These packages we will re-use from Ubuntu: ubuntu-minimal, ubuntu-base, ubuntu-standard

ubuntustudio-desktop

This is basically a stripped ubuntu-desktop and will not actually be an installable meta.

Package list:

acpi, acpi-support, acpid, alacarte, anacron, apmd, apport-gtk, avahi-daemon, bc, bug-buddy, cdparanoia, cdrecord, contact-lookup-applet, cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client, cupsys-driver-gutenprint, dc, deskbar-applet, desktop-file-utils, doc-base, dvd+rw-tools, ekiga, eog, esound, evince, evolution, evolution-exchange, evolution-plugins, evolution-webcal, file-roller, firefox, firefox-gnome-support, foo2zjs, foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-db-hpijs, foomatic-filters, fortune-mod, gaim, gcalctool, gconf-editor, gdebi, gdm, gedit, gnome-about, gnome-app-install, gnome-applets, gnome-control-center, gnome-cups-manager, gnome-icon-theme, gnome-keyring-manager, gnome-media, gnome-menus, gnome-netstatus-applet, gnome-nettool, gnome-panel, gnome-pilot-conduits, gnome-power-manager, gnome-session, gnome-spell, gnome-system-monitor, gnome-system-tools, gnome-terminal, gnome-themes, gnome-utils, gnome-volume-manager, gnome2-user-guide, gs-esp, gstreamer0.10-alsa, gstreamer0.10-esd, gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps, gthumb, gtk2-engines, gucharmap, hal, hal-device-manager, hotkey-setup, hwdb-client-gnome, landscape-client, language-selector, lftp, libgl1-mesa-glx, libglut3, libgnome2-perl, libgnomevfs2-bin, libgnomevfs2-extra, libpam-foreground, libpt-plugins-v4l, libpt-plugins-v4l2, libsasl2-modules, libstdc++5, libxp6, metacity, min12xxw, mkisofs, nautilus, nautilus-cd-burner, nautilus-sendto, notification-daemon, pnm2ppa, powermanagement-interface, readahead, rss-glx, screen, screensaver-default-images, scrollkeeper, serpentine, slocate, smbclient, ssh-askpass-gnome, synaptic, tangerine-icon-theme, tango-icon-theme, tango-icon-theme-common, tomboy, totem, totem-mozilla, tsclient, ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-dejavu, ttf-freefont, ubuntu-docs, ubuntu-sounds, unzip, update-notifier, usplash, usplash-theme-ubuntu, vino, wvdial, x-ttcidfont-conf, xkeyboard-config, xorg, xsane, xscreensaver-data, xscreensaver-gl, xterm, xvncviewer, yelp, zenity, zip

Status:

Working on thinning this out.

ubuntustudio-desktop-settings

This is for desktop settings and system tweaks.

Package list:

Status:

Working on

ubuntustudio-artwork

This package contains merely the Distributor Logo and pulls in all the other components via Depends.

Status:

In planning

ubuntustudio-audio

All applications deemed nessessary to provide a working PC studio environment. This is the package most users of other derivatives will be interested in, so they don't get forced into a different desktop environment with a new theme and such.

Package list:

aconnectgui alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui audacity ardour2-gtk beast bitscope creox denemo timemachine gtick hydrogen jackbeat jackd jackeq jack-rack jack-tools jamin jdelay lilypond lilypond-data meterbridge muse patchage qamix vkeybd qjackctl puredata rosegarden4 timidity seq24 shaketracker sooperlooper swami csound tapiir freqtweak mixxx terminatorx xmms xmms-jackasyn xmms-modplug zynaddsubfx fluidsynth bristol freebirth qsynth linuxsampler linux-lowlatency

• - Also the linux-image-lowlatency kernel will be installed by default but will not be a depend of the meta. So you can remove it if you use a custom kernel and wont break the meta.

Description:

• aconnectgui - graphical ALSA sequencer connection manager
• alsa-tools
• alsa-tools-gui
• audacity - Swiss army audio editor
• ardour2-gtk - digital audio workstation (graphical gtk interface)
• beast - music synthesis and composition framework
• bitscope - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software
• creox - real-time guitar effects
• denemo - A gtk+ frontend to GNU Lilypond
• timemachine - JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use
• gtick - Metronome application
• hydrogen - Simple drum machine/step sequencer
• jackbeat - audio sequencer
• jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)
• jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources
• jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK
• jack-tools - various JACK tools: plumbing, play, udp, ctl, scope, clock
• jamin - Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK
• jdelay - A small command line JACK app you can use to measure the latency of your sound card.

