https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/state-of-the-budgie-2025

I'm disappointed, as a (primarily KDE Plasma) user, that #BudgieDesktop has decided to go with #qt6 over #EFL. What could they bring that #KDEplasma and #LXQt don't already?

There's also: Deepin, UKUI, SailfishOS, Lumina (I liked this one), Trinity DE (used to like it!), others possibly.

#EnlightenmentDE & #MokshaDE are great and they're the only ones -- nearly identical -- that are built upon EFL. It would've been really cool to see/use something quite a bit different built using those famously light foundations. It would add more diversity and perhaps the two smaller projects could provide more for one another in the long run.

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.

Buddies of Budgie

Building Budgie 11: Early Budgie Panel Configuration

https://makertube.net/w/g9bXGSziy1XCAF6Xmo44m3

Building Budgie 11: Early Budgie Panel Configuration

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Building Budgie 11: Early Magpie Keybinds

https://makertube.net/w/pUxVngJCKahduTLcAxWGxL

Building Budgie 11: Early Magpie Keybinds

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Budgie 10.10.2: Demonstrating Show Desktop Functionality

https://makertube.net/w/2VRfeg7cnjgnpPDb1cZnQX

Budgie 10.10.2: Demonstrating Show Desktop Functionality

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Budgie 10.10.2: Sloppy Focus Dialog Improvements

https://makertube.net/w/tLk9Lj3yBSTkCyC7XeW9rX

Budgie 10.10.2: Sloppy Focus Dialog Improvements

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Building Budgie 11 #6: Finding Common Ground on Outputs (Pt. 2)

https://makertube.net/w/edHj6dcDTrvAVpTduLxzzo

Building Budgie 11 #6: Finding Common Ground on Outputs (Pt. 2)

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Building Budgie 11 #5: Finding Common Ground on Outputs (Pt. 1)

https://makertube.net/w/j4GkfAjzYVZFCtqV5jVWYc

Building Budgie 11 #5: Finding Common Ground on Outputs (Pt. 1)

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Building Budgie 11 #4: A Panel Never Forgets

https://makertube.net/w/r7ZWkZzoXonsKwbiamgvgS

Building Budgie 11 #4: A Panel Never Forgets

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Building Budgie 11 #3: Getting Qt with Key Sequences & Mir API Exploration

https://makertube.net/w/m3rheUg8d2QL3qR21ERLbZ

Building Budgie 11 #3: Getting Qt with Key Sequences & Mir API Exploration

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Building Budgie 11 #2: Adding Configuration to our Wayland Compositor (Pt. 2)

https://makertube.net/w/jzwQouoixFN3t8Da8JfY2v

Building Budgie 11 #2: Adding Configuration to our Wayland Compositor (Pt. 2)

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