Robert McQueen

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Cambridge-based husband, father, free software & green energy geek, digital rights & equity advocate, open source technologist, CEO of Endless Access, Vice President of GNOME
Bloghttps://ramcq.net
My brother and his fiancé are a two-person game studio - they have published the demo for their new indie game, Monk Took Book on Indie Game Hub and it's on Steam for Women's Day sale. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/DQZsA2pevWg?si=gF5ERyVKWdPx6wAE and the demo on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/4255310/Monk_Took_Book_Demo/
Monk Took Book - Official Demo Trailer

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@jorge @ramcq

Cool presentation, thanks for sharing!

EndlessOS is still the operating system I install for users new to Linux or new to computing in general. On my own computer, I use Fedora Silverblue. But with this move to a GnomeOS base in EndlessOS 7, I'm now contemplating moving myself to EndlessOS too! After 15 years with Fedora. Exciting stuff!

#EndlessOS7 #EndlessOS #GnomeOS

Totally agree with @ramcq ... endless was the one to push everyone by shipping ostree in production years before everyone else.

https://youtu.be/Q0BPH6aaAXw?si=h61vTdAQP6KlunWZ&t=2458

Building Endless OS 7 with GNOME and BuildStream | Endless Access & Codethink

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I was admittedly bearish about Bazaar early on; I was confused by the design that was trying to reinvent a lot of things, plus I didn’t know how I felt about diverging efforts from GNOME Software.

Now that the Bazaar team has decide to clone the Flathub web UI whenever it makes sense (and improve on it in cool ways!), I’ll admit it: it’s pretty rad.

Huge props to the designers and developers making Bazaar. It’s the Flathub app store @tbernard always wanted.

#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #GNOME

News for developers! As a result of some awesome cross-project collaboration, Flathub now has improved tooling to make license compliance easier for you.

tl;dr app developers, ensure you’re using up-to-date runtimes and verify that licenses and copyright notices are properly included; distros, ensure your OS images have been built with updated runtimes from Flathub.

https://docs.flathub.org/blog/enhanced-license-compliance-tools

#Flathub #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Enhanced License Compliance Tools for Flathub | Flathub Documentation

tl;dr: Flathub has improved tooling to make license compliance easier for developers. Distros should rebuild OS images with updated runtimes from Flathub; app developers should ensure they're using up-to-date runtimes and verify that licenses and copyright notices are properly included.

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

it's been a very difficult year or two for @gnome and, to continue to exist, the foundation really needs you.

however, we first want to ask you to *donate less*:

https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/26/donate-less/

#gnome

Donate Less

We have a new donation page. But before you go there, I would like to impress upon you this idea: We would vastly prefer you donate $10/mo for one year ($120 total) than $200 in one lump sum. That's counter-intuitive, so let me explain. First of all, cash flow matters just as much to a...

The Everyone Environment

@gnome is looking for volunteers interested in serving as the Foundation's Treasurer.

If you're familiar with accounting and would like to support GNOME - chairing our finance committee, helping with reporting to the board, and keeping finance processes running smoothly - get in touch!

(Officers and Directors are different roles - we often appoint Officers from the board but they can also be external. If you're considering standing for the board, it's a great way to gain relevant experience.)

UK train geeks. Caledonian Sleeper. Where does the lowland sleeper divide? Carstairs or sooner? Trying to get to Edinburgh but it's full. If I get Glasgow can I move from berth to a seat for the last 30 mins?
Hey folks, looking for a contractor who would be able to work with @EndlessOS for a few weeks to prototype something in Python GTK4/Adwaita. Part time / flexible hours / etc welcome. Drop me a message if of interest.