GNOME Project: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m link fix
m v2.05 - disambiguate Cantarell, GDM, Mutter
 
(29 intermediate revisions by 23 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Open source community}}
{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name = The GNOME Project
| name = GNOME Project
| logo = [[Image:Gnomelogo.svg|100px]]
| logo = Gnomelogo.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| founder = [[Miguel de Icaza]] and [[Federico Mena]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnome.org/about/ |title=About Us &#124; GNOME |accessdate=2011-12-09}}</ref>
| founded_date = {{Start date and age|1997|08|format=dmy}}
| founder = [[Miguel de Icaza]] and [[Federico Mena]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.gnome.org/about/
| type = Community
| key_people =
| title = About Us &#124; GNOME
| access-date = 2020-01-01}}</ref>
| focus = [[Free software]]
| founded_date = {{Start date and age|1997|08|format=dmy}}
| products = [[GNOME]], [[GTK]], [[GLib|glib]],…
| method = Development and documentation
| type = Community
| non-profit_slogan =
| key_people =
| homepage = {{URL|https://gnome.org/}}
| focus = [[Open source]]
| products = [[GNOME]], [[GTK]], [[GLib]], and others
| method = Development and documentation
| non-profit_slogan =
| homepage = {{URL|https://gnome.org/}}
}}
}}


'''The GNOME Project''' is a community behind the [[GNOME]] desktop environment and the software platform upon which it is based. It consists of all the software developers, artists, writers, translators, other contributors, and active users of GNOME. It is part of the [[GNU Project]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.gnu.org/software/software.html | title=GNU Software | publisher=[[Free Software Foundation]] | accessdate=June 16, 2014}}</ref>
'''GNOME Project''' is a community behind the [[GNOME]] desktop environment and the software platform upon which it is based. It consists of all the software developers, artists, writers, translators, other contributors, and active users of GNOME. It is no longer part of the [[GNU Project]].<ref>{{cite tweet |last=McGovern |first=Neil |user=nmcgovern |number=1382360647464316931 |date=2021-04-14 |title=@juanluisback @nwnk @luis_in_brief @migueldeicaza @therealfitz @gnome I asked (as ED for @GNOME) GNU to remove us from that page multiple times. They have refused to do so. |language=en |access-date=2021-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509105934/https://twitter.com/nmcgovern/status/1382360647464316931 |archive-date=2021-05-09 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author=GNOME |author-link=GNOME |user=gnome |number=1382361929981825024 |date=2021-04-14 |title=Let's also clarify that here. GNOME is NOT a GNU project. |language=en |access-date=2021-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627040852/https://twitter.com/gnome/status/1382361929981825024 |archive-date=2021-06-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==GNOME Foundation==
{{Main|GNOME Foundation}}


== GNOME Foundation ==
{{Main article|GNOME Foundation}}
In August 2000, the GNOME Foundation was set up to deal with administrative tasks and press interest, and to act as a contact point for companies interested in developing GNOME software. While not directly involved in technical decisions, the Foundation does coordinate releases and decide which projects will be part of GNOME. Membership is open to anyone who has made a non-trivial contribution to the project.<ref name="foundation-membership" /> Members of the Foundation elect a board of directors every November, and candidates for the positions must be members themselves.
In August 2000, the GNOME Foundation was set up to deal with administrative tasks and press interest, and to act as a contact point for companies interested in developing GNOME software. While not directly involved in technical decisions, the Foundation does coordinate releases and decide which projects will be part of GNOME. Membership is open to anyone who has made a non-trivial contribution to the project.<ref name="foundation-membership" /> Members of the Foundation elect a board of directors every November, and candidates for the positions must be members themselves.


