--- 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?format=md --- 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. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Canonical joins the Open Secure AI Alliance](https://canonical.com/blog/open-secure-ai-alliance) Canonical is now part of the Open Secure AI Alliance, announced by NVIDIA with partners across cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise software, open source foundations, and... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 August 2026 [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026 [### Advantech AOM-2721 is now Ubuntu Certified](https://canonical.com/blog/advantech-aom-2721-ubuntu-certified) Canonical announces that the Advantech AOM-2721 is officially joining the list of Ubuntu Certified Hardware. [Mikhail Khazov](https://canonical.com/blog/author/khazov-m) 13 August 2026 [### Canonical integrates NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning with Ubuntu for always-on AI agents](https://canonical.com/blog/nvidia-nemotron-3-5-lightning) Canonical is pleased to announce that NVIDIA’s newly introduced NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open, customizable model built for always-on AI agents, is now available on... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 11 August 2026