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Chirp #7: Dialog Fixes, Crystal Dock Support, and App Matching Improvements

Dialog focus fixes, Crystal Dock background support, Icon Tasklist app matching rework, and a wave of under-the-hood polish ahead of Budgie Desktop 10.10.2.
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Joshua Strobl

March 1, 2026

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

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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

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