Download Ubuntu Studio 10.04 [ 1.7GB DVD image] :-

Torrent:- i386 or amd64

Direct :- i386 or amd64

For details see the Official Download Page.

What’s New :-

Ubuntu Studio is undergoing heavy development. This time also, numerous improvements have been implemented. Here are some of the more prominent ones :-

Audio :

• Aeolus 0.8.2 from 0.8.1
• Alsa-tools-gui (echomixer, eny24 control, HDSPcontrol, DPSPmixer, RME digicontrol) 1.0.22 from 1.0.20
• Ardour 2.8.6 from 2.8.2
• Audacity 1.3.11 from 1.3.9
• Freqtweak 0.7.2 from 0.7.0
• GNE Denemo 0.8.10 from 0.8.6
• Hydrogen 0.9.4
• Jackbeat 0.7.4 from 0.7.2
• Mixxx 1.7.2 from 1.6.1
• Muse 1.0.1 from 0.8.1a
• Puredata 0.42.5 from 0.41.4
• Qsynth 0.3.4 from 0.2.5
• SooperLooper 1.6.14 from 1.0.8c
• SoundRecorder (gnome-media) 2.29.91 from 2.28.1
• Virtual Midi Keyboard (vkeybd) 0.1.18d from 0.1.17b
• Zynaddsubfx 2.4.0 from 2.2.1

Graphics:

• Blender 2.49.2 from 2.49a
• FontForge 0.0.20090923 from 0.0.20090622
• FontMatrix 0.6.0 from 0.4.2
• F-Spot 0.61.5 from 0.61.3
• Gimp 2.6.8 from 2.6.7
• Hugin Patch Processor 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Hugin Panorama Creator 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Inkscape 0.47.0 from 0.47~pre4

Video:

• Kino 1.3.4 from 1.3.3

New Applications:

• Rakarrack 0.3.0
• MuseScore 0.9.6
• Subtitleeditor 0.30.0

Removed Application:

• Creox

Applications Moved Into the Main Repository to allow for better integration:

• libffado
• JACK

JACK support for applications:

• Pulseaudio
• Portaudio
• Xine

Pulse Audio/JACK integration:

• Pulse Audio built against Jack is available (but qjackctl still disables Pulse Audio via pasuspender on start)

Note : Further integration between Pulse Audio and JACK should occur in Maverick most likely via DBus

Installation :- Download the ISO image & burn it into a DVD or make a bootable USB using UNetBootin and proceed with the installation.

As we have already discussed, Ubuntu Studio can be installed by 2 Methods :-

1) Upgrade Install – Synaptic Package Manager based installation. [requires Ubuntu 10.04 already installed]

2) Dedicated Install – Making a separate partition and installing Ubuntu Studio afresh. [requires a separate empty space, atleast 10gb]

For Detailed Installation Process & Screenshots Please Refer Our Previous Post.

Njoy !!!

We didn’t find one that good but came out with some wares that can do what they are really better than that. But still we found some of them worth satisfying.

Heres the list:-

1) Brasero Disc Burner.

2) K3B Cd and DVD Kreator.

3) Gnome Baker.

4) XfBurn.

5) Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator.

Brasero CD/DVD Burner

Brasero was developed by Philippe Rouquier & Luis Medinas. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. It is licenced under GNU-GPL & is a free software. It is available in Add/Remove and Ubuntu Software Center for installation in just 1 click.

Features:

• Supports multiple backends: cdrtools, growisofs and libburn

Data CD/DVD:

• supports edition of discs contents (remove/move/rename files inside directories)
• can burn data CD/DVD
• automatic filtering for unwanted files
• supports multisession
• can write the image to the hard drive
• can check disc file integrity

Audio CD:

• write CD-TEXT information
• supports the edition of CD-TEXT information
• can burn audio CD on the fly
• can search for audio files inside dropped folders
• full edition of silences between tracks

CD/DVD copy:

• can copy a CD/DVD to the hard drive
• can copy CD and DVD on the fly
• supports single-session data DVD
• supports any kind of CD

Others:

• erase CD/DVD
• can save/load projects
• can burn CD/DVD images
• song, image and video previewer
• device detection
• file change notification
• a customisable GUI
• supports Drag and Drop
• can search for files
• can display a playlist and its contents
• all disc IO is done asynchronously to prevent the application from blocking

K3B:  Cd/Dvd Kreator

The KDE tool for CD/DVD creation is called K3B aka KDE Burn Baby Burn! It is a free software CD and DVD authoring application for GNU/Linux operating systems designed for KDE. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks such as creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as more advanced tasks such as burning eMoviX CD/DVDs. It can also perform direct disc-to-disc copies. The program has many settings which can be customized by advanced users. The actual disc recording in K3b is handled by the command line utilities cdrecord or wodim, cdrdao, and growisofs.

