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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The Ubuntu Studio team
is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 20.04,
code-named “Focal Fossa”. This marks Ubuntu Studio’s 27th release.
This release is a Long-Term Support release and as such, it is
supported for 3 years (until April 2023).</p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Since it’s just out, you
may experience some issues, so you might want to wait a bit before
upgrading. Please see the<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio"
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notes</a><span> </span>for a complete list of changes and known
issues.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">You can download Ubuntu
Studio 20.04 LTS from our<span> </span><a
href="https://ubuntustudio.org/download" style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249); text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;">download page</a>.</p>
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 2rem; color:
rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Upgrading</h2>
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1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Please note that those
running Ubuntu Studio 19.10 will likely not receive an upgrade
notification right away. This may take anywhere from a few days to
a couple weeks. Since 19.10 reaches End Of Life in July, please
upgrade as soon as possible.</p>
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1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Those running Ubuntu
Studio 18.04 can also upgrade, but will likely not receive any
upgrade notification until 20.04.1 is released in July. Please
note that you should purge the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA prior
to upgrade. Since 18.04 was not an LTS release, please upgrade as
soon as possible.</p>
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normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
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href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FocalUpgrades/UbuntuStudio"
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upgrade instructions are found on the Ubuntu Wiki.</a></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">With the release of
version 2.0 of MyPaint, the library conflict with GIMP no longer
exists. As such, MyPaint has retruned to our default installation.
This is a welcome re-inclusion for our graphics design community,
and has been a long-requested feature. MyPaint, welcome back!</p>
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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">AVLDrums</h3>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Available as an LV2
plugin, AVLDrums is now included with the default installation of
Ubuntu Studio. AVLDrums is a drumkit plugin which can be used in
conjunction with MIDI in any DAW that supports LV2 plugins, such
as Ardour.</p>
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Ubuntu Studio Controls</h3>
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sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Our flagship audio
control application, Ubuntu Studio Controls, got a large update
this release. Among the new changes:</p>
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fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left: 14px;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Audio setup tab is split into
three tabs: Jack Master Settings, Extra Devices, Pulse Bridging</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Due to kernel compatibility
reasons, Firewire devices are no longer supported. Consider
upgrading to a modern USB or PCIe audio interface.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">PulseAudio bridges can now be
named by the user</li>
</ul>
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Libreoffice Impress</h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">One item that has been
requested is the inclusion of Libreoffice Impress, which was
missing in releases past. We now include it by default to help
those who need it for making presentations.</p>
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Other Changes</h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Most of this release is
evolutionary on top of 19.10 rather than revolutionary. As such,
most of the applications contained are simply upgraded versions.
Details on key packages can be found in the release notes.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">We have followed
Xubuntu’s lead on a few desktop packages and replaced them. GNOME
Calculator has been replaced with MATE Calculator, FileRoller has
been replaced with Engrampa, and Evince has been replaced with
Atril.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Unfortunately, we did
have to say goodbye to some applications that people rely on due
to library incompatibilities. Most notably, Python 2 has reached
End-Of-Life, and many packages that depend on Python 2 simply have
not been upgraded to Python 3. Those packages are as follows:</p>
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; list-style: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887' height='7.812'
viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0l1.028
1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left: 14px;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">DisplayCAL
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The author needs to
upgrade this package to Python 3. Once it’s upgraded, we
will include it in the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Patchage
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The author has already
patched this for Python 3, but relies on a newer version of
another library not yet included in Ubuntu. We may be able
to add this package and its library to the Ubuntu Studio
Backports PPA at a later date.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the meantime, use the
Patchbay functionality in Carla.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">GMidiMonitor
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">This project appears to be
dead upstream and relies on Python 2.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">We have replaced it with
midisnoop, which is functionally equivallent.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">For a more complete list
of changes, please see the release notes.</p>
<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 2rem; color:
rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Backports PPA</h2>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Packages already exist
in the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA for 20.04 for items that could
not make it into the official Ubuntu repositories in time for
release. These items include:</p>
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; list-style: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887' height='7.812'
viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0l1.028
1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left: 14px;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">dragonfly-reverb 3.0.0</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">lsp-plugins 1.1.19</li>
</ul>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The above have also been
backported to 19.10 and 18.04, along with many packages that did
make it to the official Ubuntu repositories. However, as of today,
the packages for 18.04 in the backports PPA will be frozen. If
18.04 users wish to receive further updates, please upgrade to
20.04 as soon as possible.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Instructions for
enabling the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA</p>
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; list-style: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887' height='7.812'
viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0l1.028
1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left: 14px;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Automatic method:
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Open Ubuntu Studio
Installer</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Click “Enable Backports”</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Manual method:
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Follow
these instructions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 2rem; color:
rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The Future of Ubuntu
Studio</h2>
<h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Desktop Environment</h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Unlike other flavors of
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio isn’t based on its desktop environment. We
strive to look for the best experience for all of our users, which
includes more than just audio.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">About two years ago, we
decided to try to release a second version of Ubuntu Studio with
the KDE Plasma desktop environment. Unfortunately, that proved to
be too time-consuming as we’d essentially have to be introducing a
new flavor of Ubuntu, subject to the same application process as
other new flavors. Knowing it would be too much for our small
team, we decided to drop that idea and, with Ubuntu Studio
Installer, make it so that other flavors could have Ubuntu Studio
as a bolt-on, which enabled users to choose their desktop
environment themselves.<br>
</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Ubuntu Studio Installer
isn’t going away, but we did reach a decision that does affect the
future of Ubuntu Studio's ISO installer image.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS
will be the final release of Ubuntu Studio using the Xfce Desktop
Environment. As such, upgrades from Ubuntu Studio 20.04 to later
releases may result in breakage.</p>
<div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<figure class="aligncenter is-resized" style="box-sizing:
border-box; display: table; margin: 0px auto 1rem; clear: both;"><img
src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/KDE_Plasma_5_banner.png"
alt="See the source image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="420" height="151"></figure>
</div>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Future versions of
Ubuntu Studio, beginning with 20.10, will be using the KDE Plasma
Desktop Environment by default. Plasma has proven to have better
tools for graphics artists and photographers, as can be seen in
Gwenview, Krita, and even the file manager Dolphin. Additionally,
it has Wacom tablet support better than any other desktop
environment.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">It has become so good
that the majority of the Ubuntu Studio team is now using Kubuntu
with Ubuntu Studio added-on via Ubuntu Studio Installer as their
daily driver. With so many of us using Plasma, the timing just
seems right to focus on a transition to Plasma with our next
release.</p>
<div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<figure class="alignright is-resized" style="box-sizing:
border-box; display: table; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1em; float:
right;"><img
src="https://kde.org/stuff/clipart/logo/kde-logo-blue-transparent-3000x3000.png"
alt="See the source image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="115" height="115"></figure>
</div>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">For audio production,
nothing in terms of resource usage changes. If the display
compositor proves to be problematic, a simple alt-shift-F12
disables the display compositor. It can also be disabled from
starting at login. A known resource hog from KDE, the Akonadi
server in the KDE Personal Information manager, will not be
included by default (Kubuntu currently does not use KDE PIM, but
Thunderbird as do we). The Plasma desktop environment has, without
Akonadi, become just as light in resource usage as Xfce, perhaps
even lighter. Other audio-focused Linux distributions, such as
Fedora Jam and KXStudio, have historically used the KDE Plasma
desktop environment and done well with audio.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><a
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/23/bold-prediction-kde-will-steal-the-lightweight-linux-desktop-crown-in-2020/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Here is a
recent article highlighting some of the resource usage
comparisons with Plasma, showing how light it is on resources.</a></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">We will be working with
the Kubuntu project on these changes, and the Lubuntu project as
they have already cut the path ahead of us in changing desktop
environments.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">We look forward to
working with the Kubuntu and KDE teams on this transition, and are
excited to be joining the KDE community.</p>
<h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Evaluation of Included Applications</h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">During this transition
to Plasma, we will be evaluating our included applications to see
if there is any duplication going on. Some have pointed out that
there is duplication of application purpose. For example, we
include 3 video editors by default: Pitivi, OpenShot, and
Kdenlive, and each may have features the other does not have. We
will be doing a lot of evaluation like that over the course of the
next release cycle.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">More details on all of
this will emerge in the coming months. Please stay tuned to our
website, our Twitter feed, and Mastodon for updates.</p>
<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 2rem; color:
rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">A Personal message from
the Project Leader</h2>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><em style="box-sizing:
border-box;">The rest of this announcement is a personal message
from our project leader, Erich Eickmeyer</em></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">This release represents
the culmination of two years of hard work by the Ubuntu Studio
team. This release is much more revolutionary than was released
for 18.04 when I first started leading this project. We have come
a long way since then, when a group of burnt-out developers were
rallied into making a great product.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">I would very much like
to thank the following volunteers who made this release happen:</p>
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; list-style: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887' height='7.812'
viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath d='M0 0l1.028
1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left: 14px;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Len Ovens:</strong><span> </span>Ubuntu
Studio Controls, Ubuntu Studio Installer, Coding
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Len has become my
right-hand with this, and though we have disagreements about
things, we have a common goal: making audio production on
Linux easy, affordable, and ready for everyone with little
to configure.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Thomas Ward</strong>:
Packaging, Ubuntu Core Developer for Ubuntu Studio, Code Cleanup
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">I’d say Thomas is my other
right-hand, but I don’t have two right hands, so Thomas gets
to be my left hand. When I have questions about Ubuntu
policy, or need a new package sponsored and uploaded, Thomas
is my guy. He has been absolutely instrumental with Ubuntu
Studio, and is someone I can genuinely call a friend.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Eylul Dogruel:</strong><span> </span>Artwork,
Graphics Design, Website Lead
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eylul has been amazing to
work with. She had a bit of a hiatus over the past couple
years, but that was completely understandable. We have many
VOIP discussions about the future of the project, and it’s
great having her perspective as a graphics designer. She has
become a great friend, even though she lives halfway across
the globe from me.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Ross Gammon:<span> </span></strong>Upstream
Debian Developer, Guidance, Sage Wisdom
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ross does most of his work
upstream with Debian project, making sure our upstream has
functioning code for us to use. He always keeps Ubuntu
Studio in mind when working on packages in Debian, even
taking some of my packaging in Ubuntu to use. He is someone
I have historically gone to when I have questions about
packages, and, when there’s a huge update in Debian, is my
go-to for getting that package synced to Ubuntu.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Stephen Jay Cohen:<span> </span></strong>Reddit
moderator, perhaps more soon!
