17.10 Ubuntu Budgie Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of the next version of our distro - and the second as an official flavor of the Ubuntufamily. Based on 17.04 experiences, feedback and suggestions we have received from our users, the new release comes with a lot of new features, fixes and optimizations:

• More customisation options via budgie welcome
• • Complete desktop look and feel changes - more options
• • Lots more Budgie Applets available from brilliant independent developers
• the best from the GNOME family as well as the fantastic Tilix terminal emulator with Quake mode enabled
• Stylish new login screen
• Latest upstream Budgie Desktop v10.4
• Nightlight and Caffeine applets as standard

You can and should read more about what we have been upto via our release notes . Download links  and installation guide are provided. As always - do check the md5sum hash value of the downloaded ISO - this really does help you get on with a flying start for your install. Finally - a couple of fantastic short videos for you to enjoy. Thank you all for your continued support - spread the news! David, Ubuntu Budgie Project Leader.