<s>
Budgie	B-Language
is	O
an	O
independent	O
,	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
desktop	O
environment	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
targets	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
metaphor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Buddies	O
of	O
Budgie	B-Language
organization	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
contributors	O
from	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
and	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
desktop	O
environments	O
like	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
Budgie	B-Language
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
reference	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
distributions	O
that	O
ship	O
Budgie	B-Language
are	O
recommended	O
to	O
set	O
defaults	O
that	O
best	O
fit	O
their	O
desired	O
user	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Ikey	O
Doherty	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
desktop	O
environment	O
for	O
his	O
new	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
,	O
EvolveOS	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
eventually	O
renamed	O
to	O
Solus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intention	O
was	O
to	O
use	O
GNOME	B-Application
components	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
more	O
lightweight	O
and	O
traditional	O
desktop	O
that	O
still	O
had	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
GNOME	B-Application
provided	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
would	O
see	O
a	O
flurry	O
of	O
releases	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
culminating	O
in	O
version	O
10	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
a	O
full	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
codebase	O
in	O
the	O
Vala	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	O
would	O
soon	O
spread	O
to	O
distributions	O
other	O
than	O
Solus	O
,	O
with	O
SparkyLinux	O
and	O
Manjaro	B-Application
adopting	O
the	O
desktop	O
environment	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Void	O
Linux	B-Application
would	O
follow	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
"	O
remix	O
"	O
edition	O
for	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
being	O
created	O
,	O
eventually	O
renamed	O
to	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Budgie	B-Language
when	O
it	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
Canonical	O
as	O
an	O
official	O
flavor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
on	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Doherty	O
had	O
ceased	O
communication	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
Solus	O
team	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
,	O
leaving	O
Solus	O
(	O
and	O
thus	O
Budgie	B-Language
)	O
without	O
a	O
lead	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joshua	O
Strobl	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Solus	O
core	O
team	O
and	O
an	O
already	O
active	O
contributor	O
to	O
Budgie	B-Language
,	O
would	O
take	O
up	O
the	O
responsibility	O
of	O
continuing	O
Budgie	B-Language
's	O
development	O
after	O
Doherty	O
's	O
departure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
,	O
Strobl	O
resigned	O
from	O
Solus	O
and	O
established	O
Buddies	O
of	O
Budgie	B-Language
,	O
a	O
new	O
organization	O
for	O
Budgie	B-Language
development	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
active	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
this	O
new	O
organization	O
,	O
Budgie	B-Language
development	O
shifted	O
from	O
being	O
focused	O
on	O
Solus	O
to	O
being	O
focused	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
experience	O
across	O
all	O
distributions	O
that	O
ship	O
Budgie	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
contributors	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
that	O
had	O
ceased	O
involvement	O
with	O
Solus	O
began	O
contributing	O
to	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
Joshua	O
Strobl	O
began	O
contributing	O
to	O
Fedora	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
Budgie	B-Language
in	O
the	O
Fedora	O
repositories	O
and	O
the	O
approval	O
of	O
a	O
Fedora	O
Budgie	B-Language
"	O
spin	O
"	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
with	O
Fedora	O
38	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2023	O
would	O
see	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
v10.7	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
major	O
release	O
under	O
Buddies	O
of	O
Budgie	B-Language
,	O
and	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
Budgie	B-Language
package	O
set	O
into	O
both	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
-	O
the	O
first	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
derivative	O
to	O
ship	O
the	O
desktop	O
-	O
and	O
NixOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
View	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
component	O
meant	O
to	O
provide	O
desktop	O
icons	O
within	O
Budgie	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
View	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
Vala	B-Language
,	O
and	O
uses	O
GTK	B-Application
3	I-Application
for	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Control	O
Center	O
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
Control	O
Center	O
with	O
Budgie-specific	O
settings	O
and	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
standard	O
settings	O
application	O
for	O
Budgie	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Control	O
Center	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
and	O
uses	O
GTK	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
libhandy	O
for	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPLv2	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Screensaver	O
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
Screensaver	O
with	O
additional	O
fixes	O
and	O
minor	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
serves	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
authentication	O
prompt	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
locked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Screensaver	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
and	O
uses	O
GTK	B-Application
3	I-Application
for	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPLv2	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
Backgrounds	O
is	O
Budgie	B-Language
's	O
default	O
set	O
of	O
background	O
images	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
that	O
do	O
not	O
provide	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
entirely	O
composed	O
of	O
public	O
domain	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VersionDateNotesDevelopment	O
announced.1First	O
testing	O
release.2Visual	O
style	O
improvements	O
,	O
additional	O
applets	O
and	O
dialogs.3Code	O
cleanup	O
and	O
performance	O
improvements.4Introduction	O
of	O
Vala	B-Language
code	O
;	O
animation	O
,	O
menu	O
,	O
popover	O
,	O
and	O
dialog	O
improvements.5.1Panel	O
rewritten	O
in	O
Vala	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
plugin	O
API	O
for	O
panel	O
applets.6New	O
panel	O
editor	O
for	O
custom	O
layouts.7Notifications	O
support	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
XEmbed	O
tray	O
applet.8Simplified	O
main	O
menu	O
,	O
cleaner	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
significant	O
theming	O
improvements.8.1Rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
manager	O
and	O
updated	O
interface	O
components.8.2Stability	O
and	O
performance	O
improvements.8.3Primarily	O
general	O
bug	O
fixes.10Rewrite	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
multi-monitor	O
support	O
,	O
the	O
Raven	O
sidebar	O
,	O
and	O
multiple	O
panels.10.1No	O
release	O
notes.10.2Vendored	O
nm-applet	O
launcher	O
,	O
new	O
translations	O
,	O
and	O
Raven	O
improvements.10.3New	O
alt-tab	O
implementation	O
,	O
MPRIS	O
artwork	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
applet	O
improvements.10.4New	O
applets	O
,	O
plus	O
panel	O
,	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
personalization	O
improvements.10.5New	O
applets	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
existing	O
applets	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
Raven	O
widgets	O
and	O
notification	O
management.10.6First	O
release	O
under	O
the	O
Buddies	O
of	O
Budgie	B-Language
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgie	B-Language
has	O
been	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
with	O
reviews	O
noting	O
its	O
appealing	O
visual	O
design	O
and	O
intuitive	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bertel	O
King	O
wrote	O
in	O
2018	O
that	O
"	O
Budgie	B-Language
feels	O
like	O
someone	O
took	O
the	O
great	O
things	O
about	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
took	O
out	O
all	O
the	O
not	O
so	O
great	O
things	O
,	O
set	O
some	O
great	O
default	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
sent	O
that	O
out	O
into	O
the	O
world.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
King	O
also	O
considered	O
this	O
a	O
negative	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
Budgie	B-Language
"	O
can	O
feel	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
than	O
a	O
separate	O
entity.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Perkins	O
described	O
Budgie	B-Language
as	O
"	O
a	O
beautiful	O
desktop	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
sane	O
defaults	O
and	O
a	O
beautiful	O
interface	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
lamenting	O
its	O
limited	O
availability	O
on	O
distributions	O
other	O
than	O
Solus	O
.	O
</s>
