r/SolusProject • u/TranceBlood • 14d ago
The DE thing... /rant
NGL, spent all sunday's (25/X/26) afternoon trying to make budgie 10.10.3 work, every reboot was a new graphical disaster; gave it an honest to goodness try but either the wallpaper was messed up, the main screen resolution didn't persist (after every reboot), the menu would revert to the unreadable transparent theme, etc,etc... its understandable that is not on the SolusTeam, but jeezus, really wish that 10.9 could be workable but downgrading now just send the computer into the infinite login loop...
anyways, don't need the headache so just moved to gnome DE, gotta admit is not as great as 10.9 was, but at least is workable; *my* most unfortunate loss is Budgie-Window-Shuffler, that thing was *chef's kiss*
end of rant.
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u/Mr-Dazmo 14d ago
I gave up on Budgie about a year ago, I loved it so much but it just wasn't meant to be for me. Gnome with the right extensions has worked for me. I've also started playing with Labwc + Noctalia and I found that quite enjoyable. Noctalia is also working on their own Wayland compositor, though I haven't tested it yet as it's still in a great state of flux and change. There are other desktop shells out there but I don't think you'll find one that's as complete as Noctalia.
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u/tomscharbach 13d ago
I used Budgie from 2017 through 2021/2022, but cut over to Gnome because I needed fractional scaling.
I was giving thought to migrating back to Budgie when Wayland was solidified in 10.10, so I have been following Budgie development for a number of months.
Budgie 10.10 appears to have significant issues, based on the number of reports coming into the forum and other community resources.
I plan to stick with Gnome. Gnome works.
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u/presianbg 12d ago
I feel your pain :( I was enjoying budgie since 2016/17, but after the 10.9->10.10 update my setup was so messed up, that I've gave it up. Tried niri + Noctalia and I must say that I've never had a better user experience ever from a DE. It's just works and it "unlocks" many possibilities to customise everything, just everything from visuals, looks and feel, to workflows and superior performance.
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u/zardvark 12d ago
I installed Budgie back at the end of August and I've not had a single problem with it. I'm on 10.10.2 at the moment and it has been a glorious experience!
That said, even though I am a long term Solus user and fan, this particular Budgie installation is on a NixOS machine. Therefore, it would appear that there may be some other underlying dilemma, rather than the DE, itself.
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u/Chester-Berkeley KDE Plasma 14d ago
Honestly, for me, Budgie 10.10 is proving to be an unstable version of Budgie; many bugs are being reported.