--- title: 'Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: September 22, 2017' description: 'We’re less than a week away from Final Beta! It seems to have come round very quickly this cycle. Next week we’re at the Ubuntu Rally in New York City where we will be putting the finishing touches to the beta. In the meantime, here’s a quick rundown on what happened this week: GNOME The […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-weekly-update-september-22-2017 --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Will Cooke](https://canonical.com/blog/author/willcooke "More about Will Cooke") 22 September 2017 # Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: September 22, 2017 --- Share the article We’re less than a week away from Final Beta! It seems to have come round very quickly this cycle. Next week we’re at the Ubuntu Rally in New York City where we will be putting the finishing touches to the beta. In the meantime, here’s a quick rundown on what happened this week: ## GNOME * The release of GNOME 3.26 last week meant lots of package updates in 17.10. Thanks Jeremy for leading the charge on this. * More work is happening on the progress bars in Dash to Dock. * We’re working on a fix for a [bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1532508) which shows your desktop for a few seconds when resuming from suspend. This affects Unity and GNOME Shell. * We’ve made a few more tweaks to GDM, and you can now see the Ubuntu logo at bottom of the greeter. * Some new additions to Didier’s series of blog posts on the transition to GNOME Shell covers alt-tab behaviour + * And the transparency settings for Dash to Dock: + * The new [wallpaper](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1717308) and [mascot](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-themes/+bug/1717309) were released. ## Snaps We’ve been working on a Platform Snap for GNOME 3.26 to allow you to run the latest GNOME apps on Xenial as well as making Snaps for the new apps. This should be ready for testing soon and we’d appreciate some feedback. Some desktop specific updates to snapd are also in the going to be rolling out soon; Snaps using the new Desktop interface will automatically get access to host system fonts and font caches. ## Updates * Chromium 61.0.3163.79 is ready for publication. Chromium beta updated to 62.0.3202.18 and dev updated to 63.0.3213.3 for all series except Trusty. * Libreoffice 5.4.1-0ubuntu1 now in Artful. ## In The News * [OMG](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/ubuntu-dock-dynamic-transparency) talks about the changes to the Dock. * Dustin Kirkland [presents](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJfvLxXNrE) the results of the app survey at UbuCon Paris. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### What designers should know about semiotics](https://canonical.com/blog/what-designers-should-know-about-semiotics) What happens when you look at an apple? When you see it, you perceive the apple and assign meaning to it based on your language, experience, and personal preferences – such as... [Sophie Carroll](https://canonical.com/blog/author/sophiecarroll) 15 October 2026 [### Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray) The latest interim release of Ubuntu previews privacy conscious speech-to-text, enables post-quantum package signing, completes the rollout of Rust coreutils, and improves... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 15 October 2026 [### Securing open source software dependencies in the public cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/securing-open-source-software-dependencies-in-the-public-cloud) Building stable and secure software requires understanding build systems and having a plan for vulnerabilities in your software dependencies. [Aaron Whitehouse](https://canonical.com/blog/author/aaron-whitehouse) 5 October 2026 [### AI infrastructure for telcos](https://canonical.com/blog/ai-infrastructure-for-telcos) Why moving from pilots to production changes the platform Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the demonstration phase. Telco operators are already exploring it for fault... [Benjamin Ryzman](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjaminryzman) 2 October 2026