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vixalien: Project Final Report: Adding Debug Adapter Protocol Support to GJS

https://www.vixalien.com/blog/gjs-dap-report/

Published: September 7, 2026 00:00

Hello again! A few weeks ago, I wrote about the work I've been doing this summer adding Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) support to GJS as part of Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026. If you haven't read that post, start there for the background on what GJS and…

This Week in GNOME: #264 Version Picking

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/09/twig-264/

Published: September 4, 2026 19:31

Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from August 28 to September 4. GNOME Foundation marimaj reports We’ve held an AUA on Reddit with GNOME’s new Board members last Saturday. Sri Ramkrishna — President, Jonathan Blandford —…

Sophie Herold: Introduction of GNOME RFC Process: Start of Final Comment Period

https://blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/2026/09/04/introduction-of-gnome-rfc-process-start-of-final-comment-period/

Published: September 4, 2026 18:20

We are in the process of introducing a new decision-making process into the GNOME project. The specification of the RFC process is available as a merge request on GitLab. The discussion is happening on the respective Discourse thread. I am now announcing…

Sophie Herold: GNOME Fellowship August 2026

https://blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/2026/09/04/gnome-fellowship-august-2026/

Published: September 4, 2026 17:53

The GNOME Foundation is supporting contributors with its fellowship program. You can help expand the fellowship program with a donation. The previous month concluded with releasing the beta versions for GNOME 51. So this month, it was about time to get the…

Peter Eisenmann: Fellowship Report August 2026 (Rivendell)

https://blogs.gnome.org/p3732/fellowship-report-august-2026-rivendell/

Published: September 4, 2026 15:59

The second month of the Fellowship is already over, let’s see what I got up to this month Nautilus I started implementing Tobias’ redesigned “Open With” mockup. The foundations to make the changes are done, as are most of the UI changes. Here is a…

Felipe Borges: Call for Mentors for Outreachy (Dec 2026)

https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/cfp-outreachy-december-2026/

Published: September 1, 2026 12:59

Once again, GNOME is considering participating in the Outreachy internship program. Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by under-representation in the tech industry where they live. Outreachy internships are…

Michael Catanzaro: Don’t Forget: Unset Confidentiality on Private Issue Reports

https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/08/31/dont-forget-unset-confidentiality-on-private-issue-reports/

Published: August 31, 2026 19:21

It’s hard to evaluate the security of open source projects when security bug reports remain private forever. Users deserve to see security bug reports, so please remember to unset issue report confidentiality when you’re done handling an issue. There are…

Thibault Martin: TIL that Deleting files is better than hoarding them

https://ergaster.org/til/deleting-better-than-hoarding/

Published: August 31, 2026 12:00

I realized that deleting local copies of files early and often is better than keeping them forever. I'm the kind of person who will work on something, share their work, and then just let the file I had linger around indefinitely. You never know, it's…

Felipe Borges: Modernizing Fingerprint Management in GNOME Settings

https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/modernizing-fingerprint-management-settings/

Published: August 31, 2026 09:57

For a while now, the fingerprint management UI in GNOME Settings (gnome-control-center) has felt outdated. While it worked, the layout and enrollment flow hadn’t kept up with the rest of GNOME’s modern interface updates. I am happy that during the GNOME 51…

Jussi Pakkanen: Stanisław Lem foretold the current LLM mania in 1964

https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/08/stanisaw-lem-foretold-current-llm-mania.html

Published: August 30, 2026 17:55

Some time ago I visited a used book fair and came across this awesome piece of 80s scifi-asthetic.This book is a collection of short stories by the Polish author Stanisław Lem originally published in 1964. Its English title is The Cyberiad. One story,…