<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit;border-radius:inherit"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/0a09/finalbanner.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is finalbanner.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-be61241f-e2a7-4526-b304-8176e818685c" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS, code-named “Noble Numbat”. This marks Ubuntu Studio’s 34th release. This release is a Long-Term Support release and as such, it is supported for 3 years (36 months, until April 2027).</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-a403c1f1-0805-4bbc-b83e-d0eac8aabdc8" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">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-24-04-LTS-release-notes/" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">release notes</a> for a more complete list of changes and known issues. Listed here are some of the major highlights.</p><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:681px;height:383px;max-width:1450px;max-height:815.625px;min-width:35.5556px;min-height:20px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05d2/VirtualBox_ISOTest_22_04_2024_13_18_58.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is VirtualBox_ISOTest_22_04_2024_13_18_58.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: inherit; border-radius: inherit; display: block; width: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-6718e7e9-8d6b-4b65-a9c9-2972c727edbd" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">You can download Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS from our <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/download" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">download page</a>.</p><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-8b241f5a-45ae-423d-8234-aec195a40f11" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Special Notes</h2><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-58334458-a674-49d9-b3c4-e3c23843dad0" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">The Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS disk image (ISO) exceeds 4 GB and cannot be downloaded to some file systems such as FAT32 and may not be readable when burned to a standard DVD. For this reason, we recommend downloading to a compatible file system. When creating a boot medium, we recommend <a href="https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#1-overview" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">creating a bootable USB stick</a> with the ISO image or burning to a Dual-Layer DVD.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-bdd12c83-244b-4e73-a35c-a21738cf115a" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Minimum installation media requirements: Dual-Layer DVD or 8GB USB drive.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-40515e6e-f93b-42d9-9177-b4ec3d9647ee" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Images can be obtained from this link: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/24.04/beta/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/24.04/beta/</a></p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-522cb8df-f946-45cd-aee3-02043e32553d" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Full updated information, including <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Upgrade Instructions,</span> are available in the <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-24-04-LTS-release-notes/" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">Release Notes</a></span><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GroovyGorilla/Beta/UbuntuStudio" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">.</a></p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-4a9bd96e-bd0b-441d-b9d2-ca6c8f30ce14" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Please note that upgrading from 22.04 before the release of 24.04.1,</span> <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">due August 2024, is unsupported.</span></p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-6974a676-e378-4421-afbc-f8fc23414ae4" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Upgrades from 23.10 should be enabled within a month after release, so we appreciate your patience.</p><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-045932c4-82b8-432a-baf5-e7b834dd9be6" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">New This Release</h2><h3 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-9c50d792-c4e4-474d-bc51-22f3a8f8b694" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">All-New System Installer</h3><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit;width:840px;height:0px"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:317px;height:199px;max-width:1450px;max-height:906.25px;min-width:32px;min-height:20px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/5d73/VirtualBox_ISOTest_22_04_2024_10_00_48.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is VirtualBox_ISOTest_22_04_2024_10_00_48.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: inherit; border-radius: inherit; display: block; width: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-3d3f8a90-a37c-41d0-967d-1e548145f9d3" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">In cooperation with the Ubuntu Desktop Team, we have an all-new Desktop installer. This installer uses the underlying code of the Ubuntu Server installer ("Subiquity") which has been in-use for years, with a frontend coded in "Flutter". This took a large amount of work for this release, and we were able to help a lot of other official Ubuntu flavors transition to this new installer.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-f4504c3b-b992-4428-b84d-2c6e6cacc40c" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Be on the lookout for a special easter egg when the graphical environment for the installer first starts. For those of you who have been long-time users of Ubuntu Studio since our early days (even before Xfce!), you will notice exactly what it is.</p><h3 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-eb1d4c51-7778-4e82-95cc-0e54f482887c" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">PipeWire 1.0.4</h3><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit;width:840px;height:0px"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:324px;height:70px;max-width:1450px;max-height:316.432px;min-width:91.6468px;min-height:20px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/be34/Pipewire_logo.svg_.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Pipewire_logo.svg_.