• lilypond-data - LilyPond music typesetter (data files)

• lilypond - A program for typesetting sheet music
• meterbridge - A collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server
• muse - Qt-based midi/audio sequencer
• patchage
• qamix
• vkeybd - Virtual Keyboard program
• qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server
• puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system
• rosegarden4 - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
• timidity - Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player)
• seq24 - Real time MIDI sequencer
• shaketracker - MIDI sequencer with tracker GUI
• sooperlooper - Looping Sampler LADSPA plugin

• swami - SoundFont editor

• csound - powerful and versatile sound synthesis software
• tapiir - A tool for real time audio delay and feedback effects
• freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation
• mixxx - A digital DJ interface (for beat-mixing)
• terminatorx - A realtime audio synthesizer
• xmms - Versatile X audio player that looks like Winamp
• xmms-jackasyn - JACK Output plugin for xmms

• xmms-modplug - ModPlug plugin for XMMS

• zynaddsubfx - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux
• fluidsynth - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer
• bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator
• freebirth - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer similar to Rebirth
• qsynth - fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end
• linuxsampler - software audio sampler
• linux-lowlatency - Low latency kernel

Reconsidered:

• kaconnect - QT version of the aconnect utility for the ALSA sequencer system.
• mx44 - A polyphonic multichannel midi realtime software synthesizer.
• lmms - Linux Multimedia Studio

• ams - "AlsaModularSynth" is a realtime modular synthesizer and effect processor. It features

• gmorgan - a rhythm station
• kluppe - A loop-player and recorder, designed for live use.
• spiralsynthmodular - An Object orientated modular softsynth / sequencer / sampler
• specimen - a MIDI controllable audio sampler for GNU/Linux systems
• sweep - An editor for sound samples
• solfege - Ear training program for GNOME2
• horgand - a JACK capable organ softsynth
• amsynth - two oscillator software synthesizer
• tk707 - drum sequencer for a sound card or MIDI device
• supercollider - realtime sound synthesis server and network language interpreter
• qmidiarp
• qmidicontrol
• qmidiroute
• qsampler
• qarecord
• om - Modular Synthesizer
• galan - modular audio processing and synthesis system
• cheesetracker - sound module tracking program (IT - Impulse Tracker clone)
• galan - modular audio processing and synthesis system
• ecamegapedal - an audio effects pedal application
• ecasound - Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor
• soundtracker - Sound module editor/player. Supporting .xm and .xi

• soundstretch - A command-line program that performs SoundTouch library effects on WAV audio files.

Status:

We have a mostly complete list.

ubuntustudio-plugins

A plug-ins package.

Package list:

blop caps cmt fil-plugins ladspa-sdk mcp-plugins omins swh-plugins tap-plugins vcf-plugins dssi-example-plugins dssi-host-jack dssi-plugin-fluidsynth dssi-plugin-hexter dssi-plugin-hexter dssi-plugin-xsynth dssi-utils

Decription:

• blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts.
• caps - A collection of refined LADSPA plugins.
• cmt - (Computer Music Toolkit) A collection of LADSPA compatible plugins.
• fil-plugins - Parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin.
• ladspa-sdk - Sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture.
• mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth.
• omins - Collection of LADSPA plugins geared at modular synthesizers.
• swh-plugins - Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins.
• tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins.
• vcf-plugins - Audio EQ biquad filter LADSPA plugins.
• dssi-example-plugins - Example DSSI plugins.
• dssi-host-jack - An example DSSI host.
• dssi-plugin-fluidsynth - Soundfont player/synth for DSSI.
• dssi-plugin-hexter - A Yamaha DX7 modeling software synthesizer for DSSI.
• dssi-plugin-xsynth - A classic-analog style softsynth DSSI plugin.
• dssi-utils - Command-line utilities for sending commands to DSSI plugins.

Status:

This list is final.

ubuntustudio-video

Video editing apps.

Package list:

pitivi cinepaint ffmpeg ffmpeg2theora kino stopmotion synfigstudio

Decription:

• pitivi - Video editor
• cinepaint - A painting and image retouching program designed to work best with 35mm film and other high resolution high dynamic range images.
• ffmpeg - Multimedia player, server and encoder
• ffmpeg2theora - Theora video encoder using ffmpeg
• kino - A non-linear editor for Digital Video data
• stopmotion - A program for creating stop motion animation.
  • jahshaka - (not in the repos and deferred until next upstream release.)
  • cinelerra - (not in the repos and deferred until license issues are worked out)

Status:

We have quite a good list.

ubuntustudio-graphics

A current, complete set of 2D/3D manipulation applications. ie: Inkscape, GIMP, Blender, and so on.

