<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-interface-interface-skeleton__content" role="region" aria-label="Editor content" tabindex="-1" style="outline:0px;display:flex;overflow:auto;color:rgb(190,184,176);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="edit-post-visual-editor" style="outline:0px;display:flex;background-color:rgb(35,38,40);box-sizing:border-box"><div class="edit-post-visual-editor__content-area" style="outline:0px;width:1449px;height:3593.3px;display:flex;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px"><div style="outline:0px;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;height:3593.3px;width:1449px;margin:0px;display:flex"><div class="editor-styles-wrapper gmail-block-editor-writing-flow" tabindex="-1" style="outline:0px;padding:8px 8px 40vh;font-size:medium;line-height:normal;color:initial;background:rgb(24,26,27);box-sizing:inherit"><div class="gmail-block-editor-block-list__layout gmail-is-root-container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit"><div id="gmail-block-8eb9a0c5-eb86-4fb6-969f-36345178d6c2" class="gmail-wp-block-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(176,169,159);font-family:Ubuntu,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><div id="gmail-block-8eb9a0c5-eb86-4fb6-969f-36345178d6c2" class="gmail-wp-block-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><img width="800" height="297" src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2118/finalbanner.png" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-2370" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;"></div><p id="gmail-block-08eb94aa-8521-4ed2-adb1-72f6f4094411" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 22.04, code-named “Jammy Jellyfish”. This marks Ubuntu Studio’s 31st release. This release is a Long-Term Support release and as such, it is supported for 3 years (until April 2025).</p><p id="gmail-block-895e2f57-e719-450c-a4c8-9405017a7e75" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">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://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts-release-notes/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">release notes</a> for a complete list of changes and known issues.</p><div id="gmail-block-691266b8-9e3a-4c72-9229-7c03bcb9572d" class="gmail-wp-block-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/3156/Screenshot_20220328_184813.png" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-2356" width="810" height="455" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;"></div><p id="gmail-block-aef9a406-e305-4f97-a130-f522c2f1ce7e" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">You can download Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS from our <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/download" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">download page</a>.</p><h2 id="gmail-block-055f2dc1-3f52-4dcc-8956-3b3060bce44a" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:2rem;margin-bottom:1rem;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;font-size:2rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Upgrading</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Since it’s just out, you may experience some issues, so you might want to wait a bit before upgrading.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Due to the change in desktop environment that started after the release of 20.04 LTS, <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">direct upgrades from 20.04 LTS are not supported and may only be attempted at-your-own-risk. </span>As with any system-critical operation, <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">back-up your data </span>before attempting any upgrade. The safest upgrade path is a backup of your /home directory and a clean install.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">We have had anecdotal reports of successful upgrades from 20.04 LTS (Xfce desktop) to later releases (Plasma desktop), but this will remain <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">at your own risk</span>, and it is highly recommended to wait until 22.04.1 is released in August before attempting such an upgrade.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Instructions for upgrading are included in the <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts-release-notes/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">release notes</a>.</p><h2 id="gmail-block-f6f8611e-6249-4e6d-984d-31bed9991b02" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:2rem;margin-bottom:1rem;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;font-size:2rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">New This Release</h2><p id="gmail-block-fe7f02dc-aba4-4465-97a3-67837493000c" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Most of this release is evolutionary on top of 21.10 rather than revolutionary. As such, most of the applications contained are simply upgraded versions. Details on key packages can be found in the <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts-release-notes/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">release notes</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(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Dark Theme By Default</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">For this release, we have a neutral-toned dark theme by default. While we could have gone with the Breeze Dark color scheme since we dropped the Materia KDE widget and window theme (it was difficult to maintain and work with new Plasma features), we decided to develop our own based on GNOME’s Adwaita Dark theme with a corresponding Light theme. This was to help with photography since a neutral tone is necessary as Breeze Dark has a more blueish hue, which can trick the eye into seeing photos as appearing warmer than they actually are.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">However, switching from the dark theme to the light theme is a breeze (pun somewhat intended). When opening the System Settings, one only has to look at the home screen to see how to do that.</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(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Support for rEFInd</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">rEFInd is a bootloader for UEFI-based systems. Our settings which help to support the lowlatency kernel help to create a menu entry to help apply those settings and keep the lowlatency kernel as the default kernel detected by rEFInd. To keep it current, simply enter <code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Liberation Mono","Courier New",monospace;font-size:14px;color:rgb(233,74,147);word-break:break-word">sudo dpkg-reconfigure ubuntustudio-lowlatency-settings </code>in the command line after a kernel update.