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Chirp #7: Dialog Fixes, Crystal Dock Support, and App Matching Improvements
Published on March 1, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
Hey everyone! Chirp #7 is live! We've had a busy week squashing bugs and polishing things up ahead of Budgie Desktop 10.10.2, which is planned for this Saturday (March 7th). The post covers dialog focus fixes, Crystal Dock support, environm...
Chirp #6: Clear Skies Ahead for Budgie Desktop 10.10.2
Published on February 22, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
Hey everyone! A new Chirp is out — check it out here: https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/chirp-6 Budgie Desktop 10.10.2 is shaping up nic...
Chirp #5: Budgie 11 Priorities, Panel Config, and 10.10 Polish
Published on February 15, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
Hey everyone! Chirp #5 is now out. This week Evan, Neal, and I sat down to map out short and mid-term priorities for Budgie 11, defining must-haves and nice-to-haves for Preview 1, which will be the first public build featuring elements of...
Chirp #4: Panels, Policies, and Progress
Published on February 8, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
Hey everyone! Chirp #4 is now out. This week the team made progress across the board: Budgie 10 gains independent compositor theming so you can use GTK themes that lack Openbox support, Budgie 11's panel architecture continues to evolve wit...
Budgie 10.10.1 Released and More Budgie 11 Progress!
Published on February 1, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
It's been a production week for the team. We just put out our first bug fix release for the Budgie 10.10 series. This has already landed in Fedora rawhide for the upcoming Fedora release (beta freeze soon!) and I imagine David will be getti...
Chirp 2 blog post is out: Getting "Sloppy" with Window Focus and Experimental with Mir
Published on January 25, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
This week was quite active across all fronts: Budgie Control Center 2.1.0 updateGoodies and fixes landed or PRed for Budgie 10.10.1 (slated for next Saturday)Budgie Desktop View multi-selectRefreshed websiteBudgie 11 progress Blog post:...
First Chirp blog post is out: "Bootstrapping Budgie 11"
Published on January 18, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
Last week we published both our State of the Budgie and our Budgie 10.10 release. It feels like a blur already, with a flurry of activity across socials, our code forges, etc. Hopefully those posts were inspiring and you are just as excited...
State of The Budgie for 2025 and Finally Moving On To 11!
Published on January 11, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
It's been long-awaited but we are finally moving on to Budgie 11 development as our primary focus! This will be developed using Qt6 (spoiler, I know). You can read more at...
Budgie 10.10 Released, Future Is 11
Published on January 10, 2026 by Joshua Strobl
Hey all, Everyone on the team is excited to finally be getting Budgie 10.10 out the door to all of you. This release marks our official migration from X11 to Wayland. It's truly a major moment for the project and for Budgie, rounding out ov...
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