APODIO is a Linux live and installation DVD with a large collection of open source audio and video software, as well as graphical utilities for making system administration as simple and intuitive as possible. It is based on Ubuntu.

APODIO is a completely free and open-source distribution of Linux derived from the Ubuntu operating system and designed from the ground up to be used for producing and distributing multimedia files, such as video clips and audio tracks.

Lightweight and ultra-fast graphical desktop environment powered by Xfce
The default graphical desktop environment of APODIO is the lightweight Xfce, which comprises of a taskbar located on the upper side of the screen and a dock (applications launcher) on the bottom edge of the screen.

The distro includes a wide range of multimedia-oriented apps
As mentioned, the main emphasis is on multimedia production, which means that the distro includes a wide range of multimedia-oriented apps, among which we can mention Mixxx, Audacity, Hydrogen, Ardour, Rosegarden, Qtractor, MusE, Kdenlive, Cinelerra, PiTiVi, OpenShot and Kino.

Summing up, APODIO is a great, stable and fast Ubuntu-based distribution of Linux for multimedia production. We also recommend our readers to try the ArtistX operating system.