Released Budgie Desktop v7 debuts the notification area
Released Budgie Desktop v7 debuts the notification area
It 'landed the new version number 7 Desktop Budgie which includes new features that make the ED more stable and complete
Budgie Desktop
Continue the development of new Budgie open source desktop environment based on the GNOME stack. The idea of the project Budgie is to offer users a desktop environment modern and light (much like Chrome OS) in such a way that it can be used in new pc and dated with a lot of support for the new Wayland graphical server, GTK +3 and more. The developer of Desktop Budgie have recently presented the new version number 7 upgrade that as well as various bug fixes include the new notification area through two new applet called Tray Applet and the Notification Applet to be included with the new manager arrived in the previous
Budgie Desktop v7 also improves the volume applet with the ability to increase or decrease the volume by placing your cursor on the applet and turning the mouse wheel.
Always applet volume also find access to the Gnome Control Center, just a click to work in the volume or go to the control panel of the desktop environment.
For more information on the new Budgie Desktop v7 please consult the release notes for this page.
Note:Budgie Desktop integrates with the GNOME stack, and as such requires certain components to operate correctly.
TODO:
- Start adding support for translations
- Optimize menu (migrate from GtkListBox)
- Add some form of notification system ✓
- Add appindicator to eventually replace new tray
- Add sound control (PulseAudio) and support media keys (partly done) ✓
- Allow adding launchers directly to panel
- Allow pinning menu launchers to panel (see above point)
- Rewrite in Vala! (mostly done, panel is complete)
- Enable customisation of panel layout, etc. ✓
- Add dynamic editor for panel layout ✓
- Add support for GNOME Panel theming ✓
- Dynamically resize applets according to panel size ✓
Budgie Desktop v7 is already available for Evolve OS just type in a terminal:
sudo pisi upgradewe'll have to reboot after the update deployment.
We can install / test the new budgie Desktop 7 in Ubuntu and through this guide, or through the official repositories of Manjaro Linux, and Arch Linux, openSUSE and Fedora just consult our dedicated article.
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