Budgie Desktop
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Budgie is the default desktop of Solus Operating System, written from scratch. Besides a more modern design, Budgie can emulate the look and feel of the GNOME 2 desktop.
At this time Budgie is heavily under development, so you can expect minor bugs and new features to be added as time goes on.
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Installation
Install the budgie-desktop package for the latest stable or budgie-desktop-gitAUR for current git master. It's recommended to install its optional dependencies also to get a more complete desktop environment. It's recommended also to install the gnome group, which contains applications required for the standard GNOME experience.
Starting
Choose Budgie Desktop session from a display manager of choice, or modify xinitrc to include Budgie Desktop:
~/.xinitrc
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Budgie:GNOME exec budgie-desktop
Usage
You can see the notification messages, set volume, and modify the look and feel of the desktop with the sidebar called "Raven". It can be accessed with Super+N
key or by clicking on the Status Indicator applet.
Configuration
Configuration of Budgie Desktop is done through the sidebar and changes to system settings are made through gnome-control-center
Changing button layout
Window button layout can be changed using dconf, dconf-editor or gsettings.
For example:
gsettings set com.solus-project.budgie-wm button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:appmenu' gsettings set com.solus-project.budgie-helper.workarounds fix-button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:menu'
Replace Budgie WM
It is possible to use an alternative window manager with the Budgie. Either define a custom session which replaces budgie-wm with a window manager of choice or else autostart my-wm --replace
where my-wm is the executable name of the window manager you wish to use.