like a check box
For screen readers: events and year/month spin buttons have proper semantics!
alcinnz
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How do IT and data governance strategies impact the environment?
"The Climate Needs #FAIR and #FOSS: A #Sustainability Perspective on Research Data and Software Management" (Lecture Notes in Informatics)
https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2025_92
"We argue that by implementing policies ensuring the re-use of data and code, research institutions enable digital objects — and, crucially, the hardware they are processed on — to be used more efficiently and for longer."
Andres
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📝 Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?
In an interview with “The Verge”, the new Mozilla CEO, Enzor-DeMeo, IMHO hints that axing adblockers is something that, at the very least, was on the table in some form and at some point. From the article:
He says he could begin to block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that’d bring in another $150 million, but he doesn’t want to do that. It feels off-mission.
It may be just me, but I read this as “I don't want to 😜 😜 but I'll kill AdBlockers in Firefox for buckerinos 😂”. This disappoints and saddens me a lot, and I hope I'm wrong. [...]
alcinnz
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No matter what development path you decide on, Linux will be at the heart of a lot of software work you do! A piece of open-source software itself, Linux and its associated tools and ecosystem are crucial as a programmer, and dipping your toes into the Linux waters is a great early step into becoming a developer within the open source ecosystem. We'll see y'all on Nov. 4 at 7:00 in Enarson 211!
#Linux #Foss #opensource #development #software #ohiostate #freesoftware #coding #terminal #community
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📝 Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?
In an interview with “The Verge”, the new Mozilla CEO, Enzor-DeMeo, IMHO hints that axing adblockers is something that, at the very least, was on the table in some form and at some point. From the article:
He says he could begin to block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that’d bring in another $150 million, but he doesn’t want to do that. It feels off-mission.
It may be just me, but I read this as “I don't want to 😜 😜 but I'll kill AdBlockers in Firefox for buckerinos 😂”. This disappoints and saddens me a lot, and I hope I'm wrong. [...]