== Programs and events ==
==Programs and events==
The GNOME Project holds several community programs and events, usually tailored to local users and developers. The main gathering of GNOME contributors is the [[GNOME Users And Developers European Conference]] (GUADEC), an annual conference used to discuss the development and progress of GNOME.<ref name="gl-guadec" /> The idea of GUADEC events is attributed to the GNOME developers' and users' Paris meeting of 1998.<ref name="guadec-about" /> An annual Asian conference called ''GNOME.Asia'' also exists.<ref name="gnome-asia" /> GNOME also participated in the [[Desktop Summit]], which is a joint conference organized by the GNOME and KDE communities that was held in Europe in 2009 and 2011.<ref name="phoronix-ds" />
The GNOME Project holds several community programs and events, usually tailored to local users and developers. The main gathering of GNOME contributors is the [[GUADEC|GNOME Users And Developers European Conference]] (GUADEC), an annual conference used to discuss the development and progress of GNOME.<ref name="gl-guadec" /> The idea of GUADEC events is attributed to the GNOME developers' and users' Paris meeting of 1998.<ref name="guadec-about" /> An annual Asian conference called ''GNOME.Asia'' also exists.<ref name="gnome-asia" /> GNOME also participated in the Desktop Summit, which is a joint conference organized by the GNOME and KDE communities that was held in Europe in 2009 and 2011.<ref name="phoronix-ds" />


Among the project's community programs is [[Outreachy]], established with the goals of increasing women participation and improving the resources available to all newcomers for getting involved in GNOME.<ref name="projects-women" />
Among the project's community programs is [[Outreachy]], established with the goals of increasing women participation and improving the resources available to all newcomers for getting involved in GNOME.<ref name="projects-women" />


== Subprojects ==
== Collaboration with other projects ==
GNOME Project is involved in development of a range of notable software, including:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Projects - GNOME Wiki! |url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=wiki.gnome.org}}</ref>

* {{Annotated link|GTK}}
* {{Annotated link|GLib}}
GNOME 3:
* {{Annotated link|GObject Introspection}}
* {{Annotated link|Client-Side Decoration}}
* {{Annotated link|Cantarell (typeface)|Cantarell}}
* {{Annotated link|GNOME Display Manager|GDM}}
* {{Annotated link|Mutter (software)|Mutter}}
* {{Annotated link|GNOME Shell}}
* {{Annotated link|Tango Desktop Project}}
* {{Annotated link|Orca (assistive technology)}}

==Collaboration with other projects==
The GNOME Project actively collaborates with other [[free software]] projects. Previous collaboration efforts were ordinarily organized on project-to-project basis.<ref name="5-point-initiative" /> To make the collaboration broader, the [[freedesktop.org]] project was founded.
The GNOME Project actively collaborates with other [[free software]] projects. Previous collaboration efforts were ordinarily organized on project-to-project basis.<ref name="5-point-initiative" /> To make the collaboration broader, the [[freedesktop.org]] project was founded.


==Goals==
==Goals==
The project focuses on:<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.gnome.org/about/ | title=About US | publisher=The GNOME Project | access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
* Independence&nbsp;– the governing board is democratically elected and technical decisions are made by the engineers doing the work.
* Freedom&nbsp;– development infrastructure and communication channels are public, the code can be freely downloaded, modified and shared and all contributors have the same rights.
* Connectedness&nbsp;– work spans the entire Free software stack.
* People&nbsp;– emphasis on [[Computer accessibility|accessibility]] and [[Internationalization and localization|internationalization]].<ref name="gnome312releasenotes" /> GNOME is available in more than 40 languages (at least 80 percent of strings translated)<ref name = "gnome312releasenotes">{{Cite web | url = https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.12/ | title= GNOME 3.12 Release Notes | last =Day | first=Allan | publisher= The GNOME Project | access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref> and is being translated to 190 languages.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://l10n.gnome.org/languages/ | title=GNOME Languages | website=Damned Lies | publisher=The GNOME Project | access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
The project focuses on:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gnome.org/about/ | title=About US | publisher=The GNOME Project | accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="foundation-membership">{{Citation
* Independence – the governing board is democratically elected and technical decisions are made by the engineers doing the work.
| url = http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/
* Freedom – development infrastructure and communication channels are public, the code can be freely downloaded, modified and shared and all contributors have the same rights.
| title = Membership of the GNOME foundation
* Connectedness – work spans the entire Free software stack.
| work = [[GNOME Foundation]]
* People – emphasis on [[Computer accessibility|accessibility]] and [[Internationalization and localization|internationalization]].<ref name="gnome312releasenotes"/> GNOME is available in more than 40 languages (at least 80 percent of strings translated)<ref name = "gnome312releasenotes">{{cite web | url = https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.12/ | title= GNOME 3.12 Release Notes | last =Day | first=Allan | publisher= The GNOME Project | accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> and is being translated to 190 languages.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://l10n.gnome.org/languages/ | title=GNOME Languages | website=Damned Lies | publisher=The GNOME Project | accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
| access-date = 2005-09-08}}</ref>

