Category: Release Notes

17.10 Beta 1 Release

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Sep
07
2017

Ubuntu Studio 17.10 Artful Aardvark Beta 1 is released!

It’s that time of the release cycle again. The first beta of the upcoming release of Ubuntu Studio 17.10 is here and ready for testing.

You may find the images at cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/artful/beta-1/. More information can be found in the Beta 1 Release Notes.

Reporting Bugs

If you find any bugs with this release, please report them, and take your time in making the bug report as well formulated as possible. You’ll need an account at launchpad.net. Making a bug report can be done from the terminal with the command: ubuntu-bug [package_name] (replace [package_name] with the name of the package you’re reporting the bug against).

Tagging the bugs with “artful” and “ubuntustudio-beta” will also help us find them, but a mail to our mailing list with the link to the bug will also help!

Read more about bug reporting here help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#How_to_report_bugs

Ubuntu Studio 17.04 Released

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Apr
13
2017

We are happy to announce the release of our latest version, Ubuntu Studio 17.04 Zesty Zapus! As a regular version, it will be supported for 9 months. Since it’s just out, you may experience some issues, so you might want to wait a bit before upgrading. Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes and known issues.

Changes in this Release

General

  • system-config-printer-gnome replaced with system-config-printer
  • Added pm-utils

Graphics

  • Krita has been added back
  • Darktable is removed from 32bit ISO due to lack of upstream support

You can get the installation images at our download page!

Want to help out?

Ubuntu Studio is maintained by a very small team and we are actively seeking new contributors. We are looking for developers, packagers and testers. Even if you are interested in contributing outside these areas, please do not hesitate to reach out. Your contribution is precious regardless of your field of activity. We are open to volunteers with all expertise levels. Just head over to our contribute page to find out how to get started.

Found a bug?

Taking the time to report bugs makes a huge difference; it’s the first step towards improvement! Clear and specific bug reports is the best way to get attention to a problem that needs fixing. The easiest way to create a bug report is with the terminal.

Open one up and type: ubuntu-bug <package>

Read more about this at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Ubuntu Studio 16.10 Released

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Oct
14
2016

We are happy to announce the release of our latest version, Ubuntu Studio 16.10 Yakkety Yak! As a regular version, it will be supported for 9 months. Since it’s just out, you may experience some issues, so you might want to wait a bit before upgrading. Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes and known issues.

Changes in this Release

Desktop

  • New default Numix Blue theme

Audio

  • Added dgedit
  • Added drumgizmo

Video

  • Replaced recordmydesktop with vokoscreen

Graphics

  • Replaced gnome-color-manager with dispcalgui
  • Added gpick

Publishing

  • Added calibre
  • Added pdf-shuffler
  • Added plume-creator

Notice: Krita has been temporarily removed from Yakkety Yak 16.10 due to build issues, but should be brought back as an updated version soon, and be installed automatically when upgrading your packages.

You can get the installation images at our download page!

Small but resilient team

In January 2016 we had an election for a new project lead, only one person answered. And while the number of contributors saw a positive increase during the cycle, it barely made up for the ones who have left; yes, Ubuntu Studio is a flavour menaced by extinction! The road to this release was bumpy and hard. But we made it.

Want to help out?

We are desperate for contributors. Especially if you have developing skills, but your contribution is precious regardless of your field of activity. All you need is a genuine desire to learn, and we will do our best to teach you. Just head over to our contribute page to find out how to get started.

Found a bug?

Taking the time to report bugs makes a huge difference; it’s the first step towards improvement! Clear and specific bug reports is the best way to get attention to a problem that needs fixing. The easiest way to create a bug report is with the terminal.

Open one up and type: ubuntu-bug <package>

Read more about this at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Ubuntu Studio 16.04.1 Released

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Jul
24
2016

A new point release of the Xenial Xerus LTS has been released. As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs. Please see the 16.04.1 change summary for more information.

Users of Ubuntu Studio 14.04 will soon be offered an automatic upgrade to 16.04.1 via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XenialUpgrades

New Ubuntu Studio Release 16.04 and New Project Lead!

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Apr
21
2016

New Project Lead

In January 2016 we had an election for a new project lead, and the winner was Set Hallström, who will be taking over the project lead position right after this release. He will be continuing for another two years until the next election in 2018.
The team of developers has also seen a positive increase lately, which bodes well for the future. So, all in all, this release marks a new page in the history of Ubuntu Studio and makes the distribution as strong as it has ever been.

16.04 Xenial Xerus Released!

We’re happy to announce our latest LTS release. Ubuntu Studio 16.04 will be supported for three years. Since it’s just out, you may experience some problems. Read about them and our full list of changes in the release notes at our wiki.

Short list of new features:

  • ubuntustudio-controls rewritten from scratch (also in Wily) for administering realtime privilege for user.
  • Desktop setup more closely synced with Xubuntu for this release
  • Changed from libav to ffmpeg
  • A few changes in our multimedia package selection

You can get the ISOs from our download page!

