Ubuntu Studio 13.04 Raring Ringtail reaches EOL 27th of January, 2014. This means there will be no more updates to that release, so if you are still running it, now would be a good time to think about upgrading.
Dear Ubuntu Studio users,
The Ubuntu Studio team proudly announces the immediate release of Ubuntu Studio 13.10.
This exciting release incorporates the new features listed below.
* A new menu structure which works on any desktop environment. Len Ovens and Mish did a great job on moving various apps to the right submenu and creating new menu icons.
* A new package named ubuntustudio-installer, which allows any person to install our metapackages and can fit into any desktop environment.
* Instead of a settings menu, we have fitted in a new Settings Manager, with all settings in one place.
* When you are in the GRUB Menu, the boot item for Ubuntu Studio will show “Ubuntu Studio” instead of “Ubuntu”. Also, the latest -lowlatency kernel will be always the default boot item in the GRUB boot loader.
* The XFCE session in the LightDM is removed to avoid any confusion with the Ubuntu Studio session.
* A new wallpaper, made by our artwork lead, Zak Frappan.
* The linux-lowlatency kernel has been updated to upstream Linux kernel version 3.11.3.
* We have added GNOME Orca for accessibility purposes, and also Ardour 3 for audio production.
Please download the image, available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/13.10/release.
We strongly recommend users currently using Ubuntu Studio 13.04 to upgrade to this release.
You are free to read the release notes in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio. The release notes contain instructions to upgrade, and information that might be useful for users.
Ubuntu Studio 13.10 will be supported for 9 months. User support is available in the Ubuntu Forums, #ubuntustudio IRC channel on Freenode IRC Network, and also at our mailing list, ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com.
We sincerely hope that you enjoy this release, and thank you for using Ubuntu Studio.
Best wishes,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
On behalf of the Ubuntu Studio Team
Dear Ubuntu Studio developers, testers and users,
We are about to release Ubuntu Studio 13.10 on the coming Thursday. However, we are desperately in need for testing. Please help us test the release candidate images!
Testcases for the amd64 images are in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55592/testcases,
while i386 image testcases can be found in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55593/testcases.
Please also do the upgrade testcases as well, linked in http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55391/testcases (for amd64) and http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds/55392/testcases (for i386).
The latest image is available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current. We recommend you to use zsync to download the image, as the images will be updated quite frequently in the coming few days.
The changes compared to Ubuntu Studio 13.04 can be found at https://ubuntustudio.org/2013/09/ubuntu-studio-13-10-saucy-salamander-beta-2-released/ (except for one final feature: We added Ardour 3 to the images).
You can find a detailed testing walkthrough and videos at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Walkthrough.
If you have any inquiries, feel free to ask in #ubuntustudio-devel on Freenode or mail us at ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com
We appreciate your testing efforts and let’s make Ubuntu Studio 13.10 an amazing release!
Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
Dear Ubuntu Studio users,
I’m very pleased and excited to announce the second and final beta release of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander).
Users will be complimented with this beta release, as it comes with great improvements (compared to 13.04), including:
* A new menu structure which works on any desktop environment. Len Ovens and Mish did a great job on moviing various apps to the right submenu and creating new menu icons.
* A new package named ubuntustudio-installer, which allows any person to install our metapackages and can fit into any desktop environment.
* Instead of a settings menu, we have fitted in a new Settings Manager, with all settings in one place.
Grub fixes
* When you are in the GRUB Menu, the boot item for Ubuntu Studio will show “Ubuntu Studio” instead of “Ubuntu”. Also, the latest -lowlatency kernel will be always the default boot item in the GRUB boot loader.
* The XFCE session in the LightDM is removed to avoid any confusion with the Ubuntu Studio session.
* A new wallpaper.
In addition, we have fixed some upgrade bugs from 13.04 to 13.10 Beta 2, so the process of upgrading should be smooth now.
Please do note that the beta images are NOT recommend for users who want a stable system. Only if you want to try out the latest features should you install this release.
The images are available for download at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/saucy/beta-2/. The release notes are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/Beta2/UbuntuStudio.
We hope you enjoy this new release!
Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
Hello Ubuntu Studio Developers, contributors and users,
“Keep calm and test the images!” — Ubuntu QA Team
We are now close to our second and final beta release of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), and we want YOU to test for us.
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/303/builds is the place where you follow the testcases and submit the results, simply choose “Ubuntu Studio
There are not many changes from Beta 1 to Beta 2 (except that we fixed 4 bugs about upgrading). Changes in features can be found at https://ubuntustudio.org/2013/09/ubuntu-studio-13-10-saucy-salamander-beta-1-released/. So we want you to test the upgrades again, to see if there is any more bugs. (Of course you can report bugs in images too:))
The images are always accessible at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current.
For any inquiries, find us at ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com or contact zequence/OvenWerks/smartboyhw in #ubuntustudio-devel on Freenode.
