This past weekend we had #BoilingTheOcean 8 at Cultivation Space in Berlin! Topics included Reflection, a local-first system sync service, Flatpak, the GNOME governance proposal, focus stealing prevention, TeamType, Dino on Android, GNOME Circle, and much more! Some notes from the event here:

Boiling The Ocean 8 - HedgeDoc

Thanks to Cultivation Space for hosting us, and everyone for joining. See you at the next edition in the new year 🎇

@npub17p75...npt6 on stage at @npub1y8k6...05lv Demo Day as part of the panel on Local First, talking about Reflection and @npub1a2z8...v48a ✨ #localfirst #prototypefund

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Last weekend we had #BoilingTheOcean 7 in Berlin, the latest in our event series on long-term problems in emancipatory computing. This was the biggest edition yet with ~30 attendees! The energy and excitement were awesome, even more so than in previous editions. Huge thanks to @npub15nyz...m047 for hosting us, @npub1d5uv...zus9 for handling shirts and drinks logistics, @npub1u9fy...yhqn for playing a show for us on Saturday, and everyone who joined for helping make the event a success ❤️ #gnome #flatpak #localfirst

Boiling The Ocean 7 is happening THIS WEEKEND 😎🌊🎉 We have an all-star list of special guests from out of town, and a packed agenda. If you want to help build the future of image-based OSes, mainline Linux phones, local-first, and more then ~~get your tickets now~~ add yourself to the pad:

Boiling The Ocean 7 - HedgeDoc

Like last time, we also have some lightning talk slots, and on Saturday night there's live music by the one and only @npub1u9fy...yhqn! The hype is real 🔥 #gnome #linux #berlin #systemd #dope

Mahjongg was accepted into Circle! 🀄🀄🀄 It's one the historical GNOME games, but thanks to Mat's modernization work over the past few cycles it looks very fresh and clean nowadays. Welcome :)

Mahjongg – Apps for GNOME

#gnome #circle #libadwaita

Congratulations to the winners of our Summer of GNOME OS challenge 🎉🎉 1. Ada Magicat (40 points) 2. Ignacy Kuchciński (37 points) 3. Forteller (26 points) This was very much an experiment, but everyone I talked to said it was surprisingly smooth, and they'll continue to daily drive GNOME OS. Thanks to everyone who participated, it was a lot of fun! And thanks even more to the GNOME OS team for getting us this far, especially @npub1utan...5dp4, Abderrahim, @npub1hytk...9fqs, @npub1qehh...ye8a, and @npub1l7aa...c98n!