• Budgie-remix 16.04.3 is available

    We are pleased to announce the next point release of our budgie-remix distro based on the solid 16.04 LTS Ubuntu release. This is our third release of the budgie-remix 16.04 series that follows Ubuntu release cycle – we have worked on getting closely aligned in the same manner as Ubuntu and the other official community…

  • Developer Diary – July

    Showcase Our 17.10 Desktop Wallpaper contest  attractive many fantastic entries so much so we have chosen both 17.10 desktop wallpapers and our future 18.04 release as well! We are very grateful to our small band of Patreons and Paypal contributors this month . Everyone who does help out this well makes this project viable for now and the long-term.…

  • 17.10 Contest Winners and a surprise!

    Thanks to all the entrants for the contest for the 17.10 desktop wallpapers contest – there as a massive interest with loads of fantastic pictures. So much so, we have decided – since the quality was so high – that we can also select the winners for our future 18.04 release! It was amazingly difficult…

  • Developer Diary – June

    Shoutout We have launched our 17.10 desktop wallpaper competition  – we really do need your fabulous photos and images so please take part … otherwise the team will find and use our own family pics … you have been warned ;) We are very grateful to our small band of Patreons and Paypal contributors this month . Everyone who…

  • Announcing 17.10 desktop wallpaper contest

    Ubuntu Budgie is pleased to announce our 17.10 wallpaper contest – we are looking for fabulous original images to proudly show-case our official community flavor edition of Ubuntu. Please dig deep into your photo collection! Your reward will be to display your work in Ubuntu – and the best of the best will be proudly…

  • How To Enable Global Menus in Ubuntu Budgie

    How To Enable Global Menus in Ubuntu Budgie

    The intent of this post is to provide a short and to the point how to enable the global menu in Ubuntu Budgie. Please keep in mind that this is in testing. So the general caveats apply when installing test software. Things have been smooth for me at this point. So on to it. Add the…

  • Developer Diary – May

    Developer Diary – May

    Nikola has persuaded me to keep a diary of what happens on the team – so here it is – kind of seems like a lot of random stuff … and I’m no wordsmith – but lots of things happening in and around the team. Lets plough in. Swag time! Vincenzo has been busy working…

  • Linux Fest Northwest – 2017

    Linux Fest Northwest – 2017

    LinuxFest Northwest, held annually at the Bellingham (WA) Technical College, is a grassroots Open Source Software (OSS) event that has grown year after year to become what is likely one of the largest of the “fests”. With approximately 1,800 attendees (according to their website), it is now one of the most sizable OSS gatherings in…

  • Ubuntu Budgie – Annual Financial Statement 2016 – 2017

    As part of our commitment to you to be transparent with you, the team are pleased to present a short statement as to our financial position 2016 to 2017. Budgie Remix launched in April 2016 – 7 weeks from inception to launch!. Basically it was myself that bankrolled the project for a considerable amount of…

  • Budgie Desktop V 10.3 – Release Notes

    Budgie Desktop V 10.3 – Release Notes

    With the Qt 5-based Budgie Desktop 11 beginning development, 10.3 marks the final phase of the 10.x series. Future 10.3 releases will only include minor updates and tweaks. Improvements MPRIS Artwork Budgie now supports the downloading of artwork for the MprisClient. Including new code to prevent duplicate artwork from being downloaded (previously most noticeable in…