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Posts about the GNOME Foundation, community, and open source project
Looking back on GNOME in 2025—and looking forward to 2026 Tue, Dec 2, 2025
Help GNOME do even more next year!
This past year has been an exceptional one for GNOME. The project released two excellent releases on schedule with GNOME 48 in March and…
Elect the next GNOME Foundation Board of Directors for 2025! Mon, May 19, 2025
(Oh, and I’m running…)
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year, election season! …Okay, maybe not the most exciting thing—but an extremely important one nonetheless. For anyone who doesn’t…
GNOME Should Kick the Foot to the Curb… Mostly Fri, Feb 14, 2025
A distinction between the outward brand and a contributor mascot could provide some balance
Update: Thanks for all of the feedback and discussion on Mastodon and Matrix! I’ve revised this post a bit with some more nuance and…
Endless ♥ GNOME at GUADEC 2023 Tue, Oct 3, 2023
Collaborating within GNOME to widen our impact far beyond Endless OS
In July, my employer Endless sponsored and attended the annual GNOME conference, GUADEC, in Rīga, Latvia. Endless has a long history of supporting and…
I’m back from GUADEC 2023 Sun, Aug 6, 2023
Here’s what I got up to in Rīga, Latvia
I’m back from Rīga, Latvia where I attended GUADEC 2023—the annual GNOME conference. It was my first time attending since 2019 due to COVID-19…
Accent Colors: A Proposal for GNOME Mon, Jun 26, 2023
Enabling user expression while considering the needs of distros and app developers
This is not an announcement or guarantee of implementation from GNOME! This post represents my personal opinions in tracking an ongoing discussion within GNOME…
Run `gnome-info-collect` on Endless OS Wed, Aug 31, 2022
Opt in to share a one-time snapshot of your configuration
When gnome-info-collect was announced, I had a lot to say about it and the overarching direction: Privacy-respecting metrics is something a lot of smart…
Cassidy on GNOME, Themes, and More Fri, Nov 12, 2021
The Linux Experiment interviews Cassidy for a video
Recently there’s been a lot of discussion within the open source desktop space about GNOME, LibAdwaita, and the future of “theming” on GTK-based platforms…
elementary at GUADEC 2019 Thu, Sep 5, 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
Cassidy and fellow GUADEC attendees arriving at the Thessaloniki airport GUADEC is the annual GNOME User And Developer European* Conference where contributors to GNOME…
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference Fri, May 17, 2019
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
In the past year or so, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox have begun testing or released a user-set dark…
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Working with GNOME on shared features
This week I’ve been in London, UK to attend the Parental Controls & Metered Data hackfest and work alongside folks from GNOME, Endless, Red…
GNOME’s New App Icons Drop Pixel-Precision and Hinting Wed, Jan 23, 2019
What it means for elementary OS
Jakub taking photos on an outing from the GNOME London UX Hackfest This week Jakub Steiner, a designer at GNOME—and a friend of mine!—announced…
We’re Back from LAS 2018 Wed, Sep 12, 2018
Sharing knowledge and wisdom in Denver, Colorado
This past week elementary contributors Daniel Foré, Felipe Escoto, Blake Kostner, and I met up in Denver, Colorado for the Libre Application Summit (LAS)….
GNOME UX Hackfest 2017 Tue, Nov 21, 2017
Designing the future of GNOME Shell
I just got back from a week-long design hackfest in London focused on GNOME Shell and related components. It was a fantastic week with…
GNOME West Coast Summit Wed, Jul 1, 2015
Danielle, Cody, Avi, and I (Cassidy) just left San Francisco and the GNOME West Coast Summit. It kicked off Monday morning at 9 AM…