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GNOME 3.0 in September 2010

The Release Team announced that GNOME 3.0 will be released in September 2010. In the meantime, there will be a GNOME 2.30 release in March 2010, continuing the long-standing tradition of six-months releases that the project has been using successfully. Read the complete announcement that was sent to the community!

GNOME Report Q3 2009

The GNOME Foundation would like to present the Q3 2009 Quarterly report (HTML version). Q3 is always a big quarter for the GNOME Foundation and this one was bigger and better than usual. During Q3 we had our annual GUADEC, and GNOME 2.28 was released with lots of preparation work for GNOME 3.0. OSiM Mobile was well attended by GNOME Mobile member companies and products that use GNOME Mobile technologies like Moblin 2.0 and the Nokia N900 were released. We've raised $23,415 through Friends of GNOME so far this year! Our Advisory Board members have been very generous as well and we have many hackfests planned for Q4! Read on to hear what GNOME teams have accomplished in Q3 and what they are planning for Q4!

GNOME 2.28 Released!

The GNOME project is proud to release this new version of the GNOME desktop environment and developer platform. Among the hundreds of bug fixes and user-requested improvements, GNOME 2.28 has several highly visible changes: seamless integration with bluetooth devices, simpler desktop sharing and a generally smoother user experience. Learn more about GNOME 2.28 through the detailed release notes and the press release.

Upcoming Events

Zeitgeist Hackfest

The Zeitgeist Hack Fest is a hackfest for GNOME developers and contributors. The goal of the hackfest is to get Zeitgeist in shape for the upcoming GNOME 3.

GNOME.Asia Summit 2009

The summit is among the top Free and Open Source Software events in Asia and an exciting event gathering contributors from free and open source projects from around the world. More than 500 participants from 10 countries are expected to join the summit, which is the first international community event of its kind in Vietnam.

Featuring the latest developments in GNOME and Free and Open Source software projects, the theme is Get Freedom with GNOME. This refers to the primary goals of the GNOME.Asia Summit: Spreading the knowledge of GNOME and free/open source software across Asia as well as building a vibrant, thriving community around it. Call for Participants and Speakers open till November 6.