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GNOME Foundation Update and Roundup of This Week in GNOME
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GNOME ☛ Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2025-12-19
Welcome to this, the final GNOME Foundation update of 2025! This is an especially large update – there’s been a huge amount happening recently, and it’s also been three weeks since the last update. I hope you’ll agree that, with this final update of the year, there’s plenty to celebrate, as well as look forward to in the year ahead.
GNOME.Asia 2025!
Last week we had a very successful GNOME.Asia 2025 conference in Tokyo, Japan. Having been busy providing organizational support in the run up to the event, Kristi flew out to help the local team on the ground. The Foundation also provided travel sponsorship for 11 attendees, with help from the Travel Committee. I’ve heard that it was a great event with good attendance. For those who didn’t attend I’m hoping that we’ll have a more detailed report soon.
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This Week in GNOME ☛ This Week in GNOME: #229 Good Rhythm
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from December 12 to December 19.
Drum Machine: Add Your Own Sounds!
Drum Machine 2.0.0 brought custom samples, you’re no longer limited to the default sounds. Drag and drop your own audio files and they show up as new drum parts. You can reorder them by dragging, and each one can be mapped to a specific MIDI note so when you export to MIDI, it’s clear which sound is which note.
The latest release adds a Reset to Defaults option that restores everything back to factory settings. The old Reset button is now called Clear and just clears the pattern while keeping your custom samples.