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: inherit; border-radius: inherit; display: block; width: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-304f1a26-b85f-4344-8808-e09d2a64d880" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Now for the big one: PipeWire is now mature, and this release contains <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">PipeWire 1.0</span>. With PipeWire 1.0 comes the stability and compatibility you would expect from multimedia audio. In fact, at this point, <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">we recommend PipeWire usage for both Professional, Prosumer, and Everyday audio needs</span>. At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, our project leader Erich Eickmeyer used PipeWire to demonstrate live audio mixing with much success and has since done some audio mastering work using it. JACK developers even consider it to be "JACK 3".</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-2e20948e-211f-4a25-8845-f6a10d1edcfd" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">PipeWire's JACK compatibility is configured to use out-of-the-box and is zero-latency internally. System latency is configurable via Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-f944f981-4d88-42b7-be2f-b7e74a301928" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">However, if you would rather use straight JACK 2 instead, that's also possible. Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration can disable and enable PipeWire's JACK compatibility on-the-fly. From there, you can simply use JACK via QJackCtl.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-a184bfbc-7194-45e6-a59d-6d46ed0fa77c" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">With this, we consider audio production with Ubuntu Studio so mature that it can now rival operating systems such as macOS and Windows in ease-of-use since it's ready to go out-of-the-box.</p><h4 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-eb843141-3c5a-42ab-9a88-79caeebaee68" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;color:revert;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Deprecation of PulseAudio/JACK setup/Studio Controls</h4><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-f650bd2d-bbdc-4f37-ab71-00b101eebddd" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Due to the maturity of PipeWire, we now consider the traditional PulseAudio/JACK setup, where JACK would be started/stopped by Studio Controls and bridged to PulseAudio, deprecated. This configuration is still installable via Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration, but we do not recommend it. Studio Controls may return someday as a PipeWire fine-tuning solution, but for now it is unsupported by the developer. <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">For that reason, we recommend users not use this configuration. If you do, it is at your own risk and no support will be given.</span> In fact, it's likely to be dropped for 24.10.</p><h3 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-1152644b-d659-4ef4-b13e-72b87c2969b5" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Ardour 8.4</h3><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit;width:840px;height:0px"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:84px;height:73px;max-width:1450px;max-height:1258.31px;min-width:23.0469px;min-height:20px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2a76/ardour.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is ardour.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: inherit; border-radius: inherit; display: block; width: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-160a24b2-7efb-4149-a3f0-1253d98e814b" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">While this does not represent the latest release of Ardour, Ardour 8.4 is a great release. If you would like the latest release, we highly recommend <a href="https://community.ardour.org/download?platform=linux&architecture=x86_64&type=compiled&paymentSelection=options" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">purchasing one-time or subscribing to Ardour</a> directly from the developers to help support this wonderful application. Also, for that reason, this will be an application we will not directly backport. More on that later.</p><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit;width:840px;height:0px"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:361px;height:261px;max-width:1450px;max-height:1048.34px;min-width:27.6628px;min-height:20px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f162/Screenshot_20240422_104529.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Screenshot_20240422_104529.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: inherit; border-radius: inherit; display: block; width: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><h3 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-e55af889-264e-4366-a79d-561742f5e48f" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration</h3><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-f16184eb-0d9f-41cf-9ddb-2567f917d5be" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration has undergone a UI overhaul and contains the ability to start and stop a Dummy Audio Device which can also be configured to start or stop upon login. When assigned as the default, this will free-up channels that would normally be assigned to your system audio to be assigned to a null device.</p><h3 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-211b07d3-74a8-409f-bfbd-d529b3eea1c2" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Meta Package for Music Education</h3><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-3e076ee4-502f-48e6-8dd7-8df1d0e6e1a2" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">In cooperation with <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://edubuntu.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">Edubuntu</a>, we have created a metapackage for music education. This package is installable from <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Ubuntu Studio Installer</span> and includes the following packages:</p><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit;width:840px;height:0px"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:311px;height:85px;max-width:1450px;max-height:396.938px;min-width:73.0594px;min-height:20px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8560/Edbuntu-logo-2022_RGB.