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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the
release of Ubuntu Studio 20.10, code-named “Groovy Gorilla”. This
marks Ubuntu Studio’s 28th release. This release is a regular
release, and as such it is supported for nine months until July
2021.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: 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 <a
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GroovyGorilla/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">release
notes</a> for a complete list of changes and known issues.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">You can download Ubuntu Studio 20.10 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>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom:
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">If you find Ubuntu Studio useful, please consider<span> </span><a
href="https://ubuntustudio.org/contribute/" style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249); text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;">making a contribution.</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:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
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initial; 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;
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Due to the change in desktop environment this release,<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">direct
upgrades to Ubuntu Studio 20.10 are not supported.</strong><span> </span>We
recommend a clean install for this release:</p>
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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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Backup your home directory
(/home/{username})</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Install Ubuntu Studio 20.10</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Copy the contents of your
backed-up home directory to your new home directory.</li>
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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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The biggest new feature is the switch of desktop
environment to KDE Plasma. We believe this will provide a more
cohesive and integrated experience for many of the applications
that we include by default. We have previously outlined our
reasoning for this switch as part of our<span> </span><a
href="https://ubuntustudio.org/2020/04/ubuntu-studio-20-04-lts-released/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">20.04 LTS
release announcement.</a></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">This release includes Plasma 5.19.5. If you would like a
newer version, the<span> </span><a
href="https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Kubuntu
Backports PPA</a><span> </span>may include a newer version of
Plasma when ready.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">We are excited to be a part of the KDE community with
this change, and have embraced the warm welcome we have received.</p>
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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;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">
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vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="551" height="309"><figcaption style="box-sizing:
border-box; display: table-caption; margin-top: 0.5em;
margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(85, 93, 102); text-align:
center; font-size: 13px; caption-side: bottom;">You will
notice that our theming and layout of Plasma looks very much
like our Xfce theming. (Spoiler: it’s the same theme and
layout!)</figcaption></figure>
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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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Audio</h3>
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Studio Controls replaces
Ubuntu Studio Controls</h4>
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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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight:
bolder;">Ubuntu Studio Controls<span> </span></strong>has been
spun-off into an independent project called<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Studio
Controls</strong>. It contains much of the same functionality
but also is available in many more projects than Ubuntu Studio.
Studio Controls remains the easiest and most straightforward way
to configure the Jack Audio Connection Kit and provide easy access
to tools to help you with using it.</p>
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1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Ardour 6.3</h4>
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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;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">
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vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
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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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">We are including the latest version of Ardour, version
6.3. This version has plenty of new features<span> </span><a
href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html" style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249); text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;">outlined at the ardour website</a>,
but contains one caviat:</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Projects imported from Ardour 5.x are permanently
changed to the new format. As such, plugins, if they are not
installed, will not be detected and will result in a “stub”
plugin. Additionally, Ardour 6 includes a new Digital Signal
Processor, meaning projects may not sound the same.<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">If you do
not need the new functionality of Ardour 6, do not upgrade to
Ubuntu Studio 20.10.</strong></p>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Other Notable Updates</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">We’ve added several new audio plugins this cycle, most
notably:</p>
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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
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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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Add64</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Geonkick</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dragonfly Reverb</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bsequencer</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bslizr</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bchoppr</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Carla has been upgraded to version 2.2.<span> </span><a
href="https://kx.studio/News/?action=view&url=carla-plugin-host-v22-is-finally-here"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Full
release announcement at kx.studio.</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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Video</h3>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">OBS Studio</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; 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://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6b95/new_icon_small.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-1653" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="111" height="111"></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Our inclusion of<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">OBS Studio</strong><span> </span>has
