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Ubuntu Budgie

Ubuntu Budgie is an official community flavor of Ubuntu. It combines an Ubuntu-based operating system with an independently developed graphical user interface-based desktop environment named Budgie.

Ubuntu Budgie
Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 "Questing Quokka"
DeveloperUbuntu Budgie Team
OS familyUnix-like: Linux
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source, with exceptions[1]
Initial release25 April 2016 (10 years ago) (2016-04-25) as unofficial Ubuntu derivative;
16 November 2016 (9 years ago) (2016-11-16) as an official Ubuntu flavour
Latest release25.10[2] Edit this on Wikidata "Questing Quokka" / 8 October 2025; 7 months ago (8 October 2025)
Marketing targetPersonal computers
Update methodAPT (Software Updater, GNOME Software)
Package managerdpkg, Snap
Supported platformsIA-32 (until version 18.04); x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		Budgie
LicenseFree software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official websiteubuntubudgie.org

History

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Ubuntu Budgie began as an unofficial community flavor in parallel with Ubuntu 16.04 long-term support (LTS), referred to as "budgie-remix".[3] budgie-remix 16.10 was later released by strictly following the time frame issued for Ubuntu 16.10.[4]

It was eventually recognized as an official community flavor of Ubuntu, and was rebranded as Ubuntu Budgie.[5]

In November 2017, Vincenzo Bovino was hired as the new brand and public relations (PR) manager.[6]

Ubuntu Budgie 17.04 was released in April 2017,[7] and was updated to version 17.10 in October 2017.[8]

32-bit support was deprecated from Ubuntu Budgie and Ubuntu MATE with version 18.10.[9]

Releases

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Current release Release no longer supported Release still supported Future release
VersionCodenameRelease dateSupported untilRemarksKernel version[9]
16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus 25 Apr 2016[10] Aug 2018[11] First release, branded budgie-remix 4.10 (16.04.3)
16.10 Yakkety Yak 16 Oct 2016[12] 20 Jul 2017[13] 4.8
17.04 Zesty Zapus 11 Apr 2017[14] Jan 2018 First release after rename to Ubuntu Budgie following recognition as an official Ubuntu flavor 4.10
17.10 Artful Aardvark 19 Oct 2017[15] Jul 2018 4.13
17.10.1 12 Jan 2018[16] Re-release due to the original Ubuntu 17.10 ISO images getting pulled due to a bug that messed up some BIOSes
18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver 26 Apr 2018[17]Apr 2021[18] First long-term support release as an official Ubuntu flavor 4.15
18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish 18 Oct 2018[19] Jul 2019 4.18
19.04 Disco Dingo 18 Apr 2019[20] Jan 2020 Better graphics support with Mesa 19.0 5.0
19.10 Eoan Ermine 17 Oct 2019[21] Jul 2020 5.3
20.04 LTS Focal Fossa 23 Apr 2020[22] Apr 2023 5.4
20.10 Groovy Gorilla 22 Oct 2020[23] Jul 2021 5.8
21.04 Hirsute Hippo 22 Apr 2021[24] Jan 2022 5.11
21.10 Impish Indri 14 Oct 2021[25] Jul 2022 5.13
22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish 21 Apr 2022[26] Apr 2025 5.15
22.10 Kinetic Kudu 20 Oct 2022[27] Jul 2023 5.19
23.04 Lunar Lobster 11 Apr 2023[28] Jan 2024 6.2
23.10 Mantic Minotaur 12 Oct 2023[29] Jul 2024 6.5
24.04 LTS Noble Numbat 25 Apr 2024 Apr 2027 6.8
24.10 Oracular Oriole 7 Oct 2024[30] Jul 2025 6.11
25.04 Plucky Puffin 15 Apr 2025[31] Jan 2026 6.14
25.10 Questing Quokka 8 Oct 2025[32] Jul 2026 6.17
26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon 23 Apr 2026[33] Apr 2029 7.0

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 release notes". 8 October 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  3. ↑ fossfreedom (25 April 2016). "budgie-remix 16.04 is now out!". Xpress-Ubuntu. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Nikola (16 October 2016). "Budgie-Remix 16.10 released". Ubuntu Budgie. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "It's official". Ubuntu Budgie. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ubuntu Budgie new team". Ubuntu Budgie. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Nikola (13 April 2017). "17.04 Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Nikola (25 September 2017). "17.10 Release Notes". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017.
  9. 1 2 "DistroWatch.com: Ubuntu Budgie".
  10. ↑ "budgie-remix 16.04 is now out!". Xpress-Ubuntu. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Budgie-Remix 16.04 – End of Support Date". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  12. ↑ Nikola (16 October 2016). "Budgie-Remix 16.10 Released". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Sneddon, Joey (19 July 2017). "Support for Ubuntu 16.10 Ends Today". OMG! Ubuntu!. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  14. ↑ Nikola (11 April 2017). "17.04 Release Notes". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  15. ↑ Nikola (19 October 2017). "17.10 Ubuntu Budgie Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Exceptional respins of Ubuntu 17.10 media; call for testing". 12 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver : What's new?". Technotification. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  18. ↑ David (26 April 2018). "Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 LTS Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  19. ↑ "DistroWatch.com: Ubuntu Budgie". distroWatch.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  20. ↑ Nikola (27 March 2019). "19.04 Release Notes". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  21. ↑ Nikola (25 September 2019). "19.10 Release Notes". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  22. ↑ David (23 April 2020). "Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 LTS Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020.
  23. ↑ David (28 September 2020). "Ubuntu Budgie 20.10 Release Notes". Archived from the original on 7 October 2020.
  24. ↑ Nikola (22 April 2021). "Ubuntu Budgie 21.04 Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  25. ↑ David (14 October 2021). "Ubuntu Budgie 21.10 Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021.
  26. ↑ Mauro (28 March 2022). "Ubuntu Budgie 22.04 LTS Release Notes". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022.
  27. ↑ David (20 October 2022). "Ubuntu Budgie 22.10 Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022.
  28. ↑ David (11 April 2023). "Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  29. ↑ David (12 October 2023). "Ubuntu Budgie 23.10 Released!". Ubuntu Budgie. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  30. ↑ "Ubuntu Budgie 24.10 Released". Ubuntu Budgie. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  31. ↑ "Ubuntu Budgie 25.04 release notes". Ubuntu Budgie. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  32. ↑ "Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 release notes". Ubuntu Budgie. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  33. ↑ "Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 LTS release notes". Ubuntu Budgie. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
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