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| Ubuntu Budgie | |
|---|---|
Ubuntu Budgie 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" | |
| Developer | Ubuntu Budgie Team |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source (with some exceptions)[1] |
| Initial release | 25 April 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-04-25) as unofficialUbuntu derivative; 16 November 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-11-16) as an officialUbuntu flavour |
| Latest release | 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" / 17 April 2025; 7 months ago (2025-04-17) |
| Marketing target | Personal computers |
| Update method | APT (Software Updater,GNOME Software) |
| Package manager | dpkg,Snappy |
| Supported platforms | IA-32 (until version 18.04);x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Budgie |
| License | Free software licenses (mainlyGPL) |
| Official website | ubuntubudgie |
Ubuntu Budgie is anofficial community flavor of Ubuntu. It combines theUbuntu-based system with the independently developedBudgie desktop environment.
Ubuntu Budgie started out as an unofficial community flavor in parallel with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, referred to as "budgie-remix".[2] budgie-remix 16.10 was later released by strictly following the time frame issued for Ubuntu 16.10.[3]
It was eventually recognized as an official community flavor of Ubuntu, and was rebranded as Ubuntu Budgie.[4]
In November 2017, Vincenzo Bovino was hired as the new brand andPR Manager.[5]
Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 was released in April 2017,[6] and was updated to version 17.10 in October 2017.[7]
32-bit support was deprecated from Ubuntu Budgie andUbuntu MATE with the 18.10 release.[8]
| Current release | Release no longer supported | Release still supported | Future release |
|---|
| Version | Codename | Release date | Supported until | Remarks | Kernel version[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 LTS | Xenial Xerus | 2016-04-25[9] | 2018-08[10] | First release, branded budgie-remix | 4.10 (16.04.3) |
| 16.10 | Yakkety Yak | 2016-10-16[11] | 2017-07- 20[12] | 4.8 | |
| 17.04 | Zesty Zapus | 2017-04-11[13] | 2018-01 | First release after rename to Ubuntu Budgie following recognition as an official Ubuntu flavor | 4.10 |
| 17.10 | Artful Aardvark | 2017-10-19[14] | 2018-07 | 4.13 | |
| 17.10.1 | 2018-01-12[15] | Re-release due to the original Ubuntu 17.10ISO images getting pulled due to a bug that messed up someBIOSes | |||
| 18.04 LTS | Bionic Beaver | 2018-04-26[16] | 2021-04[17] | Firstlong-term support release as an official Ubuntu flavor | 4.15 |
| 18.10 | Cosmic Cuttlefish | 2018-10-18[18] | 2019-07 | 4.18 | |
| 19.04 | Disco Dingo | 2019-04-18[19] | 2020-01 | Better graphics support withMesa 19.0 | 5.0 |
| 19.10 | Eoan Ermine | 2019-10-17[20] | 2020-07 | 5.3 | |
| 20.04 LTS | Focal Fossa | 2020-04-23[21] | 2023-04 | 5.4 | |
| 20.10 | Groovy Gorilla | 2020-10-22[22] | 2021-07 | 5.8 | |
| 21.04 | Hirsute Hippo | 2021-04-22[23] | 2022-01 | 5.11 | |
| 21.10 | Impish Indri | 2021-10-14[24] | 2022-07 | 5.13 | |
| 22.04 LTS | Jammy Jellyfish | 2022-04-21[25] | 2025-04 | 5.15 | |
| 22.10 | Kinetic Kudu | 2022-10-20[26] | 2023-07 | 5.19 | |
| 23.04 | Lunar Lobster | 2023-04-11[27] | 2024-01 | 6.2 | |
| 23.10 | Mantic Minotaur | 2023-10-12[28] | 2024-07 | 6.5 | |
| 24.04 LTS | Noble Numbat | 2024-04-25 | 2027-04 | 6.8 | |
| 24.10 | Oracular Oriole | 2024-10-07 | 2025-07 | 6.11 |