Ubuntu is distributed on three types of images described below.
The desktop CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 256MB of RAM to install from this CD.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
The server install CD allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer for use as a server. It will not install a graphical user interface.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
In the event that you encounter a bug using the alternate installer, please file a bug on the debian-installer package.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
A full list of available files, including BitTorrent files, can be found below.
If you need help burning these images to disk, see this guide.
Name Last modified Size Description
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FOOTER.html 02-Oct-2008 14:21 21
MD5SUMS 02-Oct-2008 14:21 413
MD5SUMS-metalink 02-Oct-2008 14:21 298
MD5SUMS-metalink.gpg 02-Oct-2008 14:21 189
MD5SUMS.gpg 02-Oct-2008 14:21 189
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-amd64.iso 30-Sep-2008 06:51 697M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent 02-Oct-2008 14:13 27K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-amd64.jigdo 02-Oct-2008 14:13 137K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-amd64.list 30-Sep-2008 06:51 97K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-amd64.metalink 02-Oct-2008 14:21 17K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-amd64.template 30-Sep-2008 06:51 2.0M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-i386.iso 30-Sep-2008 06:52 689M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-i386.iso.torrent 02-Oct-2008 14:13 27K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-i386.jigdo 02-Oct-2008 14:13 138K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-i386.list 30-Sep-2008 06:52 98K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-i386.metalink 02-Oct-2008 14:21 16K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-alternate-i386.template 30-Sep-2008 06:52 2.0M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-amd64.iso 01-Oct-2008 16:44 698M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent 02-Oct-2008 14:15 27K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-amd64.list 01-Oct-2008 16:44 3.6K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-amd64.manifest 01-Oct-2008 16:31 33K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-amd64.metalink 02-Oct-2008 14:21 16K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso 01-Oct-2008 16:44 695M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso.torrent 02-Oct-2008 14:15 27K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.list 01-Oct-2008 16:44 3.5K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.manifest 01-Oct-2008 16:22 33K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.metalink 02-Oct-2008 14:21 16K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-amd64.iso 30-Sep-2008 07:14 616M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-amd64.iso.torrent 02-Oct-2008 14:21 24K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-amd64.jigdo 02-Oct-2008 14:20 103K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-amd64.list 30-Sep-2008 07:14 73K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-amd64.template 30-Sep-2008 07:14 1.8M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-i386.iso 30-Sep-2008 07:15 598M
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-i386.iso.torrent 02-Oct-2008 14:21 24K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-i386.jigdo 02-Oct-2008 14:21 103K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-i386.list 30-Sep-2008 07:15 73K
ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-i386.template 30-Sep-2008 07:15 1.8M