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Congratulations to Debian on their exciting new Debian 10 "buster" release! Go get it while it's hot and enjoy some GNOME 3.30 goodness 👍

https://bits.debian.org/2019/07/buster-released.html

As you probably already know, GUADEC will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece from August 23rd-28th. What you might not know is that we are booking an ENTIRE hostel for GUADEC attendees! That's right. The whole darn thing is just for us 😃 Check it out!

https://2019.guadec.org/pages/guadec-main-accommodation.html

We are delighted to announce that GNOME ASIA 2019 will be held in Gresik, Indonesia ❤️ from 11-13th of October. 😊

For more information: https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/06/gnome-asia-summit-2019-to-be-held-in-gresik-indonesia

The @kde has done an absolutely incredible job creating a truly world class user experience. We at GNOME appreciate everything you have done to push the #FOSS desktop forward, and we continue to be inspired by your community and vision! 🤗

https://pointieststick.com/2019/06/05/kde-usability-and-productivity-are-we-there-yet/

The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors election cycle is underway! Foundation members, please take a moment to read about the candidates and please vote!

https://vote.gnome.org/2019/candidates.html

Our Google Summer of Code students have officially started their projects! We wish you all the best of luck and are thrilled to have you working with our awesome project mentors. 😉 We look forward to hearing all about your success at #GUADEC2019

We are proud and excited to announce that 10 students will be working with the GNOME Project for this year's Google Summer of Code 2019! 🙂 #gsoc #gsoc19

Click the link below to learn more about the selected projects

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5461759991742464

Richard Hughes has been tirelessly working on fwupd and the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) to greatly improve firmware updating on Linux! He is asking for 5 minutes of your time to help with this effort. Please consider his request, if you are able

https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/05/13/donating-5-minutes-of-your-time-to-help-the-lvfs/ …

Have you been interested in developing a GNOME Shell Extension, but were intimidated or lost with how to get started? Good news! We now have a thorough overview and guide for extension development and how to get started!
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Extensions/Writing
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Extensions

Because a few of you apparently missed the prior announcements, the Call for Proposals for #GUADEC 2019 has been extended for three more days until the 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘆. This is your very last chance to get your talk submission in! Do it asap! 😬

https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/04/guadec-2019-call-for-papers/

There is one final day to submit talk proposals for #GUADEC 2019! Submissions close tomorrow evening, so if you were waiting until the last minute...mission accomplished. Get it submitted asap!

https://2019.guadec.org/pages/submit-a-proposal.html

GNOME is pleased to work with @kde on Linux App Summit - let's build an application eco-system together! #Linuxapps #Linux https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/05/las-2019-call-for-locations/

Interested in GTK 4 development? Check out the latest blog entry from Matthias Clasen detailing what's new in GTK 3.96.0 (GTK 4 development branch). There's lots to be excited about! https://blog.gtk.org/2019/05/08/gtk-3-96-0/

REMINDER: The GUADEC 2019 call for proposals is happening now, and the deadline for submission is midnight (UTC+3) on May 13th. If you will be attending GUADEC in Greece this year and wish to give either a 25 or 40 min talk, get your proposal in asap! 😋 https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/04/guadec-2019-call-for-papers/