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute;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tyle-position:initial;list-style-type:revert;max-width:840px;margin-top:revert;margin-bottom:revert;box-sizing:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;min-width:1px"><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit">It must be an application which already exists in the Ubuntu repositories</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit">It must be an application which would not otherwise qualify for a simple bugfix, which would then qualify it to be a Stable Release Update. This means it must have new features.</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit">It must not rely on new libraries or new versions of libraries.</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit">It must exist within a later supported release or the development release of Ubuntu.</li></ul><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-abd28757-f9f0-4092-b3f6-9fb27509d95f" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">If you have a suggestion for an application for which to backport that meets those requirements, feel free to <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">join and email the Ubuntu Studio Users Mailing List</a> with your suggestion with the tag “[BPO]” at the beginning of the subject line. <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Backports to 22.04 LTS are now closed</span> <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">and backports to 24.04 LTS are now open.</span> Additionally, <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">suggestions must pertain to Ubuntu Studio and preferably must be applications included with Ubuntu Studio. Suggestions can be rejected at the Project Leader’s discretion.</span></p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-e533858b-58fe-4e5a-9213-332b43c4b649" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">One package that is exempt to backporting is Ardour. To help support Ardour's funding, you may obtain later versions directly from them. To do so, please <a href="https://ardour.org/" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">one-time purchase or subscribe to Ardour from their website.</a> If you wish to get later versions of Ardour from us, you will have to wait until the next regular release of Ubuntu Studio, due in October 2024.</p><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-d02c2d10-226f-4b5f-935e-02908f07613c" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">We're back on Matrix</h2><div class="gmail-wp-block" style="outline:0px;max-width:840px;margin:28px auto;box-sizing:inherit;width:840px;height:0px"><div class="gmail-components-resizable-box__container" style="outline:0px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;border-radius:inherit;width:126px;height:127px;max-width:1450px;max-height:1461.33px;min-width:20px;min-height:20.1562px"><img src="https://ubuntustudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/eb3a/matrix-chat.png" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is matrix-chat.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; height: inherit; border-radius: inherit; display: block; width: inherit; --darkreader-inline-border-top: none; --darkreader-inline-border-right: none; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: none; --darkreader-inline-border-left: none;"><div style="outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-components-drop-zone" style="outline:0px;opacity:0;border-radius:inherit;box-sizing:inherit"></div></div><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-8ed037ef-3560-4bfd-a1df-79f1423bf592" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">You'll notice that the menu links to our support chat and on our website will now take you to a Matrix chat. This is due to the Ubuntu community carving its own space within the Matrix federation.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-58a19579-f62a-4bc5-9895-40ac0bf7d1a4" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">However, this is not only a support chat. This is also a creativity discussion chat. You can pass ideas to each other and you're welcome to it if the topic remains within those confines. However, if a moderator or admin warns you that you're getting off-topic (or the intention for the chat room), please heed the warning.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-34b438a8-e767-4f28-a1fe-8ca9c12f9701" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">This is a persistent connection, meaning if you close the window (or chat), it won't lose your place as you may only need to sign back in to resume the chat.</p><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-717ea760-5638-42a6-977f-3c1bc3c19b61" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Frequently Asked Questions</h2><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-4ee3e535-97a0-46fc-8865-8202eba23cc6" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Q:</span> Does Ubuntu Studio contain snaps?<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">A:</span> Yes. Mozilla’s distribution agreement with Canonical changed, and Ubuntu was forced to no longer distribute Firefox in a native .deb package. We have found that, after numerous improvements, Firefox now performs just as well as the native .deb package did.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-15cd4cdf-fc32-41f7-9409-02128d10d824" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Thunderbird also became a snap during this cycle for the maintainers to get security patches delivered faster.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-d88e7ae6-66fd-48f3-a1a7-8ec85a780fa4" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Additionally, Freeshow is an Electron-based application. Electron-based applications cannot be packaged in the Ubuntu repositories in that they cannot be packaged in a traditional Debian source package. While such apps do have a build system to create a .deb binary package, it circumvents the source package build system in Launchpad, which is required when packaging for Ubuntu. However, Electron apps also have a facility for creating snaps, which can be uploaded and included. Therefore, for Freeshow to be included in Ubuntu Studio, it had to be packaged as a snap.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-b0ea2244-2699-4863-881b-97ba0c7835c3" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Q</span>: Will you make an ISO with {my favorite desktop environment}?