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stephen is a recent
example of someone who uses Ubuntu Studio actively in a
recording studio. He came wanting to get involved with the
project and proved to be very engaging on Reddit. I have
already seen plenty of potential in Stephen when it comes to
community and communication, so I’m looking forward to
working with him more.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Krytarik Raido</strong>: IRC
Moderator, Mailing List Moderator
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Although we share some of
these responsibilities now, Krytarik has been very
instrumental in keeping the IRC room and mailing lists clean
of spam. I’m very thankful for his help over the years.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Set Hallstrom</strong>:
Previous Ubuntu Studio Leader
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shortly after taking a
lead role for Ubuntu Studio back in 2016, Set had to step
back. However, even though he was unable to lead the
project, the transition to handing the project over was
smooth and accomplished in the course of the past two years.
Without Set’s guidance, I wouldn’t have known where to
begin.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Other help along the way,
including some key players:
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margin-bottom: 0px; list-style:
url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg
xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='3.887'
height='7.812' viewBox='0 0 1.028 2.067'%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath
d='M0 0l1.028 1.031L.003 2.067l.001-.388.655-.642L0 .349z'
fill='%23009bf9'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E"); padding-left:
14px;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Steve Langasek</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adam Conrad</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Simon Quigley</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chris Cooper</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Matthias Klassen</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Filipe Coelho</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Robin Gareus</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">David Runge</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Olivier Humbert</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mattieu Trudel-LaPierre</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ian Lane</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Łukasz Zemczak</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Colin Watson</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">William Grant</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rik Mills</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Valorie Zimmerman</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sean Davis</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit193</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">And anyone else I missed!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Success Stories</h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Over the past two years
I have come in contact with many people who have used Ubuntu
Studio as part of their professional environments. I’d like to
highlight a few here.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">I mentioned<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Steven Jay
Cohen</strong><span> </span>above, who recently converted all of
his recording studio machines over to Ubuntu Studio and uses them
for his professional audio production.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Another person I’d like
to point out is<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Mike Holstein</strong>, who
uses Ubuntu Studio for his production environment. Here’s a track
from him produced entirely with Ubuntu Studio:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://hearthis.at/mike-holstein/glad/">https://hearthis.at/mike-holstein/glad/</a><br>
</p>
<figure style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px
0px 1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></figure>
<div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:
left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
<figure class="alignright is-resized" style="box-sizing:
border-box; display: table; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1em; float:
right;"><img
src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tDtoz8kqDEg/Xj9RnwfSrCI/AAAAAAABa6s/X1XjjfRHPJcFLv1Q5esHv2EvFl5ZxHUlACKgBGAsYHg/s1600/20200114_204844_0001.png"
alt="album art image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="134" height="134"></figure>
</div>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Last but not least we
have the band<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Lorenzo’s
Music</a></strong>, who uses Ubuntu Studio to record and
produce their music, develop their artwork, and even produce their
music videos. They recently released a new EP entitled<span> </span><em
style="box-sizing: border-box;">Spaghetti Mid-Western</em>. I
highly recommend checking-out their<span> </span><a
href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/" style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249); text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;">music</a>.</p>
<h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.75rem;
color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Conclusion</h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Finally, I want to thank
the entire Ubuntu Studio community for being with us through the
past two years. It hasn’t been easy, especially since we couldn’t
release 18.04 as a long-term support release. I’m humbled to be
leading this project, and I believe it has a bright future.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
1rem; color: rgb(71, 85, 107); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures:
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: right;"><em
style="box-sizing: border-box;">Erich Eickmeyer</em><br
style="box-sizing: border-box;">
Project Leader<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Ubuntu
Studio</strong></p>
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