To install K3b open your Ubuntu Software Center (Applications->Ubuntu Software Center) and type k3b in the search field. Double click the search result and select the Install button. When installed close your Ubuntu Software Center and K3b can be found in your Sound  & Video list (Applications->Sound & Video)

Features:

• Data Cd/Dvd burning.
• Audio CD burning.
• CD tect support.
• Built in CD/DVD Rip.
• eMovix CD/DVD .
• Mixed mode CD (Audio and Data in one).
• Multisession CD.
• Disc to Disc CD /DVD copy.
• ISO image support.
• Erase CDs/DVDs
• Ripping Audio CDs/DVDs , Video CDs/DVDs.
• Video CD/DVD authoring.
• CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW  support.
• K3B can also burn data CDs that support Linux/Unix based OS, Windows, DOS file systems.

GNOME Baker: The Gnome Weapon

GNOME Baker is a free CD/DVD authoring application build for GNU-Linux operating systems. This application has been built for the GNOME Desktop Environment. It requires a recent tools for the burning process like cdrecord, readcd , mkiofs etc. For DVD burning ,it requires gravisofs. It needs gstreamer 0.8 for audio processing. Goto Ubuntu Software Center or Add/Remove programs to install Gnome Baker.

Features:

• Create Data Cds/Dvds.
• RW Disks.
• Burn CDs/DVDs.
• Copy Data CDs/DVDs.
• Copy Audio CDs.
• Support Multisession Burning.
• Record-to & Burn ISO image to CDs/DVDs (including Bootables).
• Supports Drag ‘n’ Drop feature.
• Create Audio CDs from existing WAV, FLAC,MP3 Files.
• Gconf integrated for Storage of Application Settings.
• Can burn Cue/Bin files.
• Format  DVDs.

Xf-Burn

XfBurn is a simple CD/DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries. It was developed to be the default burning application for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can erase CD/DVD-RW, burn and create ISO images, audio CDs, data CD/DVDs. It has a simple GUI, drag n drop / copy – paste feature enabled. It is a freeware and is licenced under GNU -GPL for Linux based operating systems basically for the Xfce Desktops. It is available in Ubuntu Software Center or Add/Remove programs for the  installation.

Features:

• Blank CDs/DVDs.
• Burning Data CDs/DVDs.
• Create ISO images.
• Burn ISO CDs /DVDs.
• Audio CDs.
• Simple GUI.
• Copy n Paste feature .

Note : It a stable release but is undergoing constant development so keep an eye on the updates for more features.

Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator

The Nautilus CD Burner package provides an easy method to write files to a CD or DVD burner through GNOME – by just drag-and-dropping files using the GNOME file manager aka Nautilus.

Features:

• Create Data Cds/Dvds.
• Burning .ISO images.
• Nautilus File manager Integration.
• Drag n Drop support.
• CD-RW & DVD-RW support.
• Duplicate CD/DVD

Enjoy!

For Ubuntu , we have three awesome Media Centers lined up namely – XBMC, Enna Media Center and MOOVIDA .

1) XBMC :- XBMC Media Center (formerly named Xbox Media Center) is an award winning free and open source cross-platform media player and home entertainment software . XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. Created in 2003 , XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers from different parts of the world. XBMC is available in more than 30 languages. Isn’t it great ! Its graphical user interface allows the user to easily manage video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, local network, and the internet using a remote control/mouse.
It is a popular alternative to Microsoft’s Windows Media Center and Apple’s Front Row, & has a skinnable and user-configurable interface and plugin support.

Howto install :-

For Ubuntu 9.10 :- Open the terminal and type :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone
sudo apt-get update

and done.

For Ubuntu 9.04 :-

Add the following key in the terminal :

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 9317790E

In the terminal, type :

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and add these lines and save it .

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Now run :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt0-get install xbmc

Enjoy the best Media Center solution from Applications > Sound & Video > XBMC Media Center.

2)Enna Media Center :-Enna is a Media Center application that features a simple user interface. Enna is based on the powerful Enlightenment Foundations Libraries (EFL) as for its graphical user interface and GeeXboX libraries as for multimedia playback and information retrieval. The Enna project, as many Open Source projects, is in constant development and new features are regularly added.So, just watch out for regular updates . On the whole , all we can say is that its a must try.

Howto Install :-

For Ubuntu Karmic Users:-
Edit the apt-sources.list file with

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following lines & save it

deb http://packages.geexbox.org/ karmic main

Update the source list

sudo apt-get update

Install Enna using the following command:

sudo apt-get install enna

Access Enna from Applications >Sound&Video >Enna Media Center .

3)MOOVIDA :-Moovida is a media center “bringing the best of the internet to your TV/computer screen. The elegant and easy to use interface automatically displays artwork and fan art throughtout and gives you access to movie synopsis and artist info.” Moovida is a project to create an open source cross platform media center solution, with a 10-foot user interface design for the living-room TV, to be used with a remote control. Primary development and deployment platform is Linux and Unix operating systems; it also currently supports Microsoft Windows and also hope to support Mac OS X in the future. It runs on top of the GStreamer multimedia framework.

Howto Install :-

Open the terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line to it and save.

For Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) -

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

For Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty)-

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Now type in

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install moovida

You can start Moovida from Applications > Sound&Video>MOOVIDA.

