It has been 14 years since my first GNOME Asia Summit, and I’ve been a GNOME user for 20+ years. Last weekend it is my pleasure to join GNOME Asia Summit 2026 in person in Kuala Terengganu.
As an organiser, I was involved in some discussions and promotion at the pre-conference. I invited some open source contributors who I believe are active participants & good speakers to join in person.
To make my trip to Terengganu more meaningful, I submitted a proposal to share my community work this year. In the rapid development of agentic AI, we should adjust our strategy to advocate for open source values and their development. After my talk, I had some further fruitful discussions with others about GNOME and open source community development.
Recently, I explored an idea about starting a Linux distribution using the GNOME desktop. I remember BlankOn Linux, and I learnt from BlankOn team in their presentation, and had some in person & direct conversation & meeting with them. I also talked to Wan Leung about this idea.
Thanks to everyone, and it was a great event organised by everyone here and local team.
Look to see you next time soon.
Thanks to the GNOME Foundation for sponsoring and supporting my trip.