Want to help out?

We are always looking for contributors. No developing skills needed, and for those who do aspire to do developing, we will teach you. Just head over to ubuntustudio.org/contribute to find out how to get started.

Find any bugs?

If you find any bugs, please take the time to report them. Make the bug report as clear and specific as possible, and work together with developers on finding out what the problem is, so we can find a way to fix it.

The short story to creating a bug report – in a terminal do:

 ubuntu-bug <packagename>

The long story: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

14.04 Beta 1 Release

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Feb
27
2014

Ubuntu Studio 14.04 Trusty Tahr Beta 1 is released!

You may find the images at cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/trusty/beta-1/.

Reporting Bugs

If you find any bugs with this release, please report them, and take your time in making the bug report as well formulated as possible. You’ll need an account at launchpad.net. Making a bug report can be done from the terminal with the command: ubuntu-bug package_name (replace package_name with the name of the package you’re reporting the bug against).

Read more about bug reporting here help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#How_to_report_bugs

Ubuntu Studio 12.04.4 Precise Pangolin point release

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Feb
06
2014

Another point release of Ubuntu Studio 12.04 is out. For Ubuntu Studio users this is merely a new ISO build containing all security updates up until now. If you have 12.04 already installed, you will have received all updates from regular system updates.

The ISO is avilable at our download page.

You may read more about changes since 11.10 here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio.

Release Notes Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Raring Ringtail

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Apr
25
2013

New Features in Ubuntu Studio 13.04

Ubuntu Studio is the Ubuntu flavour designed for content creation.

It’s produced as a DVD image that can also be converted to an USB stick and includes support for most languages by default.

Improved Interface:

  • A new wallpaper (Rock theme) is released and is the default for Ubuntu Studio 13.04 images.
  • New menu items
  • New ubiquity

New software include:

  • Kernel (lowlatency) is now of version 3.8

 

Ubuntu Studio Applications

  • ubuntustudio-generation and ubuntustudio-recording are now transitional empty metas, depending on ubuntustudio-audio, and are not included in the default install.
  • New audio software like lmms.
  • New video software like kdenlive and recordmydesktop
  • New graphics software like krita and create-resources.

 

Fixed bugs

jackd2 1.9.9 was released and fixes Launchpad Bug #956438 (jackdbus crashes on stop).

Pulseaudio 3.0 was released and fixes Launchpad Bug #1163638 (fails to release card on jack).

 

Installation

 

Overview

Preparing your computer for Ubuntu Studio is now simpler, with a wider range of disk setup options. Each of these are detailed at length to provide you with a clear understanding of the actions that will take place with your selection.

You can now reinstall or upgrade an existing copy of Ubuntu Studio with the Ubuntu Studio DVD installer, provided that your computer is connected to the Internet.

 

Download

Ubuntu Studio 13.04 images can be downloaded from:

 

System Requirements

The minimum memory requirement for Ubuntu Studio 13.04 is 768 MB of memory. It is highly recommended that you have 2GB or more memory though so that the system will perform much better. More information about other recommended hardware on the new Ubuntu Studio website when it is released.

 

Upgrading

 

Upgrading from Ubuntu Studio 12.10

NOTE: ALTHOUGH THE UPGRADE FROM UBUNTU STUDIO 12.10 TO 13.04 DOES WORK, IT WILL INTRODUCE SOME ISSUES. HENCEFORTH, THE UBUNTU STUDIO TEAM IS RECOMMENDING A FRESH INSTALL RATHER THAN AN UPGRADE TO INSTALL 13.04.

To upgrade from Ubuntu Studio 12.10, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager” (without the quotes) into the command box. Software Updater should open up. Click “Settings” and click on the tab “Updates”. Set “Notify me of a new Ubuntu version” to “For any new version”. Close and relaunch Software Updater and the Software Updater should display the following message: “New distribution release ‘13.04’ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions”. Please click on “Upgrade” and follow the instructions given.

 

Upgrading from Other Releases

Users of other Ubuntu Studio releases need to upgrade first to 12.04, and then to 12.10, and then basically upgrade to 13.04.

 

Infrastructure

 

Linux kernel 3.8

The Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) includes the 3.8.0-19.13 Ubuntu Linux Lowlatency kernel which is based on the upstream v3.8.8 Linux kernel. Notable changes include initial support for arm multiplatform support for TI omap3/4 and Freescale imx6, alx ethernet driver support, misc config updates and security fixes.

 

GNU Toolchain

13.04 is distributed with an updated default toolchain that includes: GCC 4.7.3-1ubuntu1 (was GCC 4.7.2 in 12.10) and eglibc 2.17-0ubuntu5. ARM 64 bit cross compiler (gcc-4.7-arm64-cross 0.6.0) is also available.

Further information can be found upstream (GCC-4.7, gdb).

 

Java Toolchain

OpenJDK7 is the default Java implementation. Current revision is: OpenJDK-7 7u15-2.3.9-1ubuntu1.

