Are you a fan of the Budgie desktop environment? Well, you can hear about the project’s upcoming plans later this month. By participating in the event you also have the opportunity to provide feedback. For those unaware, the Budgie desktop environment, as the page for it on Wikipedia mentions, is focused on “simplicity, minimalism, and elegance” and is tightly integrated with the GNOME stack, such as GTK. It is the default DE shipped with Solus.

Numerous media outlets had reported about the fact that System76 – one of the most prominent Linux-based computer manufacturers out there – was going to tackle an enormous task. That would involve creating a new desktop environment, written in Rust. That was a little over four months ago. Fast forward to yesterday, Destination Linux interviewed Emma Marshall, vice president of customer care at System76. In the episode, Emma was asked what the purpose of this ambitious project was.