Ubuntu Studio is designed to prove that Linux is just as good as OS X or Windows for creating and manipulating media files. Of course, if you're not an ubergeek, installing audio, video, and image editing applications can be a bit of a hassle.
That's where Ubuntu Studio comes in. The distribution comes with some of the most popular and powerful free multimedia software available, including:
- Ardour2 and Audacity for audio editing
- Pitivi for video editing (Cinelerra will be available after license issues are worked out)
- Gimp and Blender for image editing
- And a boatload of other packages designed for creating digital media
One thing to note, the ISO is a bit larger than your typical LiveCD, at 860MB. So you'll have to burn it to a DVD. Oh yeah, and it's not a LiveCD... err LiveDVD. You'll have to install Ubuntu Studio if you want to take it for a test drive. Fortunately the installation process is fairly straightforward, and if you have an empty partition on your hard drive Ubuntu Studio can happily coexist with Windows or other operating systems.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-11-2007 @ 10:27AM
Brian Donohue said...
A DVD for Linux stuff? Huh? Man, I'm telling you, as soon as Dell gets involved with something, the bloat begins...
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5-11-2007 @ 12:17PM
Ant Bryan said...
There's a .metalink (used by download managers like GetRight, FDM, Orbit) for this release at http://www.metalinker.org/samples.html
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5-11-2007 @ 12:17PM
brian said...
Ubuntu is every so becoming like Windows/OS X.
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5-11-2007 @ 12:52PM
Michael Vauwenberghs said...
Kubuntu --I removed XP from my laptop 3 weeks ago and have never looked back, it took about 35 minutes to install load and set up Kubuntu compaired to about 2 hours with XP, you go figure, and to this date I have had no problems with Kubuntu but had so many problems with XP I do not think you have enough space to put it here, Oh I forgot I do have one slight problem with Kubuntu it loads and works so fast I do not know what to do with the extra time I now have, any suggestions. LOL
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5-11-2007 @ 1:17PM
Eddie Van said...
Hmmm.... lets see I was a die hard Windows fan from the 80's every PC I had was Windows based, I bought every new issue of the system but stopped at XP when I realized that XP was what Windows 98 was supposed to be, then it came to me that Microsoft was using us it's customers as Beta testers, without even a thank you very much.
Then I started messing with Linux and found it well not so easy at first to manage because of the problems with loading other software and the command line thing, which brought me back to the days of DOS, but then came Ubuntu, talk about a sweet OS this is the bomb, so now it is Bye Bye XP and hello Ubuntu, any improvements to this sweet set of programs and utillities could be bliss, Ubuntu already was easy it took away the problems of loading other programs with Synaptic Package Manager, but if you where a techie you could still use the command line if you wanted to. So I would say to any one who is tired of the Windows screw over to switch, it could not be easier with Ubuntu, And you will be glad you did, After all using a PC should be easy not a pain in the back side.
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5-11-2007 @ 2:25PM
Derek said...
@1: actually a lot of linux distributions are available on DVD. (openSUSE, Fedora, etc.)
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5-11-2007 @ 4:04PM
rasbill said...
i love how u admit u have to be an ubergeek to just install software on linux
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5-11-2007 @ 4:06PM
Brad Linder said...
Rasbill: well, that depends. Ubuntu and Kubuntu actually have really wonderful package managers that make installing programs on Windows seem difficult. All you do is type the name of the program you want into a search bar, and you have the option to install it automatically, without finding the correct installer on some web page or FTP site. Or you can browse through listings by categories.
But if you want to install something that's not listed in Ubuntu's repositories, it can get more complicated. For example, I couldn't for the life of me get Ardour (audio editor) to install under Kubuntu, but it worked like a charm with Ubuntu Studio. Now I just have to figure out how to configure my sound card so I can actually record audio. :)
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5-22-2007 @ 2:04PM
Matt Katz said...
I'm pretty sure that wubi was already covered here.
Wubi has an option to install ubuntu studio or any other version they've got going. It's a good way to try out Ubuntu.
Wubi: http://www.cutlersoftware.com/ubuntusetup/wubi/en-US/index.html
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