#guadec

Jakub Steiner kicked off GUADEC by presenting the future of SVG icons in GTK - GNOME apps will soon get to leverage these to have smarter, animated icons! Watch the talk here 👉️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD0I75rbI48 Support GNOME to help make GUADEC possible 👉️ https://donate.gnome.org #GUADEC #GTK #Design

My Tracy profiling talk from #GUADEC is now up as an individual video, and I have prepared full edited English subtitles for it! (enable subtitles in YouTube) https://youtu.be/KFp3iCdlP7c?list=PLca7aIB6SD3E Thanks @bragefuglseth@sunny.garden for cutting up the livestreams and uploading the subs!

New blog, publishing my report for GUADEC 2026, my first GUADEC :) https://zeldathewitch.page/posts/guadec-2026/ #GUADEC #GUADEC2026 #GNOME

Rialta Local Legend! #guadec #guadec2026

Closing time! The first part of GUADEC is coming to a close… but wait! There are two more days of BoFs/workshops. Thank you to all presenters and attendees for a wonderful three days of talks; you can catch them all from the live streams here: @gnomedesktop@youtube.com #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026

Shout out to the local team for all of their months of hard work and organizing plus all of their support these past few days to make this GUADEC wonderful. 👏 #GUADEC #GUADEC2026 #GNOME

Ivan Molodetskikh is currently showcasing his work optimising Shell during the GNOME STF using Tracy, and how you can use it to optimise your own apps with ease! Watch on Track 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4O7dhreLDU#GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026

Our amazing Shell and Mutter developers updating us on happenings in the project, including a very happy crowd at the announcement of no X11 backend in Mutter! Follow on Track 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4O7dhreLDU #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026

gnome.org, guadec.org, and planet.gnome.org should all have a big red banner at the top with “GUADEC LIVE NOW”. the stream is well hidden… #guadec #gnome

Guillaume Bernard presenting how GNOME can be more accessible by internationalising our projects: "We think of accessibility as just a screen reader for the blind and captions for the deaf - when it is also about making sure software is accessible to those who don't speak English" Watch On Track 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGazCEww9II #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026

We are back for the second half of day 2 of GUADEC! Talks are resuming now, a little behind schedule after lunch (as is tradition). Track 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnduDRyFsZ0 Track 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZATps5el7k #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026

Thomas compares this to a “Plowshare” model; one where we accomplish the same amount of work with more useful output and better tools. It better fits the reality of limited resources, and hobbyist maintainership, but does it help us stay within our means, and achieve our goals? Follow along live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGazCEww9II #GUADEC2026 #GUADEC #GNOME

Ultimately, Thomas believes the plowshare model should be the focus of FOSS development and funding—which means focusing on tooling for hobbyist maintainers. We’re moving into Q&A now; watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGazCEww9II #GUADEC2026 #GUADEC #GNOME

Historically the model of FOSS has been “Swords”: a fight where users choose between proprietary and FOSS even if both can be commercial. FOSS tries to get community, is centered on user’s rights, and is driven by foundations, digital rights orgs, etc. And it makes sense for sovereignty. But Thomas posits that the model has its problems as well, especially when you compare it to the goals of FOSS, the constraints of reality, and our means. https://www.youtube.com/live/EGazCEww9II #GUADEC2026 #GUADEC #GNOME

Thomas Depierre presenting the keynote “From Swords to Plowshares” at GUADEC, exploring the model of FOSS maintainership in society. “All maps are wrong, some are useful. It depends on what you are doing in the moment.” Similarly, all models are inherently wrong—they’re models, after all. But what is interesting is what they reveal and how they are used. Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/live/EGazCEww9II #GUADEC #GUADEC2026 #GNOME

Society depends on software. Software encodes a model of the world—but the world changes. Thus, society needs software to change. This requires maintenance. The reality is that 70% of all software running in production is FOSS (Synopsis, 2020). FOSS has won, and is bigger than you think. Yet, FOSS in the vast majority of cases is “one person” and 60–85% of FOSS is a hobby (Tidelift, 2024)—and there is no link to the criticality of a package. #GUADEC2026 #GUADEC #GNOME

“If we share responsibility, it’s easier to invite more people in.” @ebassi@mastodon.social talks about project governance at GUADEC. Join track 1 now: https://www.youtube.com/live/EGazCEww9II #GUADEC #GUADEC2026 #GNOME

Happening now: Sjoerd talks about Graphs and its journey as a GNOME Circle app. As @tbernard@mastodon.social says, “GNOME Circle is a developer education initiative disguised as a verification program.” Join now in track 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/dVsuCqHXBB0 #GUADEC #GUADEC2026 #GNOME

Session save/restore has been a hotly requested feature for our desktop - Adrian Vovk will be giving an update on his work to get it integrated into GNOME. If you want session save/restore in GNOME, don't miss it! https://events.gnome.org/event/306/contributions/1648/ 📆17 jul 2026, 15:15 #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026

Live now: Abderrahim Kitouni shares an update on the state of GNOME OS, our development, testing, and QA operating system. Hear about: • Enabling optional features • OpenQA integration • Improvements for flashing on mobile devices • Major documentation rework • …and more! Watch now on track 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/HnduDRyFsZ0 #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2026