Will Cooke

Director Of Engineering - Ubuntu Desktop

Will leads the team working on the Ubuntu desktop at Canonical. He has a diverse background originally specialising in data networks and global communications systems and has provided consultancy to clients such as BT, Verizon, Inmarsat and Schlumberger. Will has been using and contributing to Ubuntu since 2005 and in 2015 he was recognised as an Ubuntu Member. He has three kids, plays golf badly and is a member of The Royal Institution of Great Britain.

40 posts by Will Cooke

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: September 15, 2017

by Will Cooke on 15 September 2017

A fairly short update this week as we’re in bug fixing mode ahead of final beta in a couple of weeks. GNOME This week saw the release of GNOME 3.26, and we’re...

Congratulations to GNOME on the release of 3.26

by Will Cooke on 13 September 2017

From everyone at Ubuntu, our hearty congratulations and thanks for the 3.26 release. As you’re no doubt aware by now the next release of Ubuntu, the Artful...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: September 8, 2017

by Will Cooke on 8 September 2017

GNOME GNOME Shell 3.25.91 is now in Artful in preparation for the move to 3.26 before release. We’re adding notification badge support to the Dock extension....

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: August 25, 2017

by Will Cooke on 25 August 2017

GNOME Shell Didier has written a series of blog posts detailing how we’ve set up the Ubuntu GNOME Shell session in Artful to co-exist with the default GNOME...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: August 11, 2017

by Will Cooke on 11 August 2017

GUADEC The GNOME conference happened last week with good representation from Ubuntu. The spirit was good and the discussions constructive. Decisions were...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: July 28, 2017

by Will Cooke on 28 July 2017

Here’s the latest in the world of Desktop: GNOME We’ve been looking at ways to port the feature of allowing the sound to go above 100%. This is needed because...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: July 24, 2017

by Will Cooke on 24 July 2017

GNOME We’re working on adding captive portal detection to Artful. We think it would be good if there were an option in the privacy settings to enable or...

Ubuntu Artful Desktop July Shakedown – call for testing

by Will Cooke on 19 July 2017

We’re mid-way through the Ubuntu Artful development cycle, with the 17.10 release rapidly approaching on the horizon. Now is a great time to start exercising...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: July 14, 2017

by Will Cooke on 14 July 2017

GNOME GDM has now replaced LightDM. We’re working on the transition between display managers to make sure that users are seamlessly transitioned to the new...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: July 7, 2017

by Will Cooke on 7 July 2017

GNOME We’ve been working on the migration and transition processes for users going from Unity 7 to GNOME Shell. We’ve worked on migrating favourites, the...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 23, 2017

by Will Cooke on 23 June 2017

GNOME We’ve migrated ubuntu-session to a new unity-session package. This means that the default session is GNOME Shell and people can install Unity 7 and its...

Ubuntu Desktop Weekly Update: June 16, 2017

by Will Cooke on 16 June 2017

GNOME Further theme fixes have been made in Artful to get GNOME Shell and Ambiance looking just right. Network Manager is updated to 1.8. It is currently...