The Beta 2 snapshot is now available for download

Sep 28, 2016 22:55 GMT  ·  By

We reported earlier today, September 28, 2016, on the availability of the Final Beta (Beta 2) development milestone of the upcoming Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) operating system and its official derivatives.

We've already talked here about what's new in the Beta 2 of Ubuntu MATE 16.10, Lubuntu 16.10, and Kubuntu 16.10, and now we would like to tell you a little bit about Ubuntu Studio 16.10, which promises to offer users an up-to-date multimedia oriented Linux-based operating system.

That's right, it looks like today's Ubuntu Studio 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Beta 2 snapshot comes with all the latest software releases and a bunch of new apps that you might need for audio, video, or graphics processing jobs. But first, we need to tell you that Ubuntu Studio 16.10 is powered by a low-latency Linux 4.8 kernel.

"Development of Ubuntu Studio Yakkety Yak (16.10) is ongoing and bugs are fixed every day. Before reporting bugs, please ensure your system is up to date and you're installing the latest build. For verifying installation related bugs, updated disk images are available from Daily bootable images for standard PCs/laptops/netbooks," said the devs.

Ardour 5.0.0, Blender 2.77a, Pitivi 0.97.1, and much more

The multimedia stack of Ubuntu Studio 16.10 just got a massive update in this second and last Beta development milestone, and among the applications included we can mention Ardour 5.0.0, LMMS 1.1.3, Pitivi 0.97.1, GIMP 2.8.16, Scribus 1.4.6, Blender 2.77a, darktable 2.0.5, Krita 2.9.7, InkScape 0.91, Kdenlive 15.12.3, qJackCtl 0.4.2, and Font Manager 0.7.2.

As for the newly added apps, Ubuntu Studio 16.10 Beta 2 ships with DrumGizmo, DGEdit, Gpick, dispcalGUI (replaces GNOME Color Manager), Calibre, PDF-Shuffler, Plume Creator, and Vokoscreen (replaces recordMyDesktop). Of course, many of the core components have been updated as well, borrowed from the Ubuntu base.

If you want to get an early taste of Ubuntu Studio 16.10, you can download the ISO images for 64- or 32-bit hardware architectures right now via our website. When testing, please try to keep in mind that a Beta build is a pre-release version, not a final product. Also, make sure you read the known issues in the official announcement.