Ubuntu Studio aims to be a multimedia editing flavor of Ubuntu for the Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional who is already familiar with the Ubuntu-Gnome environment. Ubuntu Studio is currently in planning. This page is the starting point for these plans.

The old documentation can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudioPreparation

Ultimate Goal

To build a solid multimedia editing distro based on Ubuntu-Gnome by Feisty Fawn.

Get Involved

• We need you! Come talk with us on #ubuntustudio on Freenode and look at our [wiki:UbuntuStudio/ProjectGoals "Project Goals"] page to see if you can help. The IRC channel is STRICTLY for development of Ubuntu Studio. DO NOT come there to ask support questions for audio hardware/software.BR

• Our spec page is [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudioSpec HERE] and our Launchpad page is [https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntustudio HERE].

NOTICE!

• Our new main URL is: http://ubuntustudio.org This will eventually become the main source for info on Ubuntu Studio

• We need help getting a proper spec written for a Ubuntu Studio kernel. Please look [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultimediaProductionKernel HERE] to add to the spec.

• Please try to sign your comments. Though, with the addition of concrete info, it isnt needed.

Status

The plan at the moment is:

• Use only packages in official Ubuntu repositories
• Use the best kernel Feisty Fawn provides.
• Use Gnome
• Build "Alt" DVD

Contributors

UbuntuStudio/TeamStructure

Project Goals

UbuntuStudio/ProjectGoals is the place to go to see what we need help with.

Art & Themes

UbuntuStudio/ArtProposal - Guide and info on the "look and feel" for Ubuntu Studio.

Ubuntu Studio Metapackages Breakdown

UbuntuStudio/MetapackagesBreakdown - A page for the structure of the metapackages and disks.

Ubuntu Studio "To Package" List

UbuntuStudio/ToPackage - A page with the apps we are trying to package for Ubuntu

Current Questions

Comments

• I will put a quotation of one of my sound engineer friend : "no matter what it looks, if you can work a day on, if it is functionnal, and if it sounds great". Do you think it is possible with Ubuntu (or Ubuntu Studio)? - ttoineBR

• What's the current state for the amd64 architecture? I believe there's no metapackage yet; do you plan to support this arch. ? - rdoursenaud
  • We do not support 64 bit. We hope to support it for our next release. - C.Kontros

• Can we get some good samples with this? I'm especially interested in public domain looped or long-sampled instruments in formats like .ITI; although a new instrument format using FLAC compression would be awesome. There's some good base samples at [http://freepats.opensrc.org/samples/imis/] but they need to be split up, tuned (i.e. have their C-4 sample rate set), and arranged in an .ITI. --JohnMoser