--- title: GNOME Now Has An Established RFC Process, GNOME OS... description: GNOME has reached consensus on a formal RFC process for major technical decisions, led by Sophie Herold. It replaces the project's previous ad-hoc processes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-now-has-an-established-rfc-process-gnome-os-continues-improving-hipf439lv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GNOME Now Has An Established RFC Process, GNOME OS Continues Improving | daily.dev og:description: GNOME has reached consensus on a formal RFC process for major technical decisions, led by Sophie Herold. It replaces the project's previous ad-hoc processes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-now-has-an-established-rfc-process-gnome-os-continues-improving-hipf439lv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hIPF439lV.png og:image:alt: GNOME Now Has An Established RFC Process, GNOME OS Continues Improving og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GNOME Now Has An Established RFC Process, GNOME OS Continues Improving **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GNOME has reached consensus on a formal RFC process for major technical decisions, led by Sophie Herold. It replaces the project's previous ad-hoc processes for discussing big changes. The full process is documented in the GNOME RFCs repo. GNOME OS also picked up updates this week: LDAC codec support in PipeWire builds, Zswap fixes, extra-codecs enabled by default, and NVIDIA improvements including Snap app graphics support and firmware adaptation for the NVIDIA R615 driver. GNOME Software, Nautilus, and GNOME Calendar also saw smaller enhancements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is GNOME's new RFC process for making technical decisions? GNOME has established a formal Request For Comments (RFC) process to replace its previous ad-hoc approach for resolving major technical questions and changes. Stakeholders reached consensus on the process, which was led by Sophie Herold. The full specification is published in the GNOME RFCs repository on GitLab under the GNOME organization. _Contributors tracking how open-source governance evolves can follow GNOME's process on daily.dev._ ### What NVIDIA-related improvements has GNOME OS made recently? GNOME OS has improved NVIDIA graphics support for Snap applications and adapted firmware for the NVIDIA R615 driver. These changes are part of ongoing GNOME OS platform work alongside enabling the LDAC codec for PipeWire builds, merging Zswap fixes, and turning on the extra-codecs feature by default. _Developers running GNOME OS on NVIDIA hardware can keep up with driver changes via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GNOME Stakeholders Discussing RFC Process For Solving Major Technical Changes](https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-stakeholders-discussing-rfc-process-for-solving-major-technical-changes-ulej9cktr) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GNOME Working To Establish An RFC Process, Battling Sloppy AI-Generated Extensions](https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-working-to-establish-an-rfc-process-battling-sloppy-ai-generated-extensions-28wpwbblg) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-now-has-an-established-rfc-process-gnome-os-continues-improving-hipf439lv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GNOME Now Has An Established RFC Process, GNOME OS Continues Improving","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-now-has-an-established-rfc-process-gnome-os-continues-improving-hipf439lv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-now-has-an-established-rfc-process-gnome-os-continues-improving-hipf439lv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-31T10:19:26.447Z","dateModified":"2026-10-31T10:20:00.115Z","description":"GNOME has reached consensus on a formal RFC process for major technical decisions, led by Sophie Herold. 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