# Ubuntu Budgie team meeting: 19 October 2025

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**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/ubuntu-budgie-team-meeting-19-october-2025/8444 "2025-10-28T19:38:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/ubuntu-budgie-team-meeting-19-october-2025/8444/1 "2025-10-28T19:38:48Z")

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The Ubuntu Budgie team meets once a month to discuss recent updates and what’s coming next for Ubuntu Budgie. **Meeting notes from Ubuntu Budgie team meeting of 19 October 2025, 16:30 UTC.**

## Updates from upstream

- Gnome 49 updates issues with Budgie. Gnome settings daemon was forked to restore functionality.

- Budgie 10.9.3 released to deal with the Gnome 49 settings

- VLC to replace the default video player? Check how it works and looks on 25.10 with the PPA.

### Wayland and display manager

- Wayland display manager issues: Session Manager issues were sorted out after the release of 25.10.
- Display manager is being worked by BoB upstream.
- Crystal dock RC6 will be uploaded to Debian so there can be a dock for Wayland before 26.04.
- Changes might be needed on the Ubuntu Installer for automatic login.
- QEMU seem to be working fine for testing

## Testing tasks

- Write a discourse post as soon as the components are ready, with guides on how to test on hardware or VMs
- Create a budgie welcome “are you feeling brave” mode where all the testing and backports ppas are automaticaly enabled.
- Testing stream with the ubuntu hideout

### Hardware testing

- @fossfreedom to test wacom tablets
- @ilvipero to test touch screen

## DNS

- Domain DNS renewal for 1 year

## Website

- blog posts converted to markdown and moved to the new website
- Transition around end of the year
- New merch store to be added to new website

Thanks all that managed to attend the monthly team meeting.  
**Next meeting 16 November 2025 - 16:30 pm UTC**