Groton, MA, September 26, 2012: The GNOME project is happy to announce the release of GNOME 3.6, the third update to GNOME 3.0, originally released in April 2011. This release of GNOME 3 is the outcome of six months of development effort, resulting in major new features, updated applications, and significant refinements…
The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce its latest round of the Outreach Program for Women Internships, for which it has been able to accept ten outstanding applicants. GNOME's efforts are made possible by the strong sponsorship that the program has received from free software companies and organizations committed to increasing the…
Groton, MA, March 28 2012: The GNOME project is happy to announce the release of GNOME 3.4, the second update to GNOME 3.0, originally released in April 2011. This new version of GNOME 3 combines six months of development effort, resulting in major new features, updated applications, and a raft of subtle…
Groton, MA, November 16 2011: In each of the previous six years, at most one female student participated in Google Summer of Code in GNOME. This year, there were seven. The GNOME Outreach Program for Women attracted these applicants and connected them with mentors, who helped them with their first contribution. While…
Groton, MA, September 28 2011: Today, the GNOME Desktop project released GNOME 3.2, the first follow-up release to its ground-breaking GNOME 3.0. With GNOME 3, GNOME undertook a major redesign and reimagined the user interface for the next generation of the desktop. From 3.2, GNOME is refining the project and starting to…
June 21, 2011: The GNOME Foundation today announced that it has appointed Karen Sandler as Executive Director. Sandler's dedication to software freedom, her non-profits experience and her involvement in a wide range of free and open source software communities distinguish her as the logical choice for GNOME. "I'm very excited that Karen…
April 26, 2011 — BOSTON, Mass. — The GNOME 3.0 release has far more contributions by women than any previous release in GNOME history. This is largely thanks to the hard work of the first round of the Outreach Program for Women interns, who participated in the program from December 15, 2010…
Groton, MA, April 6 2011: Today, the GNOME Desktop project released GNOME 3.0, its most significant redesign of the computer experience in nine years. A revolutionary new user interface and new features for developers make this a historic moment for the free and open source desktop. Within GNOME 3, GNOME Shell reimagines…
April 1 (April Fools' Day), 2011 — BANGALORE, India — The GNOME Release Team met in India this week to discuss the state of GNOME 3. The Release Team came to a consensus opinion that one more cycle will be required before GNOME 3.0 is ready to be released. The decision was…
November 5, 2010 — BOSTON, Mass. — The GNOME project is proud to announce the participants of the Outreach Program for Women internships. Thanks to generous sponsors, Google, Collabora and the GNOME Foundation, GNOME was able to accept eight really strong candidates. These eight women from North America, South America and Asia…