While Ubuntu is rapidly spreading on desktops, notebooks and even mobile phones around the world, today Canonical and all the people behind the Ubuntu Studio project are proud to announce the release of a new distribution based on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04), created especially for audio, video and graphics enthusiast as well as professionals. Ubuntu Studio provides a suite of the best FREE and Open Source software available for multimedia creation. The distribution is completely free to use, redistribute and modify: "UbuntuStudio.org is now open for business!! Yes all you crazy kids it's time. Come on in and get it. [...] We thank so many people for their help in all of this. Mark S, the Ubuntu core team, MOTU, the kernel guys. Really, it's just too big of a list. It's the Ubuntu community that has made this possible. So, thank you all. Enjoy!".

Let's review the main parts of Ubuntu Studio:

Audio

Are you used to professional tools? Do you want a multi-track recorder and editor? Ubuntu Studio includes Ardour 2, a wonderful application that can record, edit and mix multi-track audio. For example, you can produce your own CDs or mix video soundtracks and even generate sound installations for 12 speaker gallery shows.

Graphics

Ubuntu Studio includes the best tools for graphic and modeling design, such as The GIMP, Inkscape and Blender. It also comes equipped with plugins like dcraw that will help you manipulate RAW camera files and wacom-tools for those of you that own a Wacom drawing tablet.

Video

Video creation? Say no more, because Ubuntu Studio includes applications like Cinepaint, Kino and PiTiVi that will allow you to do almost anything with video files, like conversion, editing, crop and resize, cut or join video clips.

"Our aim is to make it more accessible for new users to get into the tools that GNU/Linux has to offer for multimedia creation/production. We also want to spotlight what's out there. Show users tools they might not have known they existed." - says the Ubuntu Studio team.

Unfortunately, Ubuntu Studio is not a LiveCD and you will have to install it on a hard drive in order to enjoy it. To do this task, please follow our complete How to Install Ubuntu Studio guide. But, as the Ubuntu Studio team said, the only limitation is your imagination!

Download Ubuntu Studio right now from Softpedia.