{"id":182330,"date":"2025-08-10T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=182330"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:53:52","slug":"gnome-plans-new-donation-reminder-pop-up-in-upcoming-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/gnome-plans-new-donation-reminder-pop-up-in-upcoming-release\/","title":{"rendered":"GNOME Plans New Donation Reminder Pop-Up in Upcoming Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The GNOME 49 desktop environment is taking shape, and while the stable version is still over a month away\u2014scheduled for September 17\u2014some pretty interesting things are coming in the final stable release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we know GNOME 49 is bringing much tighter systemd integration<\/a> and revamped HDR backlight controls<\/a>, there\u2019s yet another addition on the way\u2014this time unrelated to the desktop\u2019s core functionality. A new, polite pop-up will make its debut, inviting users to consider financially supporting the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea is simple: a small notification<\/a> would appear a couple of times a year, linking directly to the official fundraising page at donate.gnome.org<\/a>. The goal is clear – the GNOME Foundation is exploring a new way to bring in more regular financial support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GNOME notification that links to the donation site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The notification\u2019s origin could come from the \u201cAbout\u201d panel in GNOME\u2019s Settings, thanks to recent work merged into gnome-control-center<\/a>. There\u2019s also talk of leaving a small record when the check is performed, allowing GNOME\u2019s Settings app to decide whether to display a donation banner there as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea behind this reminder is already familiar to KDE users, since a similar feature is already in place there\u2014showing a pop-up after a major desktop version update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this kind of approach might not be everyone\u2019s favorite, it\u2019s often the only polite way to remind users that behind the product they get to use completely free is a massive amount of highly skilled work. And if they\u2019d like to keep enjoying that same level of quality, it would be great if they could consider supporting the project\u2014at least if it\u2019s something they can afford to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, this change appears to have already been merged<\/a>, so starting with version 49 of the desktop environment, GNOME users could expect a short, non-intrusive reminder just twice a year\u2014a gentle nudge to support the project that powers millions of Linux desktops around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With GNOME 49, users will get a kind reminder now and then to support the project and its future improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":182333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[2071,6386],"class_list":["post-182330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-news","tag-gnome","tag-gnome-49"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}