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NOTE: THESE NOTES ARE FOR A VERSION OF UBUNTU STUDIO STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT. USE OF THIS VERSION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND COMES WITHOUT SUPPORT

Release Notes for Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa

Please see FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes for general Ubuntu release notes.

Ubuntu Studio shares some of the desktop features with Xubuntu. Please see Xubuntu release notes for additional information.


Getting Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS

Download a Disk Image

Instructions for burning the image to a DVD or USB flash drive can be found on the Burning ISO Howto.

Check MD5SUM for the downloaded ISO

It is recommended to check your image file so your installation goes smoothly. Compare your MD5 checksum with the correct ones found alongside the images.

Upgrading to Ubuntu Studio 20.04

NOTE: If you have enabled the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA, make sure you remove it.

To remove the Backports PPA, open a terminal window and type:

 sudo apt install ppa-purge
 sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/backports

If for whatever reason this PPA removal fails, continue with the upgrade as usual.

To upgrade:

Open a terminal and type the following:

 sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Follow the instructions in the terminal.


Changes for this release (compared to 19.10 Eoan Ermine)

Audio

  • Ubuntu Studio Controls has been upgraded to Version 1.12.3. Many changes have been made for the Eoan Release, and the following is a summary of some of those changes:

    • Audio setup tab is split into three tabs: Jack Master Settings, Extra Devices, Pulse Bridging
    • Due to kernel compatibility reasons, Firewire devices are no longer supported. Consider upgrading to a modern USB or PCIe audio interface.
    • PulseAudio bridges can now be named by the user

    • Multiple bug fixes
    • For more information about Ubuntu Studio Controls, see:
      • The README
      • The manpages for ubuntustudio-controls, autojack and ubuntustudio-system
  • RaySession has been upgraded to version 0.8.3

  • Audacity upgraded to version 2.3.3
  • Hydrogen upgraded to 1.0.0-beta2
  • Carla upgraded to 2.1-RC2, expecting 2.1 final before 20.04 LTS final.

Graphics

  • MyPaint has returned to the default installation, version 2.0.0.

  • Krita upgraded to version 4.2.9
  • Blender upgraded to version 2.82
  • Gimp upgraded to 2.10.18
  • Rawtherapee upgraded to 5.8

Publishing

  • Scribus upgraded to 1.5.5
  • Calibre upgraded to 4.99

Video

  • OBS Studio upgraded to 25.0.3 (24.0.6 on the Beta image)
  • KDEnlive upgraded to 19.12.3
  • Libreoffice Impress now included by default


Current Version Of Main Multimedia Packages


Known Problems

  • A problem has been discovered with the package selection portion of the disk installer (Ubiquity installer, not ubuntustudio-installer) where if one package is unselected then all other packages within the same category (metapackage) get inadvertently uninstalled and/or the installer fails. Do not unselect any packages at this point

  • Ubuntu Studio uses the same XFCE desktop environment as the official Xubuntu release, and thus, may be affected by some of the same issues. This is also true of the core packages of the mainline Ubuntu release. You can see their release notes here (Xubuntu) and here (Ubuntu)

  • Timidity (not installed by default) has been known to cause problems with audio configurations on Ubuntu and will lock-up ALSA.


Support

Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) will be supported for 36 months (3 years) until April 2023. Users of Ubuntu Studio 19.10 and 18.04 are urged to upgrade at their earliest convenience.


Contact Us

Ways to contact the Ubuntu Studio Team are listed here


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