An official variant of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio is a Linux-based operating system for creative individuals in the areas of audio production, video production, graphics design, photography and desktop publishing. It makes professional audio accessible on Linux; it uses the JACK sound server and a kernel built with a low-latency patch. Up until version 20.10 Ubuntu Studio shipped with the Xfce desktop environment, but this was replaced by KDE Plasma in October 2020.
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I tried to use Ubuntu Studio gain, after past not the best experiences with Audio Studio.
This time version 22.10.
The whole OS is fine, the preinstalled packages might be useful for graphics and video production, but audio part of it is useless. From a professional audio production point of view.
I understand the postponed move towards PipeWire audio structure. It is immature, and unreliable for audio production using pro Audio/MIDI interfaces.
However, the Ubuntu Studio Audio Package with Studio Controls interface is a total mess.
Being a pro audio engineer, using many pro audio production applications and hardware, Pro Tools licensed, composer, musician, etc, etc... I have never figured out how to properly setup the Studio Controls with ridiculously over-complicated structures of Pulse-Jack-ALSA-tweaks--bridges-backends-devices-childish looking mixers-etc, etc...
I have never made my audio interfaces work. The online instructions on Ubuntu Community Help Wiki is old, and it does not reflect the current Studio Controls interface.
Yes, I finally found the way to make my audio interface work:
I uninstalled the whole Audio Studio Package (sic!!!). Then I could hear the interface outputs.
Thus... why to use Ubuntu Studio for audio production?
unfortunately it didn't work on my HP machine with i5-4440 cpu, nvidia geforce gtx 760, ssd and 8 gb of ram. Problems with booting, screen freezes and media player are just few problem since I didn't have time to test it longer. too buggy. Previous versions were buggy too but not as much as this one.
Would have given a 10 But they did not include Libreoffice Calc and Database? Why Not ??? I use them often.
It runs really well on a Yoga C930. The install works fine with no issues. It has all the apps that one could want except the above ones that I mentioned.
The KDE Distro is new to me as I usually use Gnome (Coming from Fedora 35). It is a very smart Desktop indeed as the icons are very well done and the color systems brilliant and well thought out. I like that one can program different corners to do different things. Brilliant.
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