--- title: 'Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: GNOME Fixes & New Snaps' description: I’ll be starting the weekly round-up posts again now that the release is out and 18.04 is getting under way. At this early stage in the development cycle we’re spending a week or so tidying up the loose ends from 17.10, SRUing the important fixes that we’ve found, getting ready to sync new packages from […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-weekly-update-gnome-fixes-new-snaps?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Will Cooke](https://canonical.com/blog/author/willcooke "More about Will Cooke") on 27 October 2017 # Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: GNOME Fixes & New Snaps [Chromium](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/chromium) [GNOME shell](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/gnome-shell) [LibreOffice](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/libreoffice) [Qt](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/qt) [snapcraft](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/snapcraft) [Snaps](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/snaps) Share on:* [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-weekly-update-gnome-fixes-new-snaps "Share on Facebook") * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/share?text=Ubuntu%20Desktop%20Weekly%20Update%3A%20GNOME%20Fixes%20%26%23038%3B%20New%20Snaps&url=https://www.canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-weekly-update-gnome-fixes-new-snaps&hashtags=ubuntu "Share on Twitter") * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-weekly-update-gnome-fixes-new-snaps&title=Ubuntu%20Desktop%20Weekly%20Update%3A%20GNOME%20Fixes%20%26%23038%3B%20New%20Snaps "Share on LinkedIn") --- --- ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up I’ll be starting the weekly round-up posts again now that the release is out and 18.04 is getting under way. At this early stage in the development cycle we’re spending a week or so tidying up the loose ends from 17.10, SRUing the important fixes that we’ve found, getting ready to sync new packages from Debian, and generally doing the groundwork to give us a clear run at 18.04. As you know, 18.04 will be an LTS release and so we will be focusing on stability and reliability this cycle, as well as a few new features. I’ll give a more detailed view into 18.04 in the coming weeks. So, what’s been going on this week? You can read the full minutes of our weekly meeting [here,](https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2017/10/24/%23ubuntu-desktop.html#t14:30) but here’s a quick overview… ## GNOME * Helped [fix](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1724703) a crasher in GNOME Shell extensions. * Helped [fix](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1720400) a crasher in the GNOME online accounts panel in settings * [Fixed](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-printers/+bug/1703046) a crasher in the Printing indicator * Prepared updates to 17.10 to fix AppIndicators for Qt apps disappearing after suspend/resume & Control Center crashing to to dock settings panel. * Wrote [patches](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789086) to allow XWayland to report core dumps * Wrote [patches](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645433#c38) to improve font rendering in GNOME Shell panels * [Fixed](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789227) a memory leak in Mutter * Helped [add](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789277) generic sandboxed app support to Mutter ## Snaps * New LibreOffice and Chromium snaps are available for testing + https://plus.google.com/+OlivierTilloy/posts/irsoC1hp7q7 + https://plus.google.com/+OlivierTilloy/posts/Mh3Pdgw8KhL ## In The News [The Inquirer on 17.10](https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3019591/ubuntu-1710-launches-welcoming-back-the-laughing-gnome) [ZDnet on 17.10](http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-17-10-hands-on-with-artful-aardvark/) [The Register on 17.10](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/20/ubuntu_1710/) #### Related posts --- [gbeuzeboc](https://canonical.com/blog/author/gbeuzeboc) 25 September 2024 ### [TurtleBot3 OpenCR firmware update from a snap](https://canonical.com/blog/turtlebot3-opencr-firmware-update-from-a-snap) IoT Ubuntu tech blog The TurtleBot3 robot is a standard platform robot in the ROS community, and it’s a reference that Canonical knows well, since we’ve used it in our tutorials. 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