Filed under: Audio, Design, Utilities, Video, Linux
Ubuntu Studio released
by Brad Linder May 11th 2007
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.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
