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Budgie
Budgie Logo
Release Status	Maintained
Last Release	10.9.1
Language(s)	Vala
Developer(s)	Buddies of Budgie
Website	buddiesofbudgie.org

The Budgie Desktop is a feature-rich, modern desktop environment designed to keep out the way of the user. Based on GNOME, budgie provides an easy to use interface for everyone. Raven provides an all-in-one center for accessing your calendar, controlling sound output and input (including per-app volume control), media playback and more.

Features

Budgie Desktop View is a software component meant to provide desktop icons within Budgie. Budgie Desktop View is implemented in Vala, and uses GTK 3 for widgets.

Magpie is a fork of the GNOME Project's Mutter window manager with Wayland support removed, principally intended to reduce the maintenance burden of GNOME stack upgrades by stabilizing on a particular version of the Mutter API.

Budgie Control Center is a fork of GNOME Control Center with Budgie-specific settings and features, and is the standard settings application for Budgie. Budgie Control Center is implemented in C, and uses GTK 3 and libhandy for widgets.

Budgie Screensaver is a fork of GNOME Screensaver with additional fixes and minor updates, and serves to provide an authentication prompt when the system is locked. Budgie Screensaver is implemented in C, and uses GTK 3 for widgets.

Budgie Backgrounds is Budgie's default set of background images for use with Linux distributions that do not provide their own, and is entirely composed of public domain images.

Installation

Budgie is available on almost all Linux distributions.

Arch-based systems

To install the budgie package group, which includes first-party applications such as a screensaver, execute sudo pacman -S budgie.

Alternatively, sudo pacman -S budgie-desktop will install the standalone desktop.

Recommended optional packages include the Arc GTK theme, the Papirus icon theme, and the Network Manager applet. Executing sudo pacman -S arc-gtk-theme papirus-icon-theme network-manager-applet will install them.

Fedora Linux

Fedora has a spin with Budgie Desktop instead of GNOME.

Ubuntu

There is a community ISO that contains Ubuntu with Budgie Desktop instead of GNOME.

Void Linux

sudo xbps-install budgie-desktop

OpenSUSE

Budgie can be selected during the OpenSUSE installation or installed afterward using sudo zypper install budgie-desktop.

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-The '''Budgie Desktop''' is a feature-rich, modern desktop designed to keep out the way of the user. Based on GNOME, budgie provides an easy to use interface for everyone. Raven provides an all-in-one center for accessing your calendar, controlling sound output and input (including per-app volume control), media playback and more.
+The '''Budgie Desktop''' is a feature-rich, modern [[Desktop Environment|desktop environment]] designed to keep out the way of the user. Based on [[GNOME]], budgie provides an easy to use interface for everyone. Raven provides an all-in-one center for accessing your calendar, controlling sound output and input (including per-app volume control), media playback and more.
 [[File:BudgieScreenshot.jpg|thumb|Screenshot of Budgie DE with Raven]]
-=Features=
-== • Budgie Desktop View==
-Budgie Desktop View is a software component meant to provide desktop icons within Budgie. Budgie Desktop View is implemented in Vala, and uses GTK 3 for widgets.
+=== Features ===
+'''Budgie Desktop View''' is a software component meant to provide desktop icons within Budgie. Budgie Desktop View is implemented in Vala, and uses GTK 3 for widgets.
-== • Magpie==
+'''Magpie''' is a fork of the GNOME Project's Mutter window manager with [[Wayland]] support removed, principally intended to reduce the maintenance burden of GNOME stack upgrades by stabilizing on a particular version of the Mutter API.
-Magpie is a fork of the GNOME Project's Mutter window manager with Wayland support removed, principally intended to reduce the maintenance burden of GNOME stack upgrades by stabilizing on a particular version of the Mutter API.
+'''Budgie Control Center''' is a fork of GNOME Control Center with Budgie-specific settings and features, and is the standard settings application for Budgie. Budgie Control Center is implemented in [[C]], and uses GTK 3 and libhandy for widgets.
-== • Budgie Control Center==
+'''Budgie Screensaver''' is a fork of GNOME Screensaver with additional fixes and minor updates, and serves to provide an authentication prompt when the system is locked. Budgie Screensaver is implemented in [[C]], and uses GTK 3 for widgets.
-Budgie Control Center is a fork of GNOME Control Center with Budgie-specific settings and features, and is the standard settings application for Budgie. Budgie Control Center is implemented in [[C]], and uses GTK 3 and libhandy for widgets.
+'''Budgie Backgrounds''' is Budgie's default set of background images for use with Linux distributions that do not provide their own, and is entirely composed of public domain images.
-== • Budgie Screensaver==
+=== Installation ===
+Budgie is available on almost all [[Linux Distributions|Linux distributions]].
-Budgie Screensaver is a fork of GNOME Screensaver with additional fixes and minor updates, and serves to provide an authentication prompt when the system is locked. Budgie Screensaver is implemented in [[C]], and uses GTK 3 for widgets.
+==== Arch-based systems ====
+To install the '''budgie''' package group, which includes first-party applications such as a screensaver, execute <code>sudo pacman -S budgie</code>.
-== • Budgie Backgrounds==
+Alternatively, <code>sudo pacman -S budgie-desktop</code> will install the standalone desktop.
-Budgie Backgrounds is Budgie's default set of background images for use with Linux distributions that do not provide their own, and is entirely composed of public domain images.
+Recommended optional packages include the Arc GTK theme, the Papirus icon theme, and the Network Manager applet. Executing <code>sudo pacman -S arc-gtk-theme papirus-icon-theme network-manager-applet</code> will install them.
-= Installation =
+==== Fedora Linux ====
-Budgie is available on almost all linux distributions.
+[[Fedora]] has a [https://fedoraproject.org/spins/budgie/ spin] with Budgie Desktop instead of GNOME.
-=== Arch-based systems ===
+==== Ubuntu ====
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+There is a [https://ubuntubudgie.org/ community ISO] that contains [[Ubuntu]] with Budgie Desktop instead of GNOME.
-$ sudo pacman -S budgie
-</syntaxhighlight>
-In this case, budgie is a group of packages. If you wish to install only the desktop itself, install budgie-desktop.
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-$ sudo pacman -S budgie-desktop
-</syntaxhighlight>
-It's also recommended to install nm-applet, the default GTK theme, and the default icon theme:
+==== Void Linux ====
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<code>sudo xbps-install budgie-desktop</code>
-sudo pacman -S arc-gtk-theme papirus-icon-theme network-manager-applet
-</syntaxhighlight>
-=== Fedora Linux ===
+==== OpenSUSE ====
-Fedora has a [https://fedoraproject.org/spins/budgie/ spin] with Budgie Desktop instead of GNOME.
+Budgie can be selected during the OpenSUSE installation or installed afterward using <code>sudo zypper install budgie-desktop</code>.
+[[Category:Desktop Environments]]
-=== Ubuntu ===
-There is a [https://ubuntubudgie.org/ community ISO] that contains Ubuntu with Budgie Desktop instead of GNOME.
-=== Void Linux ===
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-$ sudo xbps-install budgie-desktop
-</syntaxhighlight>
-=== OpenSUSE ===
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-$ sudo zypper install budgie-desktop
-</syntaxhighlight>
-You can also choose Budgie as an option during the installation of OpenSUSE.