Happy testing!
Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
Dear Ubuntu Studio users,
I’m very pleased and excited to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander).
Users will be complimented with this beta release, as it comes with great improvements, including:
* A new menu structure which works on any desktop environment. Len Ovens and Mish did a great job on moviing various apps to the right submenu and creating new menu icons.
* A new package named ubuntustudio-installer, which allows any person to install our metapackages and can fit into any desktop environment.
* Instead of a settings menu, we have fitted in a new Settings Manager, with all settings in one place.
Grub fixes
* When you are in the GRUB Menu, the boot item for Ubuntu Studio will show “Ubuntu Studio” instead of “Ubuntu”. Also, the latest -lowlatency kernel will be always the default boot item in the GRUB boot loader.
* The XFCE session in the LightDM is removed to avoid any confusion with the Ubuntu Studio session.
Please do note that the artwork is not finalized, and that the beta images are NOT recommend for users who want a stable system. Only if you want to try out the latest features should you install this release.
The images are available for download at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-studio/releases/saucy/beta-1/. The release notes are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/Beta1/UbuntuStudio.
We hope you enjoy this new release!
Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
Dear Ubuntu Studio Developers, Contributors and Users,
The first beta of Ubuntu Studio’s development release, Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), will be released on Thursday, 5th September, 2013. I would like to call for testers.
This release is a very exciting one as we have added a new set of features to the development release, including:
* A new menu structure which works on any desktop environment. Len Ovens and Mish did a great job on moviing various apps to the right submenu and creating new menu icons.
* A new package named ubuntustudio-installer, which allows any person to install our metapackages and can fit into any desktop environment.
* Instead of a settings menu, we have fitted in a new Settings Manager, with all settings in one place.
Grub fixes
* When you are in the GRUB Menu, the boot item for Ubuntu Studio will show “Ubuntu Studio” instead of “Ubuntu”. Also, the latest -lowlatency kernel will be always the default boot item in the GRUB boot loader.
* The XFCE session in the LightDM is removed to avoid any confusion with the Ubuntu Studio session.
You can find the Ubuntu Studio pre-Beta 1 images at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/dvd/current.
Find the testcases in the Ubuntu ISO QA Tracker (http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/302/builds) for Ubuntu Studio and follow them (along with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Walkthrough as a reference document) to test the images.
After you have tested them, report the results in the ISO QA Tracker.
Make sure you DO report any bugs you found and report them using ubuntu-bug in your terminal or Launchpad (https://launchpad.net).
Enjoy the testing and let’s make the release happen!
Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
We’re happy to announce our new webshop! Check out our new page for it at ubuntustudio.org/merchandise.
For the past few months we’ve been working on setting up a webshop at ubuntustudio.spreadshirt.net.
Using design elements from classical Ubuntu Studio artwork, and by reinventing it, a simple clean design was created for the first set of products offered at the webshop.
To begin with we are offering t-shirts and mugs.
This webshop is intended for Ubuntu Studio merchandise, but Ubuntu Studio will not be receiving commission from sales. It exists solely for the fun of it, and if you like, to promote the Ubuntu Studio brand and philosophy.
The person behind realizing the webshop is our team member Antoine Thomas a.k.a ttoine, and he is also the person licensed to allow spreadshirt to sell our products.
Since Ubuntu Studio contains the word Ubuntu, which is a trademark of Canonical Ltd, we are required to ask Canonical for permission to sell products using that trademark.
One of the conditions in the license is that we do not take commission of sales.
The excellent artwork for these first products was all done by our art lead Zak Frappan a.k.a madeinkobaia.
In the picture to the right you can see an example of the blue color t-shirt, worn by myself.
/Kaj Ailomaa a.k.a zequence – Ubuntu Studio project lead
The Ubuntu Studio team is proud to announce Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS, the third point release to our latest long-term support version, Ubuntu Studio 12.04 LTS.
Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS contains kernel updates and stable release updates of different applications.
The full release notes can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio/
The images are available for download at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/12.04.3/
Ubuntu Studio 12.04 LTS will be supported until April 2017.
We hope you would enjoy this release of Ubuntu Studio.
Dear Ubuntu Studio Developers, Contributors and users,
Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS point release is planned for release on
Thursday, 22nd August, 2013. Now, I would like to invite you to test
the images before the release happens.
The images are currently available at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/
The testcases are available at:
amd64: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/
i386: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/
All testcases are required to be done and pass in order for the Ubuntu
Studio Release Team to release the image. Report the results of your
testing at the above testcase links.
Follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
test an image. Report any bugs via Launchpad, and note down of the bug
number in your submitted result.
Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS will be just a point release of Ubuntu
Studio 12.04 LTS, with stable release updates available pre-installed.
Thank you for your time and effort in testing such images.
Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
Ubuntu Studio Release Manager
