Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation flavour of Ubuntu. It's built for the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional.

The Ubuntu Studio team is proud to announce its second release: 7.10 for Intel i386-compatible processors and AMD 64 bit processors. With this release, which you can download for DVD in little over 800 MiB, we offer a feature that is somewhat reminiscent of Ubuntu Server: on installation, you can choose between the Audio, Graphics or Video tasks.

We have endeavoured to have all of our packages in the standard Ubuntu repositories. From this Gutsy release on there will be no need for an external repository. Which is a great improvement in staying as close to Ubuntu as we always desired.

A new Ubuntu Studio specific menu has been developed. Organizing nicely the big load of multimedia applications ready to be launched from the Gnome menu. Improving drastically the easy access to any tool. Gutsy is also providing a new fully realtime enabled setup. Improving the experience, especially with the audio applications. We have built upon the usability and support of Ubuntu as a foundation, and are certain that this was a wise choice, for we have access to a wide range of packages in the repository, and a stable base system.

Art related, we gave users the option to vote for the final wallpaper and gdm splash screen. Which was a great success in user participation with a lot of votes. So we believe the new art, together with the new modifications to our well-known gtk theme, will maintain Ubuntu Studio's art great status.

Last and definitely not least, as Ubuntu Studio has become closer to Ubuntu, and vice versa, as Canonical is building the Ubuntu Studio Install DVD's. Which proves the support and interest Ubuntu has in Ubuntu Studio, as the official derivate it is.

As our wiki page at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio states: "Our aim is to make it more accessible for new users to get into the tools that GNU/Linux has to offer for multimedia creation/production. We also want to spotlight what's out there. Show users tools they might not have know existed." We have certainly fulfilled that aim with our second release with 7.10, and can only continue to improve.

Thanks to all who helped in Ubuntu Studios creation! Bring on the show!