Final release in the v10.2 branch.
The next release of Budgie will be v10.3, which will move to enforcing a stable performant API/ABI through a C rewrite of the core. The soname will be bumped in v10.3 meaning all binary extensions to Budgie will require rebuilds in the next version. No removals will be made to the API so no code changes will be required.
Check the full changelog for all the details and items that might not be iterated here.
Main Changes
- Sync more translations and fix untranslatable strings
- Fix theming issues on
GtkSwitchs - Fix panel slide in effect for a more optimal view
- Enforce certain applications to obey the icon theme on the
IconTasklistApplet - Enable compatibility with GNOME Terminal notifications
- Add fade-out effect for tile previews
- Add Spotify compatibility (MPRIS no longer hangs)
- Enable dismissing of Raven by clicking on the desktop instead of just active windows
- Fix out-of-tree builds using the native Budgie Panel Applet API, which enables the building of Budgie Applets for packaging
- Improve listbox navigation when adding applets (i.e. allow using the keyboard navigation and enter key)
- Fixed rendering issues on collapsible widgets inside Raven (no more tearing)
- Improve notifications UX (use a placeholder in absence of active notifications)
- Improve wallpaper performance through explicit caching
- Various tray applet fixes
- Improve support within Budgie for theming, enabling per-gtk-version themes to be discovered, and correctly isolating cursor and icon themes which share a highly similar standard
- Implement the first revision of the
AppSystemfor better identification of the.desktopfile belonging to running applications, enable far more applications to be pinned to the Budgie Panel (such as GNOME GtkApplications) - Stop notifications from expanding Raven to a silly width
- Fix missing Budgie PolKit Auth Icon
- Integrate
gnome-screensaverwith an autostart file. In the near future this will be replaced withbudgie-screensaver - Fix battery update issues
- Replaced the Run Dialog (
ALT+F2) with a more modern effort that better integrates into the Budgie 10 style. - Allowed Notifications to (ab)use the icon field of a notification dbus message to provide an image path, in addition to already supporting the
image-pathdbus hint, so that Lollypop can show cover-art in its notifications. - Fixed calendar issues in Raven
- Redesigned Budgie Menu
- Consistent Raven Toggle Behaviour
- Introduction of
Super+Ashortcut to go directly to Raven Applet View, withSuper+Nopening the Raven Notifications View - Many code cleanups
- Many more, unmentioned changes
Future Integration Notes for Vendors (v10.3):
gnome-screensaverwill be replaced withbudgie-screensaver, which is currently a lightly modified version of the now dead-upstream gnome-screensaver to integrate fully with modern GNOME settings and the Budgie UX. The code will also be updated, cleaned, and undergo static analysis in tandem with the Budgie C Rewritelightdm-budgie-greeterwill be made available to all and will be the default Budgie greeter. It is assumed vendors will recommend LightDM with their packaging as GDM is entirely dependent ongnome-shelland there is absolutely no way around this, as gnome-shell provides the entire UI. This is inappropriate for most vendors and remixes.
Important
Budgie Desktop makes use of the gnome-volume-control component, "gvc", as a git submodule. Please ensure you use only the attached tarball (.tar.xz) when updating your packages, as they are produced by us using make distcheck, which ensures everything is where it should be.
Failure to do so, such as the use of custom gvc versions that are untested by the Solus team, or the use of shallow git clones, or GitHub's autogenerated, and notoriously broken, tarballs, will result in a subpar experience for your users, please be considerate so that we may provide them with the best of support and easier triage future issues (Of which we know plenty exist, don't worry.)