@andrew.46 think this one askubuntu.com/a/1429987/72216 deserves an undelete. The fact that he is the author doesn't change the fact that it seems a fair attempt to answer the question.
Budgie Desktop is a product of Solus, Ubuntu Budgie is Ubuntu + Budgie Desktop. All the productivity, expo, (many) applets, automatic shortcut daemon, Window Shuffler etc etc is what we made.
Speed is fine! Multiple desktops is fine, several tools for quick access. Especially for the last one, you MUST switch to UB. Shuffler is going into next phase, "window rules" with total control over where and how should appear, workspace, size, autotile and all.
@sancho.sReinstateMonicaCellio The windowmanager comes with the DE. Gnome2 -> Metacity, Gnome3 -> mutter, Unity -> mutter etc. So if I have Budgie, I know I have a (fork of) mutter.
Might be a natural thing. Maybe it's me. Fact is that what happens around here and especially on Meta, I don't follow anymore. Community seems not care. If you do, got the hammered on the head.
After years, another generation comes along, more like "consumers". Since my presence here (ten years or so) I feel the sharp vision got more and more blurred. The lines of the drawing become more vague. Like I said, the humble ambition to create good quality content was replaced by something else.
Not sure, can only give how I feel, which is hardly objective. Might be a natural aging thing. In the early days of AU, there was a generation of "builders". People who had sharp what the goals were and felt highly responsible (I imagine). Some of them still are moderators.
Braiam used to be a highly active person on AU. Sharp as a blade. Got into quarrels a few times. I mostly disagreed with him, but loved him for his unable-to-compromise opinions. He kind of left. I guess in his edit war, old frustration came to the surface.