Ubuntu Budgie

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Ubuntu Budgie
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Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 "Lunar Lobster"
Developer Ubuntu Budgie Team
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source (with some exceptions) [1]
Initial release25 April 2016(8 years ago) (2016-04-25) as unofficial Ubuntu derivative;
16 November 2016(7 years ago) (2016-11-16) as an official Ubuntu flavour
Latest release Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS / 25 April 2024;16 days ago (2024-04-25)
Marketing target Personal computers
Update method APT (Software Updater, GNOME Software)
Package manager dpkg, Snappy
Platforms IA-32 (until version 18.04); x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Userland GNU
Default
user interface 		Budgie
License Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official website ubuntubudgie.org

Ubuntu Budgie is an official community flavor of Ubuntu. It combines the Ubuntu-based system with the independently developed Budgie desktop environment.

Contents

History

Ubuntu Budgie started out as an unofficial community flavor in parallel with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, referred to as "budgie-remix". [2] budgie-remix 16.10 was later released by strictly following the time frame issued for Ubuntu 16.10. [3]

It was eventually recognized as an official community flavor of Ubuntu, and was rebranded as Ubuntu Budgie. [4]

In November 2017, Vincenzo Bovino was hired as the new brand and PR Manager. [5]

Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 was released in April 2017, [6] and was updated to version 17.10 in October 2017. [7]

32-bit support was deprecated from Ubuntu Budgie and Ubuntu MATE with the 18.10 release. [8]

Releases

Current releaseRelease no longer supportedRelease still supportedFuture release
VersionCodenameRelease dateSupported untilRemarksKernel version [8]
16.04 LTSXenial Xerus2016-04-25 [9] 2018-08 [10] First release, branded budgie-remix4.10 (16.04.3)
16.10Yakkety Yak2016-10-16 [11] 2017-07- 20 [12] 4.8
17.04Zesty Zapus2017-04-11 [13] 2018-01First release after rename to Ubuntu Budgie following recognition as an official Ubuntu flavor4.10
17.10Artful Aardvark2017-10-19 [14] 2018-074.13
17.10.12018-01-12 [15] Re-release due to the original Ubuntu 17.10 ISO images getting pulled due to a bug that messed up some BIOSes
18.04 LTSBionic Beaver2018-04-26 [16] 2021-04 [17] First long-term support release as an official Ubuntu flavor4.15
18.10Cosmic Cuttlefish2018-10-18 [18] 2019-074.18
19.04Disco Dingo2019-04-18 [19] 2020-01Better graphics support with Mesa 19.05.0.0–13
19.10Eoan Ermine2019-10-17 [20] 2020-07
20.04 LTSFocal Fossa2020-04-23 [21] 2023-04
20.10Groovy Gorilla2020-10-22 [22] 2021-07
21.04Hirsute Hippo2021-04-22 [23] 2022-01
21.10Impish Indri2021-10-14 [24] 2022-07
22.04 LTSJammy Jellyfish2022-04-21 [25] 2025-04
22.10Kinetic Kudu2022-10-20 [26] 2023-075.19
23.04Lunar Lobster2023-04-11 [27] 2024-016.2
23.10Mantic Minotaur2023-10-12 [28] 2024-076.5
24.04 LTSNoble Numbat2024-04-252027-04
24.10Oracular Oriole2024-10-102025-07

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