Hello everyone! 👋 I’m Ahmed, a senior Computer Science student at Helwan University. I’m thrilled to be part of Google Summer of Code 2025 with GNOME! This blog post is the first in a series I’ll write throughout the summer to share my journey. I’ll start with how I got into open source, why I chose GNOME, and what my project is all about. 🌐 Why Open Source? My interest in open source began out of frustration, other platforms were too heavy, resource-consuming, or simply didn’t respect user privacy. Open source software offered me freedom: to learn, to understand, and to use tools that align with my values. ...