Budgie is the flagship desktop environment of the Solus Operating System. It is designed with the modern user in mind, it focuses on simplicity and elegance, while being powerful and customizable enough to make it your own.
### Accessibility
Budgie has been tested and refined to ensure High Contrast theming works out-of-the-box and enabling usage by individuals with visual impairments.
Budgie ships with an applet, notification and customization center referred to as Raven. Raven enables you to:
1. Easily access calendar information, sound volume, media player controls, and more via Applets view.
2. Manage incoming application and system notifications via Notifications view
3. Customize your Budgie and system experience by enabling you to:
1. Toggle system-wide Dark theme.
2. Change GTK and icon theming
3. Add, remove, and modify Budgie panels, their properties as well as their displayed applets.
4. Obtain quick access to system settings and power options such as restart, suspend, and shutdown.
You can access Raven by clicking the status icons (such as notification bell) in the top right corner of the screen or via the Keyboard Shortcut stated below.
### Keyboard Shortcuts
We provide numerous keyboard shortcuts to enable quick access to areas of the Budgie desktop.
Keyboard Shortcut | Action
----- | -----
Windows Key (*also Windows key + S*) | Open Budgie Menu
