# Budgie 11 - News and status

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-11-news-and-status/4784>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [March 21, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-11-news-and-status/4784 "2021-03-21T12:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mezcalbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@mezcalbert](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mezcalbert)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-11-news-and-status/4784/2 "2021-08-20T09:16:52Z")

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Replying to myself but I believe it’s interesting to share.

Came upon this topic this morning from about 6 months ago where a well known Solus and Budgie dev is giving some insight about Budgie 11:

> **[Budgie Is Worth a Try](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26101637)**
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> 72 points —
> 48 comments —
> thastings —
> 2:09 PM - 11 Feb 2021

Extracts:

> To clarify, Budgie is NOT based on GNOME Shell. Budgie uses gnome-settings-daemon, GTK, and Mutter. It’s written with GTK, C, and Vala, whereas GNOME Shell is written in C, St, and JavaScript. **Budgie 11 isn’t going to use any GNOME applications, its settings daemon, or Mutter. May not even use GTK (but rather EFL).**

11 might be a totally different beast.  
EFL stands for Enlightenment Foundation Libraries.

> -So, is Budgie 11 actually going to happen?
> 
> -Yes however it is not a priority over other aspects of Solus development.

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