@mirkobrombin

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Software Engineer and Product Designer at fabricators.ltd. Founder of Vanilla OS and Bottles.
mirko.pmhttps://bromb.in
GitHubhttps://github.com/mirkobrombin
Linux desktop Gnome: Between financial difficulties and technical progress

Despite the precarious financial situation, the Gnome Foundation organized a meeting of developers in Italy to discuss the future of the project.

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Excited to share that Bottles has been selected by the NLnet Foundation as part of the February 2025 NGI0 Commons Fund. One of only 40 projects supported in this round. Full announcement here: https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250804-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html

#linux #windows #opensource #FundingNews #gaming #FOSS #NLNet

NLnet; New wave of projects to create digital commons

A huge thank you ♥️ to everyone who chosed to support us with a donation. Thanks also to the media and influencers helping spread the word about our fundraiser 🙏

In case you missed it, please read our latest blog post: https://usebottles.com/posts/2025-07-06-bottles-need-help/

Love you all 🥰

#linux #windows

usebottles (@usebottles@mastodon.online)

81 Posts, 14 Following, 830 Followers · Run Windows software on Linux with Bottles.

Mastodon

Interesting presentation by @mirkobrombin about new package format: cpak

Worth investigating even if we already have snaps, flatpaks, appimages etc

#GUADEC2025

📦 "cpak: an OCI-compliant packaging for IoT & Desktop"
with @mirkobrombin #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 15:10 CEST 📍 Brescia

🧱 Daemon-free, portal-free packaging—cpak is a modern way to ship apps for IoT, servers & the Linux desktop.

🔗 https://events.gnome.org/event/259/sessions/154/
#cpak #Linux #Packaging #OCI #FOSS

Bottles has over 3 million installs, but donations average just €100/month, not even enough to cover our server infra 😭
Bottles Next is moving forward, but we need support to keep it alive and growing 🙈

https://usebottles.com/posts/2025-07-06-bottles-need-help/

Please, help us 🙏
#opensource #windows #linux

PS. I am trying to restore access to the Bottles Mastodon account 🫠

usebottles (@usebottles@mastodon.online)

81 Posts, 14 Following, 830 Followers · Run Windows software on Linux with Bottles.

Mastodon

It has indeed been a difficult year for GNOME, financially. If you benefit from GNOME as a user, we really need your donation:

https://donate.gnome.org/

Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

È stato un anno difficile per le finanze di GNOME.

Se GNOME ti è utile, abbiamo davvero bisogno di un tuo contributo: https://donate.gnome.org

Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

Si quieres echar una mano a GNOME y no sabes cómo...

DONA!

Cualquier cantidad por pequeña que sea es bienvenida ☺️

https://donate.gnome.org

#GNOME

Donate to GNOME

Donate to the GNOME Foundation and make a difference to GNOME

Thinking of publishing some dev/design courses on my site.
Some paid, some free as simple guides with exercises.
Paid ones might be remote or offline, still figuring it out.
I could review the final test if you want help.

Would you be interested? What kind of topics would you like? Any thoughts on how the paid ones should work?

#development #design

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🎓 "Making a career out of FOSS Internships (GSoC/Outreachy)"
with Aryan Kaushik at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 12:05 CEST 📍 Brescia

💼 FOSS can lead to real careers. Aryan explains how GSoC & Outreachy changed lives—and why you should get involved too.

🔗 https://events.gnome.org/event/259/contributions/1203/

#OpenSource #GSoC #Outreachy #GNOME