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 * Several improvements of the desktop interactions.  * Desktop setup is more closely synced with Xubuntu in this release which results in a change in many of the preinstalled packages in our desktop meta.

Release Notes for Ubuntu Studio 16.04 Xenial Xerus

Please see XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes for general Ubuntu release notes.

Getting Ubuntu Studio Xenial Xerus (16.04)

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 pre-release is as it’s supposed to be. Compare your MD5 checksum with the correct ones found alongside the images.

Changes for this LTS release (compared to previous LTS)

  • Adoption of the whisker menu
  • Desktop setup is more closely synced with Xubuntu in this release which results in a change in many of the preinstalled packages in our desktop meta.
  • New font: Droid has been replaced by Noto.
  • The categorization in the menu has changed. Still work in progress, but we have gone from 5 main categories down to 3 - audio, graphics and video.

  • The application ubuntustudio-controls is now functional and able to administer realtime privilege for users.

  • Ubuntu has followed Debian in moving from libav back to ffmpeg.

  • As usual, lot's of applications have been updated. Special notice for ardour - the package is called ardour3, but the application itself is actually version 4.

Known Problems

  • recordmydesktop output is corrupt - video glitching out (1531852)

  • First entry of the boot-menu "Try UbuntuStudio without installing" does not get translated into the chosen language (1550186)

  • parole crashing with SIGSEGV in cogl_matrix_entry_ref() (1550198)

  • ImageMagick Entries not working in whiskers menu (1550210)

  • Scribus defaults to 10.15 Saturday Night BRK Regular font (1550216)

  • Phatch freezing when starting and crashing when dropping an image on the window (1527314)

Support

Ubuntu Studio Xenial Xerus (16.04) is a Long Term Support (LTS) release and will be supported for 3 years.

Contact Us

Ways to contact the Ubuntu Studio Team are listed here

XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio (last edited 2017-08-03 19:42:48 by rosco2)