14 DAY TRIAL // ArtistX 1.0 Multimedia Studio has been released. The Ubuntu-based distro aims to enable artists and creators from a number of fields to work via a live and free environment. The latest release is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and comes with updated versions of the packages included in the long-term support branch of Ubuntu.
"After many years of continuous development and nine versions, the ArtistX 1.0 Multimedia Studio on a DVD is finally here," Marco Ghirlanda announced on the homepage.
"It's an Ubuntu 10.04 based live DVD that turns a common computer into a full multimedia production studio," he explained.
ArtistX 1.0 is a customized build of Ubuntu 10.04. There are no architectural changes and the only things that differ are the software included on the DVD and installed by default as well as some of the visual elements, wallpapers, default theme and so on.
"ArtistX 1.0 is created with the Remastersys software for live DVDs and includes the 2.6.32 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.30 and KDE 4.5, Compiz Fusion and about 2500 free multimedia software packages, nearly everything that exists for the GNU/Linux operating system organized in the Gnome menu," he listed the main software packages available in ArtistX 1.0.
ArtistX 1.0 is based on the latest updated packages included in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It comes with Compiz enabled by default and plenty of the multimedia and creation packages available in the Ubuntu repositories.
Many audio editing and creation tools are included as well as tools for 2D and 3D graphics. Finally, video editing software is available on the live DVD as well. All of these can be run without the need to install ArtistX on the machine, everything that needs to be saved can be stored on an USB drive or burned on a CD or DVD.
ArtistX 1.0 is available for download here on Softpedia.