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Ubuntu Budgie is an official flavor of Ubuntu, which is popular for its traditional desktop interface and minimal software bloat.
The release of Ubuntu Budgie 22.10 brings in a few crucial tweaks and additions.
🆕 Ubuntu Budgie 22.10: What's New?
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Based on Ubuntu 22.10 'Kinetic Kudu', Ubuntu Budgie 22.10 features Budgie Desktop 10.6.4 and a host of other improvements.
Some of the notable highlights include:
- Enhanced Budgie Control Center
- Updated Budgie Welcome app
- Replacing various GNOME-based apps
- Updated Translations
Budgie Desktop and Control Center
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Budgie Desktop has been updated to V10.6.4, which adds a new global option to control the spacing between applets and features various improvements to the workspace and clock applets.
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The Budgie Control Center has also received a bunch of tweaks, such as reworked display color profile support, revamped screen-sharing with support for RDP and VNC, an option for fractional scaling of display, and more.
Welcome App Updates
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Ubuntu Budgie 22.10 features the updated Budgie Welcome app with improved translations and a few changes.
Change in Default Apps
The developers of Ubuntu Budgie have started replacing and removing GNOME-based apps in favor of MATE-based apps and other alternatives.
They decided to do so, because of the inconsistent way GNOME-based apps look in Budgie alongside other apps with their rounded-off edges.
The inconsistencies have been caused due to GNOME moving on to the Libadwaita library for its styling and theming needs.
The Libadwaita library was a controversial addition to GNOME, that not many users liked, you can go through our coverage to learn more.
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Here are some of the apps that have been removed or replaced:
- GNOME-Calculator replaced by MATE Calculator.
- GNOME-Calendar removed.
- GNOME System Monitor replaced by MATE System Monitor.
- GNOME Screenshot removed.
- GNOME Font Viewer replaced by Font-Manager.
🛠️ Other Changes
Some of the other changes include:
- Rework of In-Built Theme
- Removal of PulseAudio in favor of PipeWire
- Native Screenshot Capability
- Support for WebP Images
- Ability to View Monitor's Refresh Rate
You can go through the release notes to know more.
📥 Download Ubuntu Budgie 22.10
You can download the latest ISO from Ubuntu's central image repository or its official website.
It might take a while for its official website to make the ISO available.
💬 What do you think of this non-LTS release? Willing to give it a try?
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