The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu
Studio 23.10, codenamed “Mantic Minotaur”.
While this beta is reasonably free of any showstopper installer bugs,
you may find some bugs within. This image is, however, mostly
representative of what you will find when Ubuntu Studio 23.10 is
released on October 12, 2023.
Special Notes
The Ubuntu Studio 23.10 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 DVD. For this reason, we recommend downloading to a
compatible file system. When creating a boot medium, we
recommendcreating a bootable USB stick
<https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#1-overview>with
the ISO image, or burning to a Dual-Layer DVD.
Images can be obtained from this
link:https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/23.10/beta/
Full updated information, including*Upgrade Instructions,*are available
in the*Release Notes
<https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-23-10-release-notes/>*.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GroovyGorilla/Beta/UbuntuStudio>
New Features This Release
* *PipeWire*‘s JACK support is now drastically improved and includes a
real-time bridge between the JACK and ALSA components of PipeWire,
and continues to improve with every release. Version 0.3.79
* *Ubuntu Studio Installer*now includes an*Ubuntu Studio Audio
Configuration
<https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer/#audioconfig>*utility
for fine-tuning the PipeWire setup or changing the configuration
altogether. Version 1.9
* *QPrompt*is now, while not included in the Ubuntu Studio .iso image,
available in the repositories. QPrompt is free teleprompter software
for video recording and television studios. Version 1.1.6
Major Package Upgrades
* *Ardour*version 7.5.0
* *Qtractor*version 0.9.35
* *OBS Studio*version 29.1.3
* *Audacity*version 3.3.3
* *digiKam*version 8.1.0
* *Kdenlive*version 23.08.1
* *Krita*version 5.1.5
There are many other improvements, too numerous to list here. We
encourage you to look around the freely-downloadable ISO image.
Known Issues
* Ubuntu Studio’s classic PulseAudio-JACK configuration cannot be used
on Ubuntu Desktop (GNOME) due to a known issue with the
ubuntu-desktop metapackage. (LP: #2033440
<https://launchpad.net/bugs/2033440>)
Official Ubuntu Studio release notes can be found
athttps://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-23-10-release-notes/
Further known issues, mostly pertaining to the desktop environment, can
be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ManticMinotaur/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LunarLobster/ManticMinotaur/Kubuntu>(when
available)
Additionally, the main Ubuntu release notes contain more generic
issues:https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-notes/35534
How You Can Help
Please test using the test cases onhttps://iso.qa.ubuntu.com. All you
need is aLaunchpad <https://launchpad.net/>account to get started.
Additionally, we need financial contributions. Our project lead, Erich
Eickmeyer, is working long hours on this project and trying to generate
a part-time income. Seethis post
<https://ubuntustudio.org/2023/09/a-message-from-the-project-lead/>as to
the reasons why andgo here <https://ubuntustudio.org/contribute/>to see
how you can contribute financially (options are also in the sidebar).
Frequently Asked Questions
*Q:*Does Ubuntu Studio contain snaps?
*A:*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.
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.
*Q:*If I install this Beta release, will I have to reinstall when the
final release comes out?
*A:*No. If you keep it updated, your installation will automatically
become the final release. However, if Audacity returns to the Ubuntu
repositories before final release, then you might end-up with a
double-installation of Audacity. Removal instructions of one or the
other will be made available in a future post.
*Q*: Will you make an ISO with {my favorite desktop environment}?
*A:*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 theofficial
flavor for the desktop environment of your choice
<https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours>and useUbuntu Studio Installer
<https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-installer>to get Ubuntu Studio.
*Q:*What if I don’t want all these packages installed on my machine?
*A:*Simply use the*Ubuntu Studio Installer*to remove the features of
Ubuntu Studio you don’t want or need!
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