<ref name="gl-guadec">{{Citation
== References ==
| url = https://live.gnome.org/GUADEC
{{reflist|refs=
| title = GUADEC
<ref name="foundation-membership">{{citation
| publisher = The GNOME Project
|url = http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/
| access-date = 2011-12-03}}</ref>
|title = Membership of the GNOME foundation
<ref name="gnome-asia">{{Citation
|work = [[GNOME Foundation]]
| url = http://gnome.asia/
|accessdate = 2005-09-08
| title = GNOME.Asia
}}</ref>
| publisher = The GNOME Project

| access-date = 2015-08-20}}</ref>
<ref name="gl-guadec">{{citation
|url = https://live.gnome.org/GUADEC
|title = GUADEC
|publisher = The GNOME Project
|accessdate = 2011-12-03
}}</ref>

<ref name="gnome-asia">{{citation
|url = http://gnome.asia/
|title = GNOME.Asia
|publisher = The GNOME Project
|accessdate = 2015-08-20
}}</ref>

<ref name="guadec-about">{{Citation
<ref name="guadec-about">{{Citation
|url = http://guadec.expectnation.com/public/content/about
| url = http://guadec.expectnation.com/public/content/about
|title = About
| title = About
|work = [[GNOME Users And Developers European Conference|GUADEC]]
| work = [[GUADEC|GNOME Users And Developers European Conference]]
|accessdate = 2011-12-03
| access-date = 2011-12-03
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004061840/http://guadec.expectnation.com/public/content/about

| archivedate = 2011-10-04}}</ref>
<ref name="phoronix-ds">{{citation
|url = https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTczOA
<ref name="phoronix-ds">{{Citation
| url = https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTczOA
|title = Desktop Summit 2011: Copyright Assignment, Wayland & Beer
| title = Desktop Summit 2011: Copyright Assignment, Wayland & Beer
|first = Michael
| first = Michael
|last = Larabel
| last = Larabel
|authorlink = Michael Larabel
| authorlink = Phoronix Test Suite#Phoronix website
|work = [[Phoronix]]
| work = [[Phoronix Test Suite#Phoronix website|Phoronix]]
|date = 2011-08-02
| date = 2011-08-02
|accessdate = 2011-12-03
| access-date = 2011-12-03}}</ref>
<ref name="projects-women">{{Citation
}}</ref>
| url = http://projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/

| title = Support women participation in GNOME!
<ref name="projects-women">{{citation
| work = The GNOME Project
|url = http://projects.gnome.org/outreach/women/
| access-date = 2011-12-03}}</ref>
|title = Support women participation in GNOME!
<ref name="5-point-initiative">{{Citation
|work = The GNOME Project
| url = http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/GNOME-community-industry-leaders-launch-5point-initiative/
|accessdate = 2011-12-03
| title = GNOME community & industry leaders launch 5-point initiative
}}</ref>
| first = Rick

| last = Lehrbaum
<ref name="5-point-initiative">{{citation
| work = LinuxDevices
|url = http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/GNOME-community-industry-leaders-launch-5point-initiative/
| publisher = [[eWeek]]
|title = GNOME community & industry leaders launch 5-point initiative
|first = Rick
| date = 2000-08-15
| access-date = 2011-12-10
|last = Lehrbaum
| archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130127194930/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/GNOME-community-industry-leaders-launch-5point-initiative/
|work = LinuxDevices
| archivedate = 27 January 2013
|publisher = [[eWeek]]
| url-status = dead}}</ref>
|date = 2000-08-15
|accessdate = 2011-12-10
|archiveurl=https://archive.is/LJRlt|archivedate=27 January 2013}}</ref>

