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who is Budgie Desktop for?
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Budgie was started by Ikey Doherty for Solus. So quick background on Ikey, he does things because he thinks he has a better way of doing it, and he doesn't do it for others so much as himself.
So we could probably say Budgie came about because Ikey wanted a desktop that suited him and his new (at the time) Solus project. And now it just goes on.
He's at it again too. His work on Aeryn OS is all about building his own tools. He reinvents the wheel because it's what suits him.