GNOME - How does it work? (Track A)

• Matthias Clasen

Finding your way to contributing in GNOME can be a daunting task - you have to navigate a labyrinth of modules and technologies. This talk will present a newcomer-friendly introduction to how the GNOME desktop functions, at a technical level. I will give an overview of the architecture and technologies such as Wayland, D-Bus and flatpak, and dive a bit deeper into selected topics, such as login or launching applications.

Dynamics of Open Source Graphic Design Communities in Indonesia in the Last Decade and What We Can Learn From Them (Track A)

• Bayu Aji

Community is an inseparable thing in the culture and development of free/open source software (FOSS). This includes the FOSS community in graphic design. As a member of several FOSS graphic design communities in Indonesia for around 10 years, I have generally observed the dynamics of these communities. I saw similarities in their growth patterns, uniqueness, "peak times", and the current state of these communities. In general, almost all FOSS graphic design communities in Indonesia are maintaining their existence. What makes the difference is the contribution of the community, active members, and the potential of the community to reach its peak again. In this session, I will present the profile of each community that I follow (or observe), the dynamics of these communities from my perspective, and what lessons can be learned in building or reactivating similar open source communities

Declarative GTK programming (Track A)

• Jens Petersen (Red Hat)

In this talk we will look at declarative approaches to creating GUI applications, which could be said to have been popularized first by the Elm web programming language. The first example will be a small GTK application called compare-fonts written in Haskell with the gi-gtk-declarative library. The second part of the talk will look at some examples using Rust libraries like relm4, iced and vgtk. The session will be a cross between demos with code and an interactive mini-tutorial in declarative GTK programming. If you want to follow along on your own laptop please checkout and build <https://github.com/juhp/declarative-gtk-tutorial> beforehand.

Challenges in Engaging The Young Generation with FOSS Through Vocational School Internship Program (Track B)

• Muhammad Irfan

As far as I know, currently the use of FOSS among the younger generation around me is decreasing. This certainly needs to be evaluated because it will affect the FOSS movement in the future. Meanwhile, many FOSS activists my age are busy with their work and lives. One day, one of my teachers at a vocational school contacted me about a vocational internship program at my studio.Even though I was hesitant at first, I finally took the opportunity. Now my studio has entered its 4th year as a vocational school internship program partner with my old school. As a part of contribution and encouragement to the younger generation, I use this opportunity to introduce, teach, and engage the students in the use of FOSS for what is useful in the professional world. Apart from the topic related to my current job as a developer, I also facilitate students in using FOSS for multimedia because I had experience in this field before. Of course everything didn't go smoothly, considering that almost everyone doesn't know what FOSS is, neither teachers nor students. But it's still an interesting thing to do. In this talk, I will tell my experience on how the internship program started, its continuity, the challenges I faced and the strategies I used to overcome them.

Community building - How to welcome newcomers in GNOME (Track A)

• Anisa Kuci

As an active contributor of FLOSS projects in different countries in Europe and in the last few years specifically in Italy I have gained the experience of different communities and countries at scale and as a consequence very different perspectives. In this session I am going to use the experience I have gained in community building to have an interactive workshop with the participants. In the Free Software environment, active communities are the key factor in bringing forward the project. Exchanging knowledge and experience among different projects is important in order to learn from one another new ways to engage the community and understand what are some factors that might influence positively within each community. I will also bring my experience on how to work with the Diversity Equity and Inclusion as well, as an important key for a healthy environment. It will be a walk through that will include some best practices on growing a local community and some tips and tricks to help keeping community members active and have a positive, inclusive and friendly environment that makes it easier for newcomers to join.

Designing in the open (Track B)

• Anushka Jain

[Medium article][1] [1]: https://medium.com/prototypr/designing-in-the-open-d333a5d32308

Exploring the Package Management Ecosystems of Different Open-Source Distributions (Track B)

• Bhawna Chauhan (Monado)
• Rakshit Gondwal (CNCF)

Have you ever wondered how applications are packaged for different computer systems? Different systems like Debian, Arch, MacOS, and Windows - all have unique ways of managing software. But how does this affect us? Join us in our talk where we’ll dig into the world of package management, where software is organized and shared. Get to learn about different types of package management systems and how they work differently. What’s the difference of using one over the other? How does this choice impact the safety and ease of use? Also, get a demo of how you can package your very own application. Don’t miss out!