Ubuntu Studio is the official flavor assembled for creative production across audio, video, graphics, photography, and publishing. Its most serious engineering goes into sound: the system is configured for low-latency audio work, with professional routing and plugin support arranged so recording and synthesis workflows function shortly after installation, a task that normally eats days of manual configuration. The bundled software spans digital audio workstations, video editors, compositors, painting and photo tools, and desktop publishing applications. In its current form the flavor uses the KDE Plasma desktop, and its installer tooling can add the Studio stack to an existing Ubuntu system rather than demanding a dedicated install. The base follows Ubuntu's archive, APT packaging, and April and October cadence with long-term-support releases. It is aimed at musicians, podcasters, and visual creators. An OpenFactory browser VM lets you inventory that toolset before rebuilding a workstation around it.
Select a version of Ubuntu Studio to try online:
| 24.04: |
|---|
Need Ubuntu Studio for more than a quick browser preview?
The buttons above launch an ephemeral browser VM, perfect for kicking the tires. Paid plans unlock the things you'd actually use it for:
- ✓Persistent VMs you can SSH into and customize
- ✓Snapshots, your own packages, a downloadable ISO
- ✓Fleet deployment to your own machines (on-prem or cloud)