been praised by many. Our goal is to become the #1 choice for live
streaming and recording, and we hope that including OBS Studio out
of the box helps usher this in. With the game availability on
Steam, which runs native on Ubuntu Studio and is easily installed,
and with Steam’s development of Proton for Windows games,<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">we believe
game streamers and other streamers</strong><span> </span>on
Youtube, Facebook, and Twitch<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">would
benefit from such an all-inclusive operating system that would
save them both money and time.</strong></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Included this cycle is OBS Studio 26.0.2, which<span> </span><a
href="https://projectobs.com/en/news/obs-studio-26-0/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">includes
several new features and additions</a>, too numerous to list
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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">For those that would like to use the advanced audio
processing power of JACK with OBS Studio, OBS Studio is
JACK-aware!</p>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Kdenlive</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; 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://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/9fe2/kdenlivelogo.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2120" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="113" height="85"></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">We have chosen Kdenlive to be our default video editor
for several reasons. The largest of which is that it is the most
professional video editor included in the Ubuntu repositories, but
also it integrates very well with the Plasma desktop.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">This release brings version 20.08.1, which includes
several new features that have been<span> </span><a
href="https://kdenlive.org/en/2020/08/kdenlive-20-08-is-out/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">outlined
at their website</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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Graphics and Photography</h3>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Krita</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; 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://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/9217/kritalogo.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2121" 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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Artists will be glad to see Krita upgraded to version
4.3. While this may not be the latest release, it does include a
number of new features over that included with Ubuntu Studio
20.04.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">For a full list of new features, check out the<span> </span><a
href="https://krita.org/en/item/krita-4-3-0-released/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Krita
website.</a></p>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Darktable</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">
<figure class="alignright" style="box-sizing: border-box; display:
table; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1em; float: right;"><img
src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/79a9/darktable-spooky.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2123" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"><figcaption
style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-caption;
margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(85, 93,
102); text-align: center; font-size: 13px; caption-side:
bottom;">This version of the icon seemed appropriate for an
October release. :)</figcaption></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">For photographers, you’ll be glad to see Darktable 3.2.1
included by default. Additionally, Darktable has been chosen as
our<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
font-weight: bolder;">default RAW Image Processing Platform</strong>.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">With Darktable 3.2 comes some major changes, such as an
overhaul to the Lighttable, A new snapshot comparison line,
improved tooltips, and more! For a complete list,<span> </span><a
href="https://www.darktable.org/2020/08/darktable-3-2/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">check out
the Darktable website.</a></p>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Introducing Digikam</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; 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://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/08c2/digikamicon.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2124" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="122" height="122"></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">For the first time in Ubuntu Studio, we are including
the KDE application<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Digikam</strong><span> </span>by
default. Digikam is the most-advanced photo editing and cataloging
tool in Open Source and includes a number of major features that
integrate well into the Plasma desktop.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The version we have by default is version 6.4.0. For
more information about Digikam 6.4.0,<span> </span><a
href="https://www.digikam.org/news/2019-11-09-6.4.0_release_announcement/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">read the
release announcement.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">We realize that the version we include, 6.4.0, is not
the most recent version, which is why we include Digikam 7.1.0 in
the<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;"><span> </span>Ubuntu
Studio Backports PPA.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">For more information about Digikam 7.1.0,<span> </span><a
href="https://www.digikam.org/news/2020-09-06-7.1.0_release_announcement/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">read the
release announcement.</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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">More Updates</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">There are many more updates not covered here but are
mentioned in the Release Notes. We highly recommend reading those
release notes so you know what has been updated and know any known
issues that you may encounter.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Introducing the Ubuntu Studio Marketplace</h2>
<figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box;
display: block; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 100%; 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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><a href="https://ubuntustudio.spreadshirt.com/"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249); text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;"><img
src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1d81/ShopBanner.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2125" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"></a></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-thickness:
initial; 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://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/459b/newspreadshirt.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2072" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="192" height="192"></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Have you ever wanted to buy some gear to show off your
love for Ubuntu Studio? Now you can! We just launched the Ubuntu
