[ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 23.10 Beta Released

[Erich Eickmeyer]

The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 
Studio 23.10, codenamed “Mantic Minotaur”.

While this beta is reasonably free of any showstopper installer bugs, 
you may find some bugs within. This image is, however, mostly 
representative of what you will find when Ubuntu Studio 23.10 is 
released on October 12, 2023.


    Special Notes

The Ubuntu Studio 23.10 disk image (ISO) exceeds 4 GB and cannot be 
downloaded to some file systems such as FAT32, and may not be readable 
when burned to a DVD. For this reason, we recommend downloading to a 
compatible file system. When creating a boot medium, we 
recommendcreating a bootable USB stick 
<https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#1-overview>with 
the ISO image, or burning to a Dual-Layer DVD.

Images can be obtained from this 
link:https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/23.10/beta/

Full updated information, including*Upgrade Instructions,*are available 
in the*Release Notes 
<https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-23-10-release-notes/>*. 
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GroovyGorilla/Beta/UbuntuStudio>


    New Features This Release

  * *PipeWire*‘s JACK support is now drastically improved and includes a
    real-time bridge between the JACK and ALSA components of PipeWire,
    and continues to improve with every release. Version 0.3.79
  * *Ubuntu Studio Installer*now includes an*Ubuntu Studio Audio
    Configuration
    <https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer/#audioconfig>*utility
    for fine-tuning the PipeWire setup or changing the configuration
    altogether. Version 1.9
  * *QPrompt*is now, while not included in the Ubuntu Studio .iso image,
    available in the repositories. QPrompt is free teleprompter software
    for video recording and television studios. Version 1.1.6


    Major Package Upgrades

  * *Ardour*version 7.5.0
  * *Qtractor*version 0.9.35
  * *OBS Studio*version 29.1.3
  * *Audacity*version 3.3.3
  * *digiKam*version 8.1.0
  * *Kdenlive*version 23.08.1
  * *Krita*version 5.1.5

There are many other improvements, too numerous to list here. We 
encourage you to look around the freely-downloadable ISO image.


    Known Issues

  * Ubuntu Studio’s classic PulseAudio-JACK configuration cannot be used
    on Ubuntu Desktop (GNOME) due to a known issue with the
    ubuntu-desktop metapackage. (LP: #2033440
    <https://launchpad.net/bugs/2033440>)

Official Ubuntu Studio release notes can be found 
athttps://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-23-10-release-notes/

Further known issues, mostly pertaining to the desktop environment, can 
be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ManticMinotaur/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu 
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LunarLobster/ManticMinotaur/Kubuntu>(when 
available)

Additionally, the main Ubuntu release notes contain more generic 
issues:https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-notes/35534


    How You Can Help

Please test using the test cases onhttps://iso.qa.ubuntu.com. All you 
need is aLaunchpad <https://launchpad.net/>account to get started.

Additionally, we need financial contributions. Our project lead, Erich 
Eickmeyer, is working long hours on this project and trying to generate 
a part-time income. Seethis post 
<https://ubuntustudio.org/2023/09/a-message-from-the-project-lead/>as to 
the reasons why andgo here <https://ubuntustudio.org/contribute/>to see 
how you can contribute financially (options are also in the sidebar).


    Frequently Asked Questions

*Q:*Does Ubuntu Studio contain snaps?
*A:*Yes. Mozilla’s distribution agreement with Canonical changed, and 
Ubuntu was forced to no longer distribute Firefox in a native .deb 
package. We have found that, after numerous improvements, Firefox now 
performs just as well as the native .deb package did.

Additionally, Freeshow is an Electron-based application. Electron-based 
applications cannot be packaged in the Ubuntu repositories in that they 
cannot be packaged in a traditional Debian source package. While such 
apps do have a build system to create a .deb binary package, it 
circumvents the source package build system in Launchpad, which is 
required when packaging for Ubuntu. However, Electron apps also have a 
facility for creating snaps, which can be uploaded and included. 
Therefore, for Freeshow to be included in Ubuntu Studio, it had to be 
packaged as a snap.

*Q:*If I install this Beta release, will I have to reinstall when the 
final release comes out?
*A:*No. If you keep it updated, your installation will automatically 
become the final release. However, if Audacity returns to the Ubuntu 
repositories before final release, then you might end-up with a 
double-installation of Audacity. Removal instructions of one or the 
other will be made available in a future post.

*Q*: Will you make an ISO with {my favorite desktop environment}?
*A:*To do so would require creating an entirely new flavor of Ubuntu, 
which would require going through the Official Ubuntu Flavor application 
process. Since we’re completely volunteer-run, we don’t have the time or 
resources to do this. Instead, we recommend you download theofficial 
flavor for the desktop environment of your choice 
<https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours>and useUbuntu Studio Installer 
<https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer>to get Ubuntu Studio.

*Q:*What if I don’t want all these packages installed on my machine?
*A:*Simply use the*Ubuntu Studio Installer*to remove the features of 
Ubuntu Studio you don’t want or need!
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