A friend asked me today about the best and worst versions of Ubuntu. (I know this isn't objective.) I told them that Kubuntu was likely the best, and that Ubuntu studio is likely the worst.

I have to wonder who the target audience for Studio is. The easy answer is "creatives" but I have to wonder why they install such a diverse array of software by default. According to their pages, they include by default:

• Calibre (ebook manager)

• PikoPixel (pixel art editor)

• Ardour (music creation)

• GIMP (photo editor)

• Kdenlive (video editor)

• Blender (3d modeler)

• Krita (raster graphics editor/digital painting)

• digiKam (photography management program)

• Scribus (PDF editor)

• Inkscape (vector graphics)

• Rakarrack (guitar amp simulator)

To be clear, I'm not doubting the quality of any of these applications. I've used several of them myself. But I question who would have all of these (and more) installed by default. With the exception of coming with the JACK audio server, I can't see why someone would prefer Studio over another Ubuntu flavor and installing the software they need afterwards.