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Budgie 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland

Written by Michael Larabel in Desktop on 10 January 2026 at 03:04 PM EST. 134 Comments
The Budgie 10.10 desktop has been officially released in marking the open-source project's transition from X11 to Wayland.

The brief announcement with the just-tagged Budgie 10.10 on GitHub exclaims:
"Budgie 10.10 is here!

This release marks our official migration from X11 to Wayland. It’s a landmark moment that rounds out over a decade of the Budgie 10 series, allowing us to now put our focus towards Budgie 11."

Budgie 10.10 was supposed to be out in Q1'2025 as the project's first Wayland-only release albeit development dragged on much longer than originally anticipated.

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After the 10.10 preview release in November, Budgie 10.10 is officially out today for those wanting to try this latest Wayland-based Linux desktop. Download it from GitHub.

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