Ubuntu Studio menyertakan banyak aplikasi open source yang mendukung Multimedia, seperti CinePaint untuk memroses video pada pembuatan film, Sekuenser Audio bernama Rosegarden, editor audio Ardour, juga program DTP Scribus.

Highlights of Ubuntu Studio 12.04.2 LTS:

• A lowlatency kernel is now installed by default;
• XFCE is now the default desktop environment;
• Pulse Audio <-> JACK bridging has been enabled by default;
• New LightDM and Desktop background/backdrop images have been added;
• The distribution will ship with a newer 3.2.0-37.37 kernel. This is based on the 3.2.37 Upstream Linux Kernel;
• The Long Term Support term is three years, unlike Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which has five.

Media:

• 32bit ubuntustudio-12.04-dvd-i386 sku-01.305.1204.51
• 64bit ubuntustudio-12.04-dvd-amd64 sku-01.305.1204.61