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Ubuntu Budgie


Last Update: 2024-04-27 05:06 UTC


Ubuntu Budgie (previously budgie-remix) is an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Budgie desktop, originally developed by the Solus project. Written from scratch and integrating tightly with the GNOME stack, Budgie focuses on simplicity and elegance, while also offering useful features, such as the Raven notification and customisation centre.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 118 (77), 6 months: 127 (66), 3 months: 120 (78), 4 weeks: 98 (117), 1 week: 125 (44)

Average visitor rating: 8.25/10 from 28 review(s).


Ubuntu Budgie Summary
Distribution Ubuntu Budgie (previously budgie-remix)
Home Page https://ubuntubudgie.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation --
Screenshots https://ubuntubudgie.org/portfolio/screenshotsDistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://ubuntubudgie.org/downloadsDistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/budgie-remix
Related Websites Wikipedia
Reviews 20.10: Distrocrunch
18.04: DistroWatch
17.10: CMS Critic
17.04: DarkDuck
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try The Linux Shop

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-04-26: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 24.04
 • 2023-10-13: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 23.10
 • 2023-04-20: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 23.04
 • 2022-10-21: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 22.10
 • 2021-10-15: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 21.10
 • 2021-04-22: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 21.04
 • 2020-10-23: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 20.10
 • 2020-04-24: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 20.04
 • 2019-10-18: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 19.10
 • 2019-04-18: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 19.04
 • 2018-10-19: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 18.10
 • 2018-04-27: Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 18.04
 • More Ubuntu Budgie releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-11-21 Budgie looking to share Wayland migration efforts with Xfce
 • 2018-05-04 Dropping 32-bit support
 • 2018-03-14 Unifying community discussion
 • 2018-02-28 Minimal install option for 18.04
 • 2017-08-25 Nimbusoft selling Ubuntu Budgie laptops
 • 2016-11-09 budgie-remix becomes Ubuntu Budgie
 • More Ubuntu Budgie headlines...

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Feature 24.04
noble
23.10
mantic
23.04
lunar
22.10
kinetic
22.04
jammy
21.10
impish
21.04
hirsute
20.10
groovy
20.04
focal
19.10
eoan
19.04
disco
18.10
cosmic
18.04
bionic
17.10
artful
17.04
zesty
16.10 16.04.3 Feature
Release Date 2024-04-25 2023-10-12 2023-04-20 2022-10-20 2022-04-21 2021-10-14 2021-04-22 2020-10-22 2020-04-23 2019-04-18 2019-10-27 2018-10-18 2018-04-26 2017-10-19 2017-04-13 2016-10-16 2017-08-06 Release Date
End Of Life 2027-04 2024-07 2024-01 2023-07 2025-04 2022-07 2022-01 2021-07 2023-04 2020-07 2020-01 2019-07 2021-04 2018-07 2018-01 2017-07 2019-04 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 3800-3900 3200-3300 3200-3300 2900-3000 2700-2800 3000-3100 2600-2700 2400-2500 2100-2400 2000-2100 1700-1800 1600-1700 1500-1600 1357-1368 1550-1563     Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Budgie Default Desktop
Package Management DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                                   Multilingual
Asian Language Support                                   Asian Language Support
Full Package List 24.04 23.10 23.04 22.10 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 17.04 16.10 16.04.3 Full Package List
Package 24.04
noble
23.10
mantic
23.04
lunar
22.10
kinetic
22.04
jammy
21.10
impish
21.04
hirsute
20.10
groovy
20.04
focal
19.10
eoan
19.04
disco
18.10
cosmic
18.04
bionic
17.10
artful
17.04
zesty
16.10 16.04.3 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.11 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.7.2 1.2.6 1.2.4 1.2.4 1.2.3.2 1.2.2 1.1.9 1.1.8 1.1.6 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.1.2 1.1.0 alsa-lib (1.2.11)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 19.0.1 18.1.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.21) 5.2.21 5.2.15 5.2.15 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.4.18 4.4.18 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 bash (5.2.21)
bind (9.18.27) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.27)
chromium (125.0.6422.112) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (125.0.6422.112)
cups (2.4.8) 2.4.7 2.4.6 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.2.12 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.2.7 2.2.4 2.2.2 2.2.0 2.1.3 cups (2.4.8)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.3.3 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.46.3 1.45.7 1.45.6 1.45.5 1.45.3 1.44.6 1.44.4 1.44.1 1.43.5 1.43.4 1.43.3 1.42.13 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (126.0) snap snap snap snap snap 93.0 87.0 81.0.2 75.0 69.0.3 66.0.3 63.0 59.0.2 56.0 52.0.1 49.0 54.0 firefox (126.0)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.2 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.10.2 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.8 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.6.1 freetype (2.13.2)
gcc (14.1.0) 13.2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.2.1 8.3.0 -- -- -- -- 6.1.1 5.3.1 gcc (14.1.0)
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.39) 2.39 2.38 2.37 2.36 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.30 2.29 2.28 2.27 2.26 2.24 2.24 2.23 glibc (2.39)
gnome-shell (46.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (46.1)
gnucash (5.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.6)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 2.02 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.14.4) 4.14.2 4.12.2 4.10.1 4.8.1 4.6.2 3.24.30 3.24.25 3.24.23 3.24.18 3.24.11 3.24.8 3.24.1 3.22.30 3.22.24 3.22.11 3.20.9 3.18.9 gtk (4.14.4)
httpd (2.4.59) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.59)
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3.1)
k3b (24.05.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.05.0)
kmod (32) 31 30 30 30 29 28 28 27 27 26 25 25 24 24 22 22 22 kmod (32)
krita (5.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.2)
LibreOffice (24.2.3) 24.2.2 7.6.2 7.5.2 7.4.2rc3 7.3.2 7.2.1 7.1.2rc2 7.0.2 6.4.2 6.3.2 6.2.2 6.1.2 6.0.3 5.4.1 5.3.1 5.2.2 5.1.6 LibreOffice (24.2.3)
linux (6.9.1) 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.19 5.15 5.13 5.11 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.18 4.15 4.13 4.10 4.8 4.10.0 linux (6.9.1)
Package 24.04
noble
23.10
mantic
23.04
lunar
22.10
kinetic
22.04
jammy
21.10
impish
21.04
hirsute
20.10
groovy
20.04
focal
19.10
eoan
19.04
disco
18.10
cosmic
18.04
bionic
17.10
artful
17.04
zesty
16.10 16.04.3 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.2.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.2.3)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.1.0) 24.0.5 23.2.1 23.0.2 22.2.1 22.0.1 21.2.2 21.0.1 20.2.1 20.0.2 19.2.1 19.0.2 18.2.2 18.0.0rc5 17.2.2 17.0.3 12.0.3 17.0.7 mesa (24.1.0)
mysql (8.4.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.4.0)
nautilus (46.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.26.4 3.26.3 3.26.0 3.20.4 3.20.3 3.18.4 nautilus (46.1)
NVIDIA (550.78) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (550.78)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (22) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8u91 openjdk (22)
openssh (9.7p1) 9.6p1 9.3p1 9.0p1 9.0p1 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.4p1 8.3p1 8.2p1 8.0p1 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.6p1 7.5p1 7.4p1 -- 7.2p2 openssh (9.7p1)
openssl (3.3.0) 3.0.13 3.0.10 3.0.8 3.0.5 3.0.2 1.1.1l 1.1.1j 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1c 1.1.1b 1.1.1 1.1.0g 1.0.2g 1.0.2g 1.0.2g 1.0.2g openssl (3.3.0)
perl (5.38.2) 5.38.2 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.30.3 5.30.0 5.28.1 5.28.1 5.26.2 5.26.1 5.26.0 5.24.1 5.22.2 5.22.1 perl (5.38.2)
php (8.3.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.3.7)
plasma-desktop (6.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.0.5)
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (16.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.3)
Python (3.12.3) 3.12.3 3.11.4 3.11.2 3.10.6 3.10.4 3.9.4 3.9.4 3.8.6 3.8.2 3.7.5 3.7.3 2.7.15 2.7.15rc1 2.7.14 2.7.13 2.7.11 2.7.11 Python (3.12.3)
qt (6.7.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.15.2 5.14.2 5.12.8 5.12.4 5.12.2 5.11.1 5.9.5 5.9.1 5.7.1 5.6.1 4.8.7 qt (6.7.1)
samba (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.10.7 4.10.0 4.8.4 4.7.6 4.6.7 4.5.4 -- 4.3.11 samba (4.20.1)
systemd (255.6) 255.4 253.5 252.5 251.4 249.11 248.3 247.3 246 245 242 240 239 237 234 232 231 229 systemd (255.6)
thunderbird (125.0) snap 115.3.1 102.10.0 102.3.3 91.8.0 91.1.2 78.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.2.1 thunderbird (125.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.20)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.13) 21.1.12 21.1.7 21.1.7 21.1.4 21.1.3 1.20.13 1.20.11 1.20.9 1.20.8 1.20.5 1.20.4 1.20.1 1.19.6 1.19.5 1.19.3 1.18.4 1.18.4 xorg-server (21.1.13)