Studio Marketplace. From now until October 27th, you can get our
special launch discount of 15% off.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">We have items like backpacks, coffee mugs, buttons, and
more! Items for men, women, and children, even babies!<span> </span><a
href="https://ubuntustudio.spreadshirt.com/" style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249); text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;">Get your gear today!</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Proceeds from commissions go toward supporting further
Ubuntu Studio development.</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Now Accepting Donations!</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">If you find Ubuntu Studio useful, we highly encourage
you to donate toward its prolonged development. We would be
grateful for any donations given!</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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Three ways to donate!</h3>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Patreon</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=43532738&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fubuntustudio.org%2F%3Fp%3D2117%26preview%3Dtrue&utm_medium=widget"><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">The
official launch date of our Patreon campaign is TODAY!</strong><span> </span></a>We
have many goals, including being able to pay one or more
developers at least a part-time wage for their work on Ubuntu
Studio. However, we do have some benefits we would like to offer
our patrons. We are still hammering-out what those benefits might
be, and we would love to hear some feedback about what those
benefits might be. Become a patron, and we can have that
conversation together!</p>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Liberapay</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;" align="center"><a
href="https://liberapay.com/ubuntustudio/donate"
data-darkreader-inline-border-top=""
data-darkreader-inline-border-right=""
data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=""
data-darkreader-inline-border-left=""
data-darkreader-inline-color=""
data-darkreader-inline-bgimage=""
data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(26, 23, 27); text-decoration: none; background:
white; border: 2px solid rgb(246, 201, 21); border-radius: 5px;
display: inline-block; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; max-width: 150px;
min-width: 110px; position: relative; text-align: center;
--darkreader-inline-border-top:#a88806;
--darkreader-inline-border-right:#a88806;
--darkreader-inline-border-bottom:#a88806;
--darkreader-inline-border-left:#a88806;
--darkreader-inline-color:#d8d5d0; --darkreader-inline-bgimage:
initial; --darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b;"><span
data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background-color: rgb(246, 201, 21); display:
block; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-style:
italic; font-weight: 700; padding: 3px 7px 5px;
--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#be9907;"><img
src="https://liberapay.com/assets/liberapay/icon-v2_black.svg?etag=.ImgxnJdB0KMMAVqul9G6Uw~~"
style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle;
border-style: none;" width="20" height="20"><span> </span><span
style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle;">LiberaPay</span></span><span
style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 5px
15px 2px;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=""
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(246, 201, 21);
position: absolute; left: -2px;
--darkreader-inline-color:#f7ce2a;">➔</span>We receive<br
style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px;">$0.00</span><br
style="box-sizing: border-box;">
per week</span></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight:
bolder;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://liberapay.com/ubuntustudio/donate">Liberapay</a><span> </span></strong>is
a great way to donate to Ubuntu Studio. It is built around
projects, like ours, that are made of and using free and open
source software. Their system is designed to provide stable
cowdfunded income to creators.</p>
<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom:
1rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 1.5rem;
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-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">PayPal</h4>
<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-thickness:
initial; 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://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/3733/1024px-PayPal_logo.svg_.png"
alt="" class="wp-image-2127" style="box-sizing: border-box;
vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;"
width="143" height="38"></figure>
</div>
<table style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse;
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-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;" align="center">
<tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<tr style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<td style="box-sizing: border-box;" align="center">
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"
method="post" target="_top" style="box-sizing:
border-box;"><input type="image"
src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif"
name="submit" title="PayPal - The safer, easier way to
pay online!" alt="Donate with PayPal button"
style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family:
inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;
overflow: visible;" border="0"></form>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">You can also donate directly via<span> </span><strong>PayPal.</strong>
You can establish either monthly recurring donations or make
one-time donations. Whatever you decide is appreciated!</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Get Involved!</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Another great way to contribute is to get involved with
the project directly! We’re always looking for new volunteers to
help with packaging, documentation, tutorials, user support, and
MORE!<span> </span><a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/contribute/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 155, 249);
text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Check out
all the ways you can contribute!</a></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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Special Thanks</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-thickness:
initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Huge special thanks for this release go to:</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-thickness:
initial; 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>Studio
Controls, Ubuntu Studio Installer, Coding</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</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Eylul Dogruel</strong>:
Artwork, Graphics Design, Website Design Lead<br>
</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Ross Gammon</strong>:
Upstream Debian Developer, Guidance</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Rik Mills</strong>: Kubuntu
Council Member, help with Plasma desktop</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Mauro Gaspari</strong>:
Tutorials, promotion, and documentation</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Krytarik Raido</strong>: IRC
Moderator, Mailing List Moderator</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Erich Eickmeyer</strong>:
Project Leader, Packaging, Direction, Treasurer, KDE Plasma
Transition</li>
</ul>
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