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Install Budgie Desktop 10.3 in Ubuntu 17.04

By Sourabh /  Category: How To, Ubuntu

Install Budgie Desktop 10.3 in Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and other Ubuntu Derivatives. Budgie Desktop Environment for Ubuntu (V10.3) only includes minor updates and tweaks.

General Improvements

  • MPRIS Artwork – Budgie now supports the downloading of artwork for the MprisClient. Including new code to prevent duplicate artwork from being downloaded (previously most noticeable in Spotify).
  • Alt-Tab – Added a new implementation of Alt-Tab improving upon the previous version with enhanced speed, visuals and reliability.

GTK 3.22

The following issues have been resolved with GTK 3.22:

  • When Budgie panel is located at the bottom, Budgie Menu and popovers will no longer move from the top to the bottom of the screen.
  • Duplicate popover animations.
  • The Run dialogue will cease to appear “stumpy”.

Budgie Applets

Various Budgie Applets have had the following bug fixes:

  • Clock Applet: Vertical alignment now appears correctly.
  • Icon Tasklist: Resolved the inability to pin GNOME Twitch via the Icon Tasklist.
  • Tray Icons: By syncing natray with the upstream gnome-panel, icons are spaced correctly.
  • Places Applet: Added support for encrypted volumes and remote (S/FTP, SMB) shares, and clicking on S/FTP bookmarks now open them in the default file manager.

How to Update to Budgie Desktop V 10.3

16.04 and 16.10 (budgie-remix)

You simply will need to update using the traditional mechanisms such as the Software application, or running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:budgie-remix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install budgie-desktop budgie-indicator-applet

17.04 (Ubuntu Budgie)

You will first need to enable the backports PPA before you will have the 10.3 update made available to you.

  • open the budgie-welcome application
  • go to recommendations
  • select the option to enable the “Backports” repository.

At this point, you can then update using the traditional mechanisms such as the Software application, or running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntubudgie/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install budgie-desktop budgie-indicator-applet