Typo (2019) fixed. On 1/27/2019 2:10 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > > > Updates for January 2019 > <http://ubuntustudio.org/2019/01/updates-for-january-2018/> > > The Ubuntu Studio team has been working on some exciting things since > the release of Ubuntu Studio 18.10 back in October, and we thought we > should update the community on these things. > > > Ubuntu Studio Installer > > In the past, the “Ubuntu Studio Metapackage Installer” has served to > allow those that choose to install metapackages in Ubuntu Studio’s > default Xfce-based environment after installation if they elected not > to install those packages at install time. This will continue to > exist, but will also serve a secondary purpose. > > One of the visions for Ubuntu Studio has been the ability for users of > other Ubuntu flavors to essentially “bolt-on” Ubuntu Studio to their > existing installation. This will be easily available for those users > beginning with Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo. It will be a 2-step process: > 1) install the “ubuntustudio-installer” package, and 2) Launch it and > select the features you want. It will allow you to install any of the > metapackages along with the “under-the-hood” performance tweaks that > Ubuntu Studio includes by default. > > > Application Updates > > Most applications are getting updated to the latest version. One to > highlight will be the inclusion of Calf Studio Gear (Calf Plugins) > 0.90.1 which includes many enhancements to the audio plugins, but also > fixes some compatibility issues. > > Unfortuntely, a side-effect of an upstream packaging error in LMMS > exposing the calf-ladspa plugins to the rest of the system (which was > never intended by the developers or LMMS or Calf) is causing a > conflict when those plugins are loaded by other DAWs such as Ardour. > As such, we have had to temporarily remove LMMS from the daily Ubuntu > Studio spins until this problem, which was resolved upstream in > Debian, makes its way back downstream to Ubuntu. > > Also coming will be bug fixes to Ubuntu Studio Controls with > improvements to settings persisting after reboot. > > > Ubuntu Studio on Reddit > > The Ubuntu Studio subreddit has existed for some time, but recently > our core team has gained moderation privileges to be able to > revitalize it and create a community hub for our Ubuntu Studio > community. If you’d like to join in that conversation, please visit > https://reddit.com/r/ubuntustudio. > > > Ubuntu Studio in the Media > > Our council chair, Erich Eickmeyer, was recently featured in an > article on Forbes talking about Ubuntu Studio. Check it out > <https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/01/24/ubuntu-studio-19-04-has-new-tricks-up-its-sleeve-for-linux-creatives/>! > > Also, Erich appeared in a couple of podcasts, including This Week in > Linux <https://tuxdigital.com/2018/10/episode-41-this-week-in-linux/> > and the Lorenzo’s Music Podcast > <https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2019/01/s01-episode-6-erich-eickmeyer-ubuntu.html>. > Erich has also been a long-time contributor to the LINUX Unplugged > <https://linuxunplugged.com/> podcast and can be heard as part of the > “Virtual Linux User Group” > > > Want to contribute? > > Currently, we are looking for people to come to the #ubuntustudio IRC > chatroom at irc.freenode.net and participate by helping people with > technical support. We get a lot of people asking for help at times > when our most active members, namely Erich and Len who live on the > west coast of the United States and Canada, are asleep. So, if you can > help, that would be wonderful. > > Bear in mind that you don’t have to know everything, and if you don’t > know the answer to a question, you can direct the user to other places > to get help. If it’s related to the desktop environment, the folks in > #xubuntu can help if you don’t know the answer. For everything else, > there’s #ubuntu. For specific applications there is help by those
> developers and communities. > >
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