Support

  • Ubuntu Studio 13.04 is supported for 9 months.
  • Security and bugfix updates for Ubuntu Studio are provided by the Ubuntu Studio Team and Community
  • Support via email can be found at the Ubuntu Studio Users Mailing List.
  • Support via IRC is provided through the #ubuntustudio channel on the freenode network – read more about IRC.

Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 Release Notes

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Apr
05
2013

NOTE: This is a Beta pre-release. Ubuntu Studio Pre-releases are NOT recommended for:

  • Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues
  • Anyone who needs a stable system
  • Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system
  • Anyone in a production environment with data or workflows that need to be reliable

Ubuntu Studio Pre-releases ARE recommended for:

  • Regular users who want to help us test by finding, reporting, and/or fixing bugs
  • Ubuntu Studio developers, testers
  • People who want to ‘live-on-the-edge’

 

New Features in Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Beta 2

Ubuntu Studio is the Ubuntu flavour designed for content creation.

It’s produced as a DVD image that can also be converted to an USB stick and includes support for most languages by default.

Improved Interface:

  • A new wallpaper (Rock theme) is released and is the default for Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 images.
  • New menu items
  • New ubiquity

New software include:

  • Xfce updated to version 4.10 (based off of Xubuntu)
  • Kernel (lowlatency) is now of version 3.8

 

Ubuntu Studio Applications

  • ubuntustudio-generation and ubuntustudio-recording are now transitional empty metas, depending on ubuntustudio-audio, and are not included in the default install.
  • New audio software like supercollider, faust and lmms.
  • New video software like kdenlive and recordmydesktop
  • New graphics software like krita and create-resources.

 

Fixed bugs

jackd2 1.9.9 was released to fix Launchpad Bug #956438 (jackdbus crashes on stop). pulseaudio 3.0 was released to fix Launchpad Bug #1163638 (fails to release card on jack).

 

Installation

 

Overview

Preparing your computer for Ubuntu Studio is now simpler, with a wider range of disk setup options. Each of these are detailed at length to provide you with a clear understanding of the actions that will take place with your selection.

You can now reinstall or upgrade an existing copy of Ubuntu Studio with the Ubuntu Studio DVD installer, provided that your computer is connected to the Internet.

 

Download

Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Beta 2 images can be downloaded from:

 

System Requirements

The minimum memory requirement for Ubuntu Studio 13.04 is 768 MB of memory. It is highly recommended that you have 2GB or more memory though so that the system will perform much better. More information about other recommended hardware on the new Ubuntu Studio website when it is released.

 

Upgrading

 

Upgrading from Ubuntu Studio 12.10

NOTE: ALTHOUGH THE UPGRADE FROM UBUNTU STUDIO 12.10 TO 13.04 DOES WORK, IT WILL INTRODUCE SOME ISSUES. HENCEFORTH, THE UBUNTU STUDIO TEAM IS RECOMMENDING A FRESH INSTALL RATHER THAN AN UPGRADE TO INSTALL 13.04.

To upgrade from Ubuntu Studio 12.10, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager” (without the quotes) into the command box. Software Updater should open up. Click “Settings” and click on the tab “Updates”. Set “Notify me of a new Ubuntu version” to “For any new version”. Close and relaunch Software Updater and the Software Updater should display the following message: “New distribution release ‘13.04’ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions”. Please click on “Upgrade” and follow the instructions given.

Since the upgrade does not include the new “photography” and “publishing” metas, so if you want the photography and publishing packages in your upgrade, please install them manually after upgrade by typing “sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-meta-photography ubuntustudio-meta-publishing” in your terminal.

 

Upgrading from Other Releases

Users of other Ubuntu Studio releases need to upgrade first to 12.04, and then to 12.10, and then basically upgrade to 13.04.

 

Infrastructure

 

Linux kernel 3.8

The Ubuntu Studio 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 napshot includes the 3.8.0-14.9 Ubuntu Linux Lowlatency kernel which is based on the upstream v3.8.4 Linux kernel. Notable changes include initial support for arm multiplatform support for TI omap3/4 and Freescale imx6, alx ethernet driver support, misc config updates and security fixes.

 

GNU Toolchain

13.04 is distributed with an updated default toolchain that includes: GCC 4.7.2-21ubuntu1 (was GCC 4.7.2 in 12.10) and eglibc 2.17-0ubuntu4. ARM 64 bit cross compiler (gcc-4.7-arm64-cross 0.5.0) is also available.

Further information can be found upstream (GCC-4.7, gdb).

 

Java Toolchain

OpenJDK7 is the default Java implementation. Current revision is: OpenJDK-7 7u15-2.3.7-1ubuntu2.

Support

  • Ubuntu Studio 13.04 is supported for 9 months.
  • Security and bugfix updates for Ubuntu Studio are provided by the Ubuntu Studio Team and Community
  • Support via email can be found at the Ubuntu Studio Users Mailing List.
  • Support via IRC can be found in the #ubuntustudio channel on the freenode network
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