Softpedia was informed today, October 16, 2016, by budgie-remix project leader David Mohammed about the official and final release of the Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.10 computer operating system.

Based on the recently released Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) distro, Ubuntu Budgie Remix (budgie-remix) 16.10 ships with a kernel from the Linux 4.8 series and is built around the Budgie 10.2.7 desktop environment developed by the Solus Project. There are a lot of great new features implemented in this major version, such as full disk encryption support, Home folder encryption, and support for more languages during installation.

"This is our first release that follows Ubuntu release cycle - we have worked on getting closely aligned our alpha and two betas in the same manner as Ubuntu and the other official community flavours," says David Mohammed. "Based on 16.04.1 experiences, feedback and suggestions we have received from our users, the new release comes with a lot of new features, fixes and optimizations."

Includes many apps from the GNOME 3.22 Stack

Taking a look at the software collection shipping with Ubuntu Budgie Remix (budgie-remix) 16.10, we can't help but notice that there are a dozen of apps from the GNOME 3.22 Stack, including GNOME Maps, GNOME Weather, Geary, Rhythmbox, the latest version of the popular LibreOffice office suite, and the in-house built Budgie Welcome utility that promises to help newcomers quickly set up their new installations.

Last but not least, Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.10 looks gorgeous thanks to the addition of a bunch of new wallpapers submitted by the community during a contest that took place a few weeks ago, the brand-new Pocillo icon theme, as well as a material design theme (optional, as Arc GTK Theme remains the default one). Newcomers can download Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.10 right now via our website, and existing users can upgrade from Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.04 using these instructions.