Category: GNOME

  • I’m not looking forward 3.24

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    Georges Stavracas
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    If you’re reading this post, please also read the one about GNOME 3.26. I’ll leave this post here for historical purposes, but you should disconsider what I say here. Not until it’s fixed. Those who follow my work are used to read my “Looking forward ” posts, and they appear to be quite popular. This…

  • GNOME Music: the road to 3.24

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    Georges Stavracas
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    (Disclaimer: this is a guest post from Marinus Schraal, the maintainer of Music) GNOME Music 3.24.1.1 has just been released, a good time to reflect on what has happened last development cycle. A goal for Music is to make it an exemplary application of GNOME/GTK+ Python programming and make it an entry-level project for new…

  • How I became a GNOME contributor

    How I became a GNOME contributor

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Recently, I was asked by my fellow GNOME friends to write how did I transitioned from nothing to a GNOME contributor. The intention is to motivate people to engage. I don’t think my story is that exciting, but, well, why not? If someone gets motivated and start contributing, goal achieved. But beware: there ain’t any…

  • The new Online Accounts & Printer panels (and other related news!)

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Greetings, GNOMErs! If you’re watching closely the GNOME Control Center iterations, you probably noticed it already has a bunch of new panels: Keyboard, Mouse & Touchpad, and other panels like Sharing, Privacy and Search that don’t need to be ported. I’m pleased to announce that the Online Accounts panel joined this family. Check this out:…

  • Meet the new Week view

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    Georges Stavracas
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    This morning, I had some free hours to spend on my baby Calendar, and of course I’d spend on what matters the most: the Week view. I’ve been working on and off in this feature for quite a while, and the last missing piece was proper drag n’ drop support. Fear no more!, and say…

  • A history about Gtk+, Vulkan and Wayland

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    Georges Stavracas
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    A few weeks ago, I was curious to test Gtk+ 4. I know it has some awsome features like OpenGL rendering, major cleanups and other hot stuff, but didn’t have the chance to check it out until then. I was mostly excited about Vulkan. I know both of my laptop’s graphic cards support Vulkan. It’s…