Martin Wimpress is the new Director of Ubuntu Desktop

Will Cooke, who was the Ubuntu desktop manager since 2014, announced Martin Wimpress as his successor as he leaves Canonical, on Twitter. Martin Wimpress is not a new name for Linux enthusiasts. He worked as a Snapcraft engineer for Ubuntu Mate desktop, attended to many open source events and conferences, and co-anchored one of the most popular Ubuntu podcast.

After Ubuntu 19.10 successfully shipped recently, it is safe to say that Cooke’s role as a leader had many positive effects on Ubuntu releases. From now on, Cooke will be joining InfluxDB, an open-source time-series database solutions. Now we will have to wait to see what new features Martin Wimpress, the co-founder of Ubuntu MATE, will bring to the highly anticipated Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.