</p><p id="gmail-block-f646f233-4de6-46c3-bafb-9e675589468c" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">For a more complete list of changes, please see the <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts-release-notes/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">release notes</a>.</p><h2 id="gmail-block-5343b75e-3622-4119-8703-ed42bc88528c" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:2rem;margin-bottom:1rem;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;font-size:2rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Backports PPA</h2><div class="gmail-wp-block-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/0500/Screenshot_20220420_172918.png" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-2371" width="486" height="363" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;">System Settings with Accent Colors (Folder Colors will follow if Backports PPA is added)</div><p id="gmail-block-b5959b39-e206-4389-8721-dba32c9c68af" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">There are a few items planned for the Backports PPA once the next release cycle opens. One of those is folder icons that match the accent color set in the System Settings.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">We plan on keeping the backports PPA up-to-date for the next two years until the release of 24.04 LTS, at which point you will be encouraged to update.</p><p id="gmail-block-c84bc702-c9c8-43b2-9a74-30108d8f4f3c" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Instructions for enabling the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA</p><ul id="gmail-block-6d62ed8e-6f22-45db-9e14-be485cfa26fc" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:initial;padding-left:14px;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Automatic method:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:initial;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-position:initial;list-style-type:initial;padding-left:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Liberation Mono","Courier New",monospace;font-size:14px;color:rgb(233,74,147);word-break:break-word">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/backports</code></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Liberation Mono","Courier New",monospace;font-size:14px;color:rgb(233,74,147);word-break:break-word">sudo apt upgrade</code></li></ul></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Note that at release time, there’s nothing in there yet, so if you add it now (at the time of this writing) you’ll get a 404 (file not found) error.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">On a related note, at this time, the Backports PPA is frozen for 21.10 and 20.04 LTS. To receive newer versions of software, you must upgrade.</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(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Plasma Backports</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Since we share the Desktop Environment with Kubuntu, simply adding the Kubuntu Backports will help you with keeping the desktop environment and its components up-to-date with the latest versions:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:initial;padding-left:14px;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Liberation Mono","Courier New",monospace;font-size:14px;color:rgb(233,74,147);word-break:break-word">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports</code></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Liberation Mono","Courier New",monospace;font-size:14px;color:rgb(233,74,147);word-break:break-word">sudo apt upgrade</code></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(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">More Updates</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">There are many more updates not covered here but are mentioned in the <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts-release-notes/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">Release Notes</a>. 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(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Get Involved!</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">A 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! <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/contribute/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(30,170,255);text-decoration-line: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(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Special Thanks</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)">Huge special thanks for this release go to:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:initial;padding-left:14px;color:rgb(176,169,159);background-color:rgb(24,26,27)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Len Ovens:</span> Studio Controls, Ubuntu Studio Installer, Coding</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Thomas Ward</span>: Packaging, Ubuntu Core Developer for Ubuntu Studio</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Eylul Dogruel</span>: Artwork, Graphics Design, Website Lead</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Ross Gammon</span>: Upstream Debian Developer, Guidance, Testing</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Sebastien Ramacher</span>:<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"> </span>Upstream Debian Developer</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Dennis Braun</span>: Debian Package Maintainer</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Rik Mills</span>: Kubuntu Council Member, help with Plasma desktop</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Mauro Gaspari</span>: Tutorials, Promotion, and Documentation, Testing</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Brian Hechinger: </span>Testing and bug reporting</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Chris Erswell</span>:<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"> </span>Testing and bug reporting</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Robert Van Den Berg</span>:<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"> </span>Testing and bug reporting, IRC Support</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Krytarik Raido</span>: IRC Moderator, Mailing List Moderator</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Erich Eickmeyer</span>: Project Leader, Packaging, Direction, Treasurer</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>