Package list:

inkscape blender gimp gimp-gap gimp-svg gimp-dcraw f-spot scribus fontforge gnome-raw-thumbnailer xsane wacom-tools hugin agave

Decription:

• inkscape - A vector-based drawing program.
• blender - A very fast and versatile 3D suite for modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
• gimp - A raster-based drawing program.
• gimp-gap - GAP is a collection of plug-ins to extend the GIMP with capabilities to edit and create animations and movies as sequences of single frames.
• gimp-svg - A plug-in to import SVG images.
• gimp-dcraw - A plug-in to import RAW images.
• f-spot - A personal photo management application.
• scribus - A open source desktop page layout program.

• fontforge - Font Editor for PS, TrueType and OpenType fonts.

• gnome-raw-thumbnailer - a thumbnailer for GNOME that will make thumbnails for camera RAW files.
• xsane - GTK+-based X11 frontend for SANE. (Scanner Access Now Easy)
• wacom-tools - Software for you Wacom drawing pad.
• hugin - An easy to use cross-platform GUI for Panorama Tools.
• synfigstudio - A vector 2D based animation package (GUI)
• agave - Colorscheme generator.
• enblend - A tool for compositing images.

Status:

This list is ALMOST final.

ubuntustudio-garageband

This is an idea for a new meta. It will NOT be included in out 1st release.

• Jokosher - A simple yet powerful multi-track studio.
• pitivi - A non-linear audio/video editor using GStreamer.

New packages to the repos

These packages we are getting into the repos but will not be in metas. Aldo see: UbuntuStudio/ToPackage

• Soma Suite - Digital radio station and management software.

General Wishlist

Audio:

• Rivendell (http://www.salemradiolabs.com/rivendell/) - Radio broadcast automation solution

• Freebob (http://freebob.sourceforge.net/) - Firewire audio interfaces

• MuseScore - (http://mscore.sourceforge.net/index.php)

• aldrin (http://trac.zeitherrschaft.org/zzub/wiki/Aldrin)

• bristol (http://sourceforge.net/projects/bristol)

• freecycle (http://freecycle.redsteamrecords.com)

• fst (http://www.joebutton.co.uk/fst/) -> please notice that for licence purpose, it will be hard to get it in Ubuntu. ttoine.

• glame (http://glame.sourceforge.net/) - Non-linear audio editor

• jackmix
• snd
• splitter (for zynaddsubfx)

• sonic visualiser (http://sonicvisualiser.org)

• icecast (http://www.icecast.org)A GPL streaming media server project

• darkIce (http://darkice.tyrell.hu) a live audio streamer

• darkSnow (http://darksnow.radiolivre.org/) a simple graphic interface for darkIce

• campcaster (http://www.campware.org) takes a regular PC and turns it into a tool for managing a radio station broadcast

• grip (http://nostatic.org/grip/) cd-player and cd-ripper for the Gnome desktop

• ripperX (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ripperx/) GTK program to rip CD audio tracks and encode them to the Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats

• tuxguitar (http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/)

Video:

• gephex
• freej
• theorur
• xaos
• pd-pdp
• pd-pidip
• delvj
• lives - lives.sourceforge.net
• kdenlive
• videotrans
• spumux
• gtranscode -
• istanbul
• myrtille animation
• video-studio (linux video studio)
• gv4l
• dvr
• gscanbus
• coriander -
• kmediagrab
• matroska gui
• xmrm
• subtitleeditor
• gsubedit -

• veejay (http://veejay.dyne.org/) a visual instrument and real-time video sampler

• open movie editor (http://openmovieeditor.sourceforge.net) An easy to use non-linear video editor

• dvdstyler (http://www.dvdstyler.de/)

Graphics:

• xaralx (http://www.xaraxtreme.org/) supports both CMYK(!) and pdf export (as bitmap)

• ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/) convert between image formats as well as resize an image

• UIRA (http://uira.sourceforge.net/) vector animation Authoring Environment (SWF/SVG)

• Art of Illusion (http://artofillusion.org/) 3D modelling and rendering studio

• Wings3D (http://www.wings3d.com/) subdivision 3D modeler

Disk Breakdown

CD Image

• ubuntustudio-minimal, ubuntustudio-base, ubuntustudio-standard, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-settings and ubuntustudio-artwork
• You will apt-get the meta of your choice on the CD.

DVD Image

The DVD will include:

• ubuntustudio-minimal, ubuntustudio-base, ubuntustudio-standard, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-settings, ubuntustudio-artwork, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntustudio-dssi, ubuntustudio-ladspa-plugins, ubuntustudio-video and ubuntustudio-graphics

Now on either disk you use, these are installed by default: ubuntustudio-minimal, ubuntustudio-base, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-standard, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-settings and ubuntustudio-artwork. Ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntustudio-audio-plugins, ubuntustudio-video and ubuntustudio-graphics will be installed, as needed, by the user.