We are happy to announce that #GUADEC2026 will be held in A Coruña, Spain! For more information, please check: discourse.gnome.org/t/guadec-202...

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re proud to reflect on a remarkable year for our community, one defined by innovation, global collaboration, and meaningful contributions from around the world. # Major Software Milestone: Our releases represent six months of dedicated work by our vibrant community.

Are you a #GNOME volunteer? Do you know that some companies will match your volunteer hours. Some can offer up to $15k/year. If you have volunteered for GNOME, this is a great way to help #GNOME additionally through your efforts. Help us sustainably fund GNOME for the future! donate.gnome.org.

What is your #GNOME highlight from 2025? #FOSS #LInux #Opensource

Does the company you work for support fund matching for U.S. based 501c3 charities? Consider joining their match program and donate to the #GNOME Foundation. Join us as #FriendofGNOME at donate.gnome.org

Recently, for Digital Wellbeing we merged notification improvements. Other feature work that will help parents encourage safe and healthy habits for their kids is under review. These are features that are funded by the GNOME Foundation. #DigitalWellbeing #FriendsofGNOME donate.gnome.org

#GNOME Foundation supports the infrastructure for a lot of foundational technologies that are widely used. If you are a company or individual, consider donating to the GNOME Foundation so we can help make the infrastructure sustainable of this software. donate.gnome.org

Work for a U.S. based corporation? Some of them will match donations program! Consider joining their match program and donate to the #GNOME Foundation. Become a #FriendofGNOME at donate.gnome.org #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

We are only 4 days away from the end of the year! If you're US based, consider donating to the #GNOME Foundation and become a recurring donor or contribute with a single donation to #FriendsofGNOME at donate.gnome.org

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! donate.gnome.org

I Donated to @gnome.org and you can do too! donate.gnome.org #linux #opensource #gnome

Thanks to our contributors, our desktop is translated to 36 languages (with over 90% coverage), and many more teams are working hard to provide support to others! Do you find yours? l10n.gnome.org/releases/gno... #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOME

Gnome has been my desktop of choice for the better part of my life. Giving back a little is the least I can do.

Why did you donate to GNOME? Share your stories with us! #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOME

Top 5 #accessibility improvements in #GNOME 49 #Calendar: 1. Better focus indicators for keyboard users 2. Events navigable with keyboard 3. Change Year/Month w/arrow keys 4. Skip with tab 5. Much improved experience with screen readers! donate.gnome.org #FOSS #OpenSource #FriendsOfGNOME

GNOME.Asia 2025 is live in Tokyo, Japan! The two day event has a fantastic schedule of talks and workshops. events.gnome.org/event/303/ #GNOME #GNOMEAsia #GNOMEAsia2025 #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

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: donate.gnome.org #GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS

We’re soooo close to 800 #FriendsOfGNOME; who is going to be the one to push us over that nice round number?? 👀 donate.gnome.org #GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

This year we delivered new Digital Wellbeing features for GNOME including Screen Time history and limits, break reminders for movement and eye health, and improved parental controls with Screen Time integration. #GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #DigitalWellbeing #FOSS #FriendsOfGNOME

Top 5 reasons GNOME is awesome: 1. Distraction-free: including digital wellbeing 2. Accessibility: computing should be accessible to all 3. Design: a cohesive experience that looks great 4. FOSS: preserving your freedoms 5. Privacy: respecting that your data is yours! #GNOME #OpenSource #Linux

If you’re already supporting GNOME—whether as a long-time donor or a brand new friend—share a post this week with #FriendsOfGNOME to tell the world why! We love to hear, respond to, and boost your stories. #GNOME #GivingTuesday

We’re launching an end-of-year fundraiser with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help! blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2... This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on Bluesky; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!

Today we’re thankful for every contributor to the Free and Open Source software that makes GNOME possible. ❤️ And of course, we’re extra grateful for contributors to GNOME projects, tirelessly working to build & improve our diverse & sustainable personal computing ecosystem. #OpenSource #FOSS #GNOME

We just hit 500 #FriendsOfGNOME! Thank you so much to every single person donating to help ensure our sustainability. Check out everyone who opted into being listed at donate.gnome.org …and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉 #GNOME #GNOMEfoundation

It's lightning talks time! @cassidyjames.com explains how @gnomefoundation.bsky.social is _really_ funded #UbuntuSummit2510 #UbuntuSummit

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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!

🚀 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/...

🚨 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

📢 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-...

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/...

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 🙏

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...

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

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

✨ 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...)

🎉 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...

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...

🎉 Congratulations to our friends at freedesktop.org (www.freedesktop.org/wiki) for completing their migration! 🙌 Welcome back, we’ve missed you!

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

🚀 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 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

@gnome is looking for a volunteer Treasurer! If you have accounting experience & want to support GNOME, this role involves: Chairing the finance committee Helping with board reporting Keeping finance processes smooth A great way to contribute & gain experience! For more info email: [email protected]

The GNOME Internship Committee and OSCA are hosting the GNOME Internship event! Planning to apply for GSoC or Outreachy? Join us to learn more about the programs. 📅 Date: March 15th (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC📍 Join here: meet.gnome.org/rooms/tl3-fs...