The original release schedule for Ubuntu Studio in Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) is to have only a Beta 2 (a.k.a Final Beta) and the release itself, just like Ubuntu Desktop. However many things have changed during the 13.04 cycle for Ubuntu Studio (including a completely new icon theme + new applications) and the Ubuntu Studio Release Team (Scott Lavender, Kaj Ailomaa and me) decided that we shall opt-in for Raring Beta 1. I will post out a call for contributors to test the ISO images when the images get into the “Raring Beta 1″ milestone in the ISO QA Tracker.

This would also be the first time we will be using our full release procedure (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/ReleaseProcedure) for our Beta 1 release.