<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">A:</span> To do so would require creating an entirely new flavor of Ubuntu, which would require going through the Official Ubuntu Flavor application process. Since we’re completely volunteer-run, we don’t have the time or resources to do this. Instead, we recommend you download the <a href="https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">official flavor for the desktop environment of your choice</a> and use <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer" style="color:rgb(34,113,177);outline:0px;box-sizing:inherit">Ubuntu Studio Installer</a> to get Ubuntu Studio – which does *not* convert that flavor to Ubuntu Studio but adds its benefits.</p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-635578f0-132b-49c9-9646-0bf581b56496" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Q: </span>What if I don’t want all these packages installed on my machine?<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">A: </span>Simply use the <span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Ubuntu Studio Installer</span> to remove the features of Ubuntu Studio you don’t want or need!</p><h1 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-e389ca3b-92a0-4524-a28b-59ca7f7b071d" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Looking Toward the Future</h1><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-651cb71b-f569-4dd1-8a96-3e24a6f3495f" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Plasma 6</h2><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-b554e7f2-5771-4da1-b792-a34b76f387e4" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Ubuntu Studio, in cooperation with Kubuntu, will be switching to Plasma 6 during the 24.10 development cycle. Likewise, Lubuntu will be switching to LXQt 2.0 and Qt 6, so the three flavors will be cooperating to do the move.</p><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-8e29bc8c-f848-46ec-987c-11569700951a" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">New Look</h2><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-016e84ca-ac21-4af8-913b-efd495aa48e1" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Ubuntu Studio has been using the same theming, "Materia" (except for the 22.04 LTS release which was a re-colored Breeze theme) since 19.04. However, Materia has gone dead upstream. To stay consistent, we found a fork called "Orchis" which seems to match closely and will be switching to that. More on that soon.</p><h2 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-ed05e2aa-d245-44ae-967d-5fbb3aa98921" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">Minimal Installation</h2><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" c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lock-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-be9fd415-ed1f-4517-8a2e-70fa22f8be3b" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px">Huge special thanks for this release go to:</p><ul role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: List" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-list gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-0b4ae5ef-e3b7-4406-8f82-ef4daf0e4240" tabindex="0" style="padding:revert;list-style-position:initial;list-style-type:revert;max-width:840px;margin-top:revert;margin-bottom:revert;box-sizing:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;min-width:1px"><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Eylul Dogruel</span>: Artwork, Graphics Design</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Ross Gammon</span>: Upstream Debian Developer, Testing, Email Support</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Sebastien Ramacher</span>:<span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit"> </span>Upstream Debian Developer</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Dennis Braun</span>: Upstream Debian Developer</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Rik Mills</span>: Kubuntu Council Member, help with Plasma desktop</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Scarlett Moore: </span>Kubuntu Project Lead, help with Plasma desktop</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Z</span><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">ixing Liu</span>: Simplified Chinese translations in the installer</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Simon Quigley</span>: Lubuntu Release Manager, help with Qt items, Core Developer stuff, keeping Erich sane and focused</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Steve Langasek</span>: Help with livecd-rootfs changes to make the new installer work properly.</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Dan Bungert</span>: Subiquity, seed fixes</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Dennis Loose</span>: Ubuntu Desktop Provision (installer)</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Lukas Klingsbo</span>: Ubuntu Desktop Provision (installer)</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Len Ovens:</span> Testing, insight</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Wim Taymans</span>: Creator of PipeWire</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Mauro Gaspari</span>: Tutorials, Promotion, and Documentation, Testing, keeping Erich sane</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Krytarik Raido</span>: IRC Moderator, Mailing List Moderator</li><li style="margin:revert;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-weight:600;box-sizing:inherit">Erich Eickmeyer</span>: Project Leader, Packaging, Development, Direction, Treasurer</li></ul><h1 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-e3fc3233-b587-4ccc-9f08-ca26507aac25" tabindex="0" style="font-weight:revert;color:revert;font-size:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:revert;min-width:1px">A Note from the Project Leader</h1><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-block-editor-block-list__block gmail-wp-block gmail-wp-block-paragraph gmail-rich-text" id="gmail-block-29c6ebeb-94a5-48f9-ae27-8ecf5632a7db" tabindex="0" style="font-size:revert;line-height:revert;margin-top:revert;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:revert;margin-left:auto;max-width:840px;box-sizing:inherit;min-width:1px"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">When I started out working on Ubuntu Studio six years ago, I had a vision of making it not only the easiest Linux-based operating system for content creation, but the easiest content creation operating system... full-stop.</em></p><p role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Paragraph block" class="gmail-block-editor-rich-text__editable gmail-bloc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