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Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 Beta

76 points by oedmarap 9y ago

samcheng 9y ago
Is this an LTS release? 16.04 is fine, but it'd be nice to upgrade.
- Rapzid 9y ago
  Heck yeah it is!
- strmpnk 9y ago
  Yes. It will be an LTS release. You can find a list of all releases here on their wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
rawoke083600 9y ago
I hope they sorted the wifi - 17.10 was/is horrendous with my wifi :( 17.04 seemed to worked fine.
convery 9y ago
Great to see progress as it's a really nice environment. Sadly I had a lot of random issues with the previous version (e.g. pressing the 'windows-key' would crash the manager) and had to switch to Solus to keep it. Can't wait to try it again when it goes out of beta =P
rafael859 9y ago
Here's the webarchive mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20180310014632/https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2018/03/08/18-04-release-notes https://web.archive.org/web/20180310014632/https://ubuntubud... since it seems to be down at the moment (as well as an hour ago when I last checked).
gonvaled 9y ago
What is this "Budgie" thing? It is called "Bionic Beaver"! Since when do we have extra names? What is "Trusty Tahr" then?
- pas 9y ago
  Ubuntu Budgie is a community developed distribution, integrating the Budgie Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.
  - okket 9y ago
    From a marketing perspective it sounds a bit like an Ubuntu product or version, like "Debian Wheezy". Confusing name choice IMHO.
- Tsiklon 9y ago
  This is one of the official Ubuntu Flavours: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Gnome, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio. All share the same software repositories, and are collections of similar or related software packaged together - mostly based on desktop environment Ubuntu and Ubuntu Gnome both use Gnome Ubuntu Mate - Mate desktop environment, Kubuntu - KDE, Xubuntu - XFCE, Ubuntu Budgie - Budgie desktop, Bionic Beaver is the code name for 18.04 LTS. The confusion stems from Budgie also being named after an animal.
ProxCoques 9y ago
Hoping for HDPI support - fingers crossed!
ktpsns 9y ago
Never heard of the underlying https://budgie-desktop.org/ https://budgie-desktop.org/ before. And could not learn anything about it on its website: No screenshots, no description about the framework (Qt? GTK?). In former days of the lightweight but "full featured" desktops, there was Xfce desktop. Then there was LXDE. Which was surprisingly faster and similiar powerful then Xfce. But then I somehow lost track ;-)
- sccxy 9y ago
  First search result for "Ubuntu Budgie" is https://ubuntubudgie.org/ https://ubuntubudgie.org/ They have lots of screenshots & videos.
- type0 9y ago
  I think it's GTK, but since it's a Solus Linux project there was some talk that it would be moving to Qt soon. It reuses some chunks of GNOME 3 though. I like how it's seem to be a good alternative to Cinnamon desktop env., probably doen't have as many features but should be easy to use for Linux newbies (which GNOME3 isn't).
- Redoubts 9y ago
  > When Budgie first started out way back in 2013, it had very very simple aims. It could quite easily sit on top of the GNOME 3.10 stack, and utilize all of the components with no issue. > As a result, Budgie 11, the next major release, will be built using Qt 5, C++, and Wayland. Using these technologies, we seek to provide a refined version of the experience you know and love, but with fluid, accelerated animations, a beautiful user interface, and full integration of Raven to be a first class component. https://budgie-desktop.org/about/ https://budgie-desktop.org/about/
  - mnm1 9y ago
    Can one turn those animations off? They might be nice the first few hundred or even thousand times, but afterwards, they will be despised.
sandstrom 9y ago
To avoid confusion: This is _not_ the upcoming release of Ubuntu 18.04, which is named 'Bionic Beaver'. 18.04 Bionic Beaver will land in mid April. Budgie is a flavor/edition/derivative of Ubuntu. Other examples of derivatives are Edubuntu (for education) and Ubuntu Studio (for multimedia editing). More about different derivative here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives
jason_slack 9y ago
This looks impressive. General question if I install this in beta can I just keep upgrading the betas and then to the release version without wiping and reloading?
type0 9y ago
I would like to run Budgie on Debian but it I'm not sure how much headache I would get if I do... Edit: Debian Stretch (stable) that is
- minieggs 9y ago
  If you're on Buster or newer I would look into it. If Stretch and prior you'll get a very outdated version that is not as customizable. I'm on Buster currently. It was as easy as installing budgie-desktop and restarting.