Njoy !!!

Source: Wiki

Features

The Real-time kernel was introduced first in Ubuntu Studio 8.04 which was modified for intensive audio, video or graphics work later on. The scheduler allows applications to request immediate CPU time, which can reduce audio latency to a great extent improving PC performance while performing tough jobs. The 8.10(Intrepid Ibex) release lacks this real-time kernel, but it has been re-implemented in the 9.04(Jaunty Jackalope) release, and stabilized with the release of Ubuntu studio 9.10(Karmic Koala).Ubuntu studio offers a lot of programs that can be used for Graphics editing , audio and Video editing at par. These include GIMP, Audacity, Inkscape , Hydrogen, Kino and many more. Ubuntu Studio also includes custom artwork and a blue-on-black theme, as compared to Ubuntu’s default brown and orange. It gives a fresh new look to your desktop. It is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.

Those who don’t wanna go into history books what it simply does is to provide you with most impressive Open source tools for your Multimedia  requirements like sound video and graphics.

Download:-

Ubuntu Studio 9.10

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

Ubuntu Studio 9.04

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

For more ,visit here.

Softwares included:

1) Audio

• Ardour – a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application.
• Audacity – a digital audio editor application
• BEAST – music composition and modular synthesis application
• Creox – A real-time guitar effects program
• Fluidsynth – Software Wavetable Synthesizer
• Hydrogen – an advanced drum machine
• JACK Audio Connection Kit – a sound server daemon that provides low latency connections between applications for both audio and MIDI data
• Jack Rack – Virtual rackmount of LADSPA DSP effects plugins for use with JACK.
• JAMin – the JACK Audio Connection Kit Audio Mastering interface
• LilyPond – a program for engraving sheet music
• Mixxx – a digital DJ-style mixing program
• MusE – a MIDI/Audio sequencer using JACK and ALSA
• Patchage – GUI access to patch MIDI and Audio software together for JACK.
• Pure Data
• Rosegarden – a digital audio workstation program.
• Timemachine – Records the last 30 seconds of sound to the hard drive, so a ‘one off’ sound can be captured.
• TiMidity++ – a software synthesizer that is able to convert from MIDI to various formats
• ZynAddSubFX – a complex yet easy to use subtractive, additive, FM synthesizer with DSP effects, and exceptional software synthesizer

2) Video

• PiTiVi – a video editing program
• Kino – a non-linear digital video editor
• Stopmotion – a stop-motion animation movie creator
• VLC media player – a free software media player
• Xjadeo .

3) Graphics

• Agave – a color scheme generator
• Blender – a 3D animation program
• Enblend – an image compositing program
• FontForge – a typeface (font) editor program
• GIMP – a raster graphics editor
• Inkscape – a vector graphics editor
• Scribus – a desktop publishing application
• Synfig – a 2D vector graphics and timeline-based animation program

Installation:

There is currently no live version available of Ubuntu Studio, and consequently, no graphical installer. In addition, the disk image is 1.45 GB, too large to fit on a standard CD, and so the recommended installation medium for Ubuntu Studio is a DVD or USB drive . Ubuntu Studio can also be installed on a pre-existing Ubuntu system by installing the “ubuntustudio-desktop” package from Synaptic Package Manager or via APT(Advanced packaging tool).

The Synaptic way :

Just goto System >Administration >synaptic Package Manager and open it .

Then type in search box “Ubuntu Studio ” and select all the packages and mark all of them for installation that start with the name ” Ubuntu Studio” like Ubuntu-studio-wallpapers, Ubuntu-studio-audio,menu,sounds,look,default-settings,audio-plugins,icon-theme,gdm-theme,controls etc. and mark all of theme for installation.

Now, apply changes and wait a little .

Finally , restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Alternatively, a Dedicated installation :-

The first step is to download the file i.e. .ISO image of Ubuntu studio for which you can use the above links.Now, after the download , burn it into a DVD or you can use UNetBootin for creating a USB installer Disk (read here) and boot from it. The installation procedure is totally same as that of basic ubuntu OS.

Just basic Steps:-

1)Select your language and start with the installation.

2)Select the “Install Ubuntu Studio” option and then press enter .

The installer will scan your Source and your hardware after that.

3)The system will ask you for your username and password you want to set up .

4)The installer will ask for Partitioning.Here, i have used default partitioner set-up. If you want to go with the Manual partitioning , you can refer here. After all seetings have been done, press enter to continue and now your system will be installed with proposed changes.

5)It will finish the installation and then prepare it for first use.

6)After all work is finished ,the system will be restarted by pressing enter .

7)Lastly, type in your Username and password(if any)and enjoy your Ubuntu Studio 9.10 on the go

Enjoy a brand new Ubuntu with improved looks and performance

Experience a Media Center at home with Ubuntu Studio

A very Happy New year guys. Enjoy…!!!

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras is one simple solution to all problems like No Flash player in your browser, no media plugins for playback of certain multimedia files and all. It will install everything.

I think the above explanation is more than self explanatory. :p