Async Page Flip support in Gnome Mutter (Track A)

• Naveen Kumar

Agenda: What is Sync & Async page flip (Tearing)? Async page flip on Linux echo system Async page flip support on Gnome Mutter Full stack overview – Existing Sync Interface Problem Statement for enabling Async page flip & proposal for a new uAPI & its implementation

Accessibility in Opensource: Building a GNOME community that supports members of every ability (Track A)

• Mantoh Nasah Kuma

In the world today, it is estimated that 1 in every 7 people has a disability. If you do the math, it is a huge, addressable population that is often overlooked. In this talk, we will explore the vital role of accessibility in the GNOME community and the broader open-source ecosystem. As technology becomes increasingly integral to our daily lives, ensuring that software is usable by everyone, including individuals with disabilities, is not just a best practice—it’s a necessity. We will discuss the various dimensions of accessibility, highlighting the unique challenges faced by users with different disabilities(drawing most of our examples from blind users) and how these considerations can shape the development and design of GNOME applications. The session will also cover practical strategies for fostering an inclusive GNOME community. This includes engaging with contributors who have disabilities, implementing accessible design principles, and leveraging tools and resources to improve the accessibility of our projects. Attendees will learn about existing accessibility initiatives within GNOME, share success stories, and discuss ways to actively promote an inclusive environment where all members feel supported and valued. By the end of this talk, participants will be equipped with actionable insights and a renewed commitment to accessibility in their contributions. Together, we can build a GNOME community that values diversity and empowers every user to thrive, ensuring that our open-source software is truly accessible to all.

Build A GNOME Community? Yes You Can. (Track A)

• Aaditya Singh (GNOME)

You can build an Open Source Community in your locality in order to empower more people into the world of Open Source Technologies. Building a community sounds hard, but you can simplify it if you follow some steps and methods. The talk will focus on my experience in building a first GNOME dedicated community in my country and what I have learnt in my journey till now. The objective is to provide the methods, solutions to some problems and the way of building an GNOME or an Open Source community to the participants.

Contributing and Empowering Contributors: A Journey of a GNOME Instructor (Track B)

• Sailesh Singh

In this talk you will know as from attendee to GNOME Nepal Instructor how I boost participation and students to GNOME and FLOSS. How as an active instructor, I developed the course "Linux and System Administration: From Beginner to Advanced,’ which helps new comers to learn best practice for successful engaging in GNOME development projects. Also provide orientation that how by conducting the few workshops and cloning sessions we have achieved to make more active members and promoting the open-source contributions. This session will explain how to begin using GNOME and dispel some common myths regarding contribution in general and technical contribution in particular. I will encourage the attendees to accept and support the FLOSS through emphasizing the stability, resilience against cyber threats, and security features of the software products. It will include tools, resources, guidelines, and prospects for any developer at the GNOME initiative – rookies and veterans alike.

Display Engine/Hardware based Adaptive sharpness Filter (Track A)

• Uma Shankar
• Adarsh G M
• Nemesa Garg

Many a times images are blurred or upscaled content is also not as crisp as original rendered image. Traditional sharpening techniques often apply a uniform level of enhancement across entire image, which sometimes result in over-sharpening of some areas and potential loss of natural details. With Display Engine based adaptive sharpening filter ensures minimal to no performance impact(no degradation), the Display hardware can use one of the pipe scaler for adaptive sharpness filter. This can be used for both gaming and non-gaming use cases like photos, image viewing. It works on a region of pixels depending on the tap size. User space provides filter strength value via the exposed CRTC property. A provision for the user to provide filter strength is made via gsettings(cmdline) KMD: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/138754/ Mutter: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3665

Leveraging GitOps for GNOME Development: Streamlining Configuration and Deployment on Ubuntu (Track A)

• Aditya D (Sparkcognition)

This session will introduce GitOps as a transformative approach for managing GNOME development and deployments on Ubuntu. GitOps leverages Git repositories as the single source of truth for configuration and deployment, enabling streamlined workflows and automated updates. Attendees will learn how to apply GitOps principles to GNOME projects, integrating with modern DevOps tools to enhance efficiency, scalability, and collaboration.

From Drupal to GNOME: Unlocking the Power of Open Source Communities (Track A)

• Om Prakash Sharma (IOE, Thapathali Campus)

## Talk Outline: From Drupal to GNOME: Unlocking the Power of Open Source Communities ### 1. Introduction - Overview of open-source philosophy and its relevance beyond individual projects ### 2. Drupal as a Model for Open-Source Development - Evolution of Drupal and its community-driven growth - How Drupal inspires contributions to other open-source projects like GNOME and GitLab ### 3. Accessibility in Open Source - Why accessibility matters - How open-source projects like Drupal and GNOME promote accessible design ### 4. Open Source Marketing/Promotion - The role of visibility and community promotion - Successful examples of outreach from Drupal and GNOME ### 4. Engagement and Contribution in Open Source - How to start contributing: Code, documentation, design, and more - Methods to increase engagement and retain contributors - My experience with Google Summer of Code and community-driven development ### 5. Diversity and Inclusion in Open Source - The importance of fostering an inclusive and diverse community - How projects like Drupal and GNOME implement these values ### 6. Interoperability and Open Standards - Why interoperability is crucial for collaboration across different open-source projects - Examples from Drupal, GNOME, and GitLab ### 7. The Future of FLOSS - Trends shaping the future of open-source communities - How to organize and empower large open-source communities to drive impactful initiatives ### 8. Conclusion - Recap of key lessons and inspiration for new contributors - Call to action: Encouraging audience members to get involved and make meaningful contributions

Introducing SyncStar - Create Bootable Media At Conference Kiosks (Track A)

• Akashdeep Dhar (Fedora Project)

[SyncStar](https://pypi.org/project/syncstar/) lets users create bootable USB storage devices with the operating system of their choice. This application is intended to be deployed on kiosk devices and electronic signage where conference guests and booth visitors can avail themselves of its services. As a spiritual successor to [Fedorator](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedorator?ref=apexaltruism.net), [SyncStar](https://apexaltruism.net/introducing-syncstar/) allowed booth visitors of [Fedora Project](https://fedoraproject.org/) to consider using Fedora Linux by creating a bootable USB storage device there. This helps increase the adoption of GNU/Linux distribution as SyncStar not only supports Fedora Linux but multiple other free and open-source software GNU/Linux distributions.

Linux in India: a perspective of how it is and what we can do to improve it. (Track A)

• Aryan Kaushik

The India Open Source space is an amazing place, a place where there is a lot of potential but is not being optimally used. From people still calling Linux an OS for hackers, Ditching contributions and volunteering work because of being unpaid, people who want to contribute but are unaware of how to, to people who contribute like no other, India has them all. So, what can we as a community do, what can we do in our colleges and communities to bring the change? How can we bring a revolution and revolt together!!!!? Okay, that went too far, but really, there are a lot of things that can be done. In this talk I will be speaking about how I made the change in my college, the hurdles I faced and what I did to overcome them. How I transitioned them from using CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 to the latest Linux and started kernel hacking. How I convinced my department to fund my initiatives and bring the change. And how we made them more aware of their software choices and what they could do to have a more open computing experience. Let's walk together on my journey to the revolt, I mean efforts ;)