76 points by oedmarap 9y ago

samcheng 9y ago

Is this an LTS release? 16.04 is fine, but it'd be nice to upgrade.

Rapzid 9y ago
Heck yeah it is!
strmpnk 9y ago
Yes. It will be an LTS release. You can find a list of all releases here on their wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

rawoke083600 9y ago

I hope they sorted the wifi - 17.10 was/is horrendous with my wifi :( 17.04 seemed to worked fine.

convery 9y ago

Great to see progress as it's a really nice environment. Sadly I had a lot of random issues with the previous version (e.g. pressing the 'windows-key' would crash the manager) and had to switch to Solus to keep it. Can't wait to try it again when it goes out of beta =P

rafael859 9y ago

Here's the webarchive mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20180310014632/https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2018/03/08/18-04-release-notes https://web.archive.org/web/20180310014632/https://ubuntubud... since it seems to be down at the moment (as well as an hour ago when I last checked).

gonvaled 9y ago

What is this "Budgie" thing? It is called "Bionic Beaver"! Since when do we have extra names? What is "Trusty Tahr" then?

pas 9y ago
Ubuntu Budgie is a community developed distribution, integrating the Budgie Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.
- okket 9y ago
  From a marketing perspective it sounds a bit like an Ubuntu product or version, like "Debian Wheezy". Confusing name choice IMHO.
Tsiklon 9y ago
This is one of the official Ubuntu Flavours: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Gnome, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio. All share the same software repositories, and are collections of similar or related software packaged together - mostly based on desktop environment Ubuntu and Ubuntu Gnome both use Gnome Ubuntu Mate - Mate desktop environment, Kubuntu - KDE, Xubuntu - XFCE, Ubuntu Budgie - Budgie desktop, Bionic Beaver is the code name for 18.04 LTS. The confusion stems from Budgie also being named after an animal.

ProxCoques 9y ago

Hoping for HDPI support - fingers crossed!

ktpsns 9y ago

Never heard of the underlying https://budgie-desktop.org/ https://budgie-desktop.org/ before. And could not learn anything about it on its website: No screenshots, no description about the framework (Qt? GTK?). In former days of the lightweight but "full featured" desktops, there was Xfce desktop. Then there was LXDE. Which was surprisingly faster and similiar powerful then Xfce. But then I somehow lost track ;-)

sccxy 9y ago
First search result for "Ubuntu Budgie" is https://ubuntubudgie.org/ https://ubuntubudgie.org/ They have lots of screenshots & videos.
type0 9y ago
I think it's GTK, but since it's a Solus Linux project there was some talk that it would be moving to Qt soon. It reuses some chunks of GNOME 3 though. I like how it's seem to be a good alternative to Cinnamon desktop env., probably doen't have as many features but should be easy to use for Linux newbies (which GNOME3 isn't).
Redoubts 9y ago
> When Budgie first started out way back in 2013, it had very very simple aims. It could quite easily sit on top of the GNOME 3.10 stack, and utilize all of the components with no issue. > As a result, Budgie 11, the next major release, will be built using Qt 5, C++, and Wayland. Using these technologies, we seek to provide a refined version of the experience you know and love, but with fluid, accelerated animations, a beautiful user interface, and full integration of Raven to be a first class component. https://budgie-desktop.org/about/ https://budgie-desktop.org/about/
- mnm1 9y ago
  Can one turn those animations off? They might be nice the first few hundred or even thousand times, but afterwards, they will be despised.

sandstrom 9y ago

To avoid confusion: This is _not_ the upcoming release of Ubuntu 18.04, which is named 'Bionic Beaver'. 18.04 Bionic Beaver will land in mid April. Budgie is a flavor/edition/derivative of Ubuntu. Other examples of derivatives are Edubuntu (for education) and Ubuntu Studio (for multimedia editing). More about different derivative here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives

jason_slack 9y ago

This looks impressive. General question if I install this in beta can I just keep upgrading the betas and then to the release version without wiping and reloading?

type0 9y ago

I would like to run Budgie on Debian but it I'm not sure how much headache I would get if I do... Edit: Debian Stretch (stable) that is

minieggs 9y ago
If you're on Buster or newer I would look into it. If Stretch and prior you'll get a very outdated version that is not as customizable. I'm on Buster currently. It was as easy as installing budgie-desktop and restarting.