WetGeek Budgie seems to be the one that's being put forward as the default - it appears first on the download section.

I know it's a newer desktop and not as mature yet, but I think Solus is selling itself short by doing this. IMO MATE is a better choice - Just look at Linux mint. It became the most popular Linux distro largely due to the MATE desktop. It's fast and runs well on reasonable hardware.

It surprised me that Budgie ran so slow because I do have a fairly beefy machine - desktop with 32GB i7 Coffee Lake processor and pretty good graphics card.

      n1980 We are the developers of Budgie, of course it's what we would select as the default experience.

      n1980 It surprised me that Budgie ran so slow because I do have a fairly beefy machine

      All the power in the world can't make up for a single-threaded window-manager which misbehaves. I've already addressed this. Move on.

          DataDrake Hey, I'm just speaking as a user who just wants to get stuff done ASAP, But it's not my opinion that there are bugs. It's a fact. There's a very clear responsiveness issue with the system tray (or task bar if you prefer) - I right click and left click and nothing happens.

          Everything else about Solus is excellent compared to other distros. I love the install process, it's super fast booting, gaming works well, etc.

          One suggestion I would make would be to make it easier to switch desktop environments. I tried to do this with my recent Budgie installation, but I had to manually install each package, and there were many, so I just decided to cut my losses and install MATE from the iso, which means I have to go through my setup of network, VMs, etc all over again.

          It would be nice if I could install MATE/KDE/GNOME in one click, or package.

          FWIW, I've just reinstalled the MATE edition, and intend to continue to use it.

              Well, there are commands to install different DEs. But a clean install is always best.
              https://getsol.us/articles/software/desktop-environments/en/

              Regarding your main point I agree that there are some rough edges with Budgie, but I wouldn't want to change it for anything else. Have been a Budgie user ever since I first installed Solus and every time I tried a different DE I soon switched back again.

              n1980 But it's not my opinion that there are bugs. It's a fact.

              And that's not what I was responding to with that GIF. I was responding to your very rude statement about how stable Budgie actually is. This particularly pissed me off because the issue you are referring to isn't even Budgie's fault.

                Dunno, I run lots of VMs and containers and Solus Budgie works fine for me (since 2017 or so). I've got it running on 3 computers now. YMMV I suppose.

                  Another thing, when you come here and tell volunteers working for free for the good of the community that their work is "absolutely awful", you deserve a worse response than you got. If you're a coder, put your money where your mouth is and pitch in.

                  After Plasma, Budgie is probably the only DE I'd bother using... 🤷‍♂️

                  I have problems with bugs in Budgie that prevent me from using it, but I would never be rude and nasty to the developers about it - I simply submitted a bug report and moved on with my life. On all my other computers Budgie runs very nicely, and I know that in general my own experience is not going to be the same for everyone - Budgie seems to be almost universally well-liked. It's a great piece of software and everyone who's worked on it deserves massive credit.

                  You should really be thankful that everyone is being so polite to you here - goes to show how friendly and civil the Solus community is.

                    Budgie is the strongest motive for the user to try Solus.
                    Mate on the other hand is the same for Mint as well as Cinnamon.
                    The fact is that there are bugs everywere in every distro - DE - kernel - you-name-it.
                    Tell to a parent that their child is ugly and wait for what will happen.
                    Also make a request ,in the same way, to Mint to change their default to budgie
                    and inform this forum of their response.
                    I'll propably eat all my finger nails waiting for that info.

                      tomocafe I've got it running on 3 computers now.

                      Budgie's on 6 out of 7 here. I found that MATE does a better job of streaming video to our TV, but Budgie on our desktops and laptops. It's been that way for a long time.

                        stylste Budgie is the strongest motive for the user to try Solus

                        Actually, I started using Solus because of Ikey's reputation(never used his old solus) but after a while budgie became a little more than a chrome-os like interface to a full DE... no problems with it, I'm using it since the release, and have only good thing to say about it.
                        Bugs, yes, it has, and that's horrible, my wm stops working after exiting some fullscreen games, freezes, and menu sometimes takes a while to open. On kde version this does not happen... BUT, I won't leave budgie, love it 😉
                        Mate is too "strange" to me, too many options, too many things, too many clutter...

                            YuriTheHenrique first install was package Solus-2017.04.18.0-Budgie.iso---never left it either. you get used to things, I guess, so I haven't categorized them as bugs for a long time.

                            YuriTheHenrique GNOME is too "strange" to me, too many options, too many things, too many clutter...

                            fixed that for you🙂