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Chirp #6: Clear Skies Ahead for Budgie Desktop 10.10.2

Fixes for Icon Task List, HiDPI scaling, and Show Desktop land ahead of our planned Budgie Desktop 10.10.2. Meanwhile, budgie-session v1.0.1 ships to resolve session crashes.
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Joshua Strobl

February 22, 2026

Chirp #5: Budgie 11 Priorities, Panel Config, and 10.10 Polish
We map out Budgie 11 priorities and begin building panel configuration, while Budgie 10.10 picks up OSD fixes, Icon Task List improvements, and labwc bridge refinements.
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Joshua Strobl

February 15, 2026

Chirp #4: Panels, Policies, and Progress
Theme configuration improvements land in Budgie 10, the Budgie 11 panel gains a QML loader, and Magpie picks up focus method support.
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Joshua Strobl

February 8, 2026

Chirp #3: A New Release, Magpie Configuration Strikes Back
This week we released Budgie 10.10.1 and implemented keybinds into our Magpie compositor.
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Joshua Strobl

February 1, 2026

More Recent Posts

Budgie 10.10.1 Released
Budgie 10.10.1 is our first minor release of the Budgie 10.10 series. This release improves stability, fixes bugs, expands on our labwc support, and more!
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Joshua Strobl

January 31, 2026

Chirp #2: Getting "Sloppy" with Window Focus and Experimental with Mir
This week we released Budgie Control Center 2.1.0, added sloppy focus support for the upcoming Budgie 10.10.1, and refreshed our website. Meanwhile, we've begun early exploration with Mir for Budgie 11 and started refinements to the shell's panel logic.
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Joshua Strobl

January 25, 2026

Chirp #1: Bootstrapping Budgie 11
This Chirp details new Budgie Control Center settings and 10-series maintenance, alongside Budgie 11 progress regarding our approach to configuration, architectural foundations, and early bootstrapping.
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Joshua Strobl

January 18, 2026

State of the Budgie: 2025 In Review and Cranking Budgie Up To 11
2025 was a year of significant progress for Budgie Desktop, as we finalized much of our efforts in our Wayland migration, to bring Budgie 10 to a close and enable us to focus our efforts on Budgie 11. Time to dive into our State of the Budgie to recap our efforts in 2025 and the goals for 2026.
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Joshua Strobl

January 11, 2026

Budgie 10.10 Released
Budgie 10.10 is a brand new release series for Budgie Desktop, marking our first release to migrate Budgie from X11 to Wayland. This release series brings to a close just over a decade of Budgie 10 development; we are formally putting Budgie 10 into maintenance mode to focus our efforts on Budgie 11.
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Joshua Strobl

January 10, 2026

State of the Budgie: 2024 In Review and Goals for 2025
2024 was a pivotal year for Budgie Desktop, with our Budgie 10.9 release series and our focus on our move to Wayland. Time to dive into our State of the Budgie to recap our efforts in 2024 and the goals for 2025.
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Joshua Strobl

January 6, 2025