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Version: 24.04
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-04-27
Votes: 0


Hello all together,
the idea and the look and feeling is really nice, but,
I have tried the Ubuntu Badgie several time, but there is no support to switch the Keyboard Layout, Russian Layout has no letters.
No meter what i have tried to do in order to fix the problem, but it still not working.

There is nothing could be done in order to solve that issue, do i have made the decision, to use the other Linux distributions instead.

I hope so desperately, that the developers will find the possibility to solve it soon


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Version: 22.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-11-27
Votes: 0


In principle a nice distro in terms of "style". In regards to function it feels occasionally like missing out on certain cool Linux features e.g. extensions in gnome ... (Windows Shade / Wobbly windows .. and other funstuff..)
Ubuntu Budgie seems to remove things to make it easier for users", which sometimes is true, other times it feels like being restricted. This depends entirely on your know-how level and is a more subjective comment.

The Mac Look is nice but using plank and other gadgets this can be achieved with a few tweaks.
Overall (typical drawback - are snaps of some programs (Email e.g. Thunderbird, Firefox as in all Ubuntu derivatives). This can be configured manually - not to use them - and with a bit effort everything works.

Plus point -- the huge Ubuntu user base offers for most problems solutions that are applicable and work. Yeah - Linux !

Note: Tested this on an actual iMac Mid 2011 / Late 2012 -- and got it to work nicely by tweaking a bit here and there in parallel to OSX using reFind as a bootloader.

Note2: LinuxMint worked more flawless overall.

That is why I gave an "8ish" score,



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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-14
Votes: 4


I use this, and its very nice!
Its pretty customizable with it being able to look like apples macos, windows 10 (Or 11), and many theme packs and customization options to the OS via the start snap and the Plank Preferences.

Sure, it has snaps by default but there is a simple and easy button to add flatpak, although removing snap will require a bit of technical knowledge from my understanding.
I personally prefer this over the other ubuntu Versions such as the default gnome one and Kubuntu.

Overall, great distro I would recommend!  



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