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Budgie is a desktop environment designed to keep clutter to a minimum and provide users with a clean/minimal experience.
Back in January 2022, the former-co-lead of Solus, Joshua Strobl left Solus to work on SerpentOS, but he continued to work on Budgie.
So, he forked the project into a new repository and formed the Buddies Of Budgie organization. Three months after that, they released Budgie 10.6.
It was a good release, if not extraordinary.
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Moving forward, they have shared the plans for 2023 which include the release of Budgie 10.7.
Joshua Strobl also mentioned more about the plans in the blog post:
At the very least, it should serve as a good foundation to build on and provide a clear picture on where Budgie Desktop is going this year: Budgie 10.x will receive new features, QoL improvements, and fixes. Budgie 11 development will be underway.
Budgie 10.7: What Can You Expect?
The development of Budgie 10.7 has been going on since last year. It was supposed to release in 2022, but more time was required to serve a polished experience.
A lot of work has been done, but some of the notable ones include the following three changes:
- Updates to Budgie Menu
- New Budgie Screenshot Tool
- Improvements to Budgie Run Dialog
Updates to Budgie Menu
![budgie 10.7 menu](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/01/Budgie_10.7_Preview_Menu.jpg)
For this release, Budgie Menu is set to receive several improvements, such as:
- A new power menu with all the usual options, such as Suspend, Hibernate, Logout, and Power Off.
- Updated personal user menu with quick XDG directory access. This will let you open a file manager window directly into folders like Home, Documents, Music, etc.
- Quick access to Budgie Control Center and Desktop Settings.
- Ability to show various desktop settings from the menu itself.
Budgie Screenshot Tool
![budgie 10.7 screenshot tool](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/01/Budgie_10.7_Preview_SS.png)
Finally, you won't need to download another tool to take a screenshot on Budgie; from 10.7 onwards, it will feature a native screenshot application.
It will have capture support for the screen, window, and even selection capture!
Improvements to Budgie Run Dialog
![budgie 10.7 run dialog](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/01/Budgie_10.7_Preview_Run.jpg)
The Budgie Run dialog will receive many improvements, such as:
- A new application indexer will be used for Budgie Menu to find and sort applications. It is supposed to provide a 'predictable fuzzy search experience'.
- Improved calculation of dialog sizing according to the work area of the monitor.
- Better styling of labels for application names and descriptions.
Release & Future Plans
According to their announcement, they intend to release Budgie 10.7 sometime in Q1, 2023. They haven't settled for a specific date yet.
A 10.7.1 release with bug fixes has been planned soon after, and the release of Budgie 10.8 in Q2, 2023.
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