}}
}}


Latest revision as of 23:31, 28 May 2023

GNOME Project
FoundedAugust 1997; 26 years ago (1997-08)
FounderMiguel de Icaza and Federico Mena[1]
TypeCommunity
FocusOpen source
ProductsGNOME, GTK, GLib, and others
MethodDevelopment and documentation
Websitegnome.org

GNOME Project is a community behind the GNOME desktop environment and the software platform upon which it is based. It consists of all the software developers, artists, writers, translators, other contributors, and active users of GNOME. It is no longer part of the GNU Project.[2][3]

GNOME Foundation[edit]

Main article: GNOME Foundation

In August 2000, the GNOME Foundation was set up to deal with administrative tasks and press interest, and to act as a contact point for companies interested in developing GNOME software. While not directly involved in technical decisions, the Foundation does coordinate releases and decide which projects will be part of GNOME. Membership is open to anyone who has made a non-trivial contribution to the project.[4] Members of the Foundation elect a board of directors every November, and candidates for the positions must be members themselves.

Programs and events[edit]

The GNOME Project holds several community programs and events, usually tailored to local users and developers. The main gathering of GNOME contributors is the GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC), an annual conference used to discuss the development and progress of GNOME.[5] The idea of GUADEC events is attributed to the GNOME developers' and users' Paris meeting of 1998.[6] An annual Asian conference called GNOME.Asia also exists.[7] GNOME also participated in the Desktop Summit, which is a joint conference organized by the GNOME and KDE communities that was held in Europe in 2009 and 2011.[8]

Among the project's community programs is Outreachy, established with the goals of increasing women participation and improving the resources available to all newcomers for getting involved in GNOME.[9]

Subprojects[edit]

GNOME Project is involved in development of a range of notable software, including:[10]

  • GTK – Free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces
  • GLib – Software library

GNOME 3:

Collaboration with other projects[edit]

The GNOME Project actively collaborates with other free software projects. Previous collaboration efforts were ordinarily organized on project-to-project basis.[11] To make the collaboration broader, the freedesktop.org project was founded.

Goals[edit]

The project focuses on:[12]

  • Independence – the governing board is democratically elected and technical decisions are made by the engineers doing the work.
  • Freedom – development infrastructure and communication channels are public, the code can be freely downloaded, modified and shared and all contributors have the same rights.
  • Connectedness – work spans the entire Free software stack.
  • People – emphasis on accessibility and internationalization.[13] GNOME is available in more than 40 languages (at least 80 percent of strings translated)[13] and is being translated to 190 languages.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About Us | GNOME". Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  2. ^ McGovern, Neil [@nmcgovern] (April 14, 2021). "@juanluisback @nwnk @luis_in_brief @migueldeicaza @therealfitz @gnome I asked (as ED for @GNOME) GNU to remove us from that page multiple times. They have refused to do so" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-07-12 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ GNOME [@gnome] (April 14, 2021). "Let's also clarify that here. GNOME is NOT a GNU project" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-07-12 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Membership of the GNOME foundation", GNOME Foundation, retrieved 2005-09-08
  5. ^ GUADEC, The GNOME Project, retrieved 2011-12-03
  6. ^ "About", GNOME Users And Developers European Conference, archived from the original on 2011-10-04, retrieved 2011-12-03
  7. ^ GNOME.Asia, The GNOME Project, retrieved 2015-08-20
  8. ^ Larabel, Michael (2011-08-02), "Desktop Summit 2011: Copyright Assignment, Wayland & Beer", Phoronix, retrieved 2011-12-03
  9. ^ "Support women participation in GNOME!", The GNOME Project, retrieved 2011-12-03
  10. ^ "Projects - GNOME Wiki!". wiki.gnome.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  11. ^ Lehrbaum, Rick (2000-08-15), "GNOME community & industry leaders launch 5-point initiative", LinuxDevices, eWeek, archived from the original on 27 January 2013, retrieved 2011-12-10
  12. ^ "About US". The GNOME Project. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  13. ^ a b Day, Allan. "GNOME 3.12 Release Notes". The GNOME Project. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  14. ^ "GNOME Languages". Damned Lies. The GNOME Project. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GNOME_Project&oldid=1157487103"