Linux/Unix

Beta version

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Audacity 1.3 Beta is our new, not quite finished, development version which will be the basis of our next "stable" version.

• Contains dozens of new, exciting features. Very occasionally, these might need final polishing or not be retained in later versions.
• Occasionally, a feature might not work as it did before, or might be temporarily disabled.
• Some parts of the program are not yet documented or translated into different languages.

If you are new to Audacity or computer audio programs, you may prefer the fully finished Audacity 1.2. Otherwise, please help our development effort by trying the Beta and send us your comments. Please mention your operating system, full details of any problems, and any features that need improvement or no longer work properly. You can install 1.3 and 1.2 on the same machine by installing them to different directories.

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Installation packages for Audacity on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like systems are provided by individual distributions. However the Beta version has not yet been packaged for very many distributions. The following distributions are known to have Beta packages:

• Fedora
• Gentoo
• SuSE/Open SUSE
• Ubuntu: packages.ubuntu and rpm.seek

Otherwise, we recommend either searching the web pages of your distribution for the latest information, or compiling Audacity from source code.

System Requirements

• We recommend using the latest version of Linux/Unix from your distribution that is compatible with your hardware specifications. Audacity will run best with at least 64 MB RAM and a 300 MHz processor.