Desktop CD
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 384MiB of RAM to install from this CD.
There are three images available, each for a different type of computer:
- PC (Intel x86) desktop CD
- For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type
processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as
newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you
are at all unsure.
- 64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop CD
- Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T
architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have
a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for
32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
- 64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop CD
- Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T
architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon). If you have a non-64-bit
processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the
Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac
systems.
Desktop image
The desktop image allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your
computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later.
You will need at least 384MiB of RAM to install from this image.
There is one image available:
- Texas Instruments OMAP4 (Hard-Float) desktop image
- For OMAP4 boards. See ARM/OMAP
for detailed installation information.
Server install CD
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 three images available, each for a different type of computer:
- PC (Intel x86) server install CD
- For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type
processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as
newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you
are at all unsure.
- 64-bit PC (AMD64) server install CD
- Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T
architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have
a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for
32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
- 64-bit Mac (AMD64) server install CD
- Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T
architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon). If you have a non-64-bit
processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the
Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac
systems.
Server install image
The server install image allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a
computer for use as a server. It will not install a graphical user
interface.
There is one image available:
- Texas Instruments OMAP4 (Hard-Float) server install image
- For OMAP4 boards. See ARM/OMAP
for detailed installation information.
For ARM hardware for which we do not ship preinstalled images, see
ARM/Server/Install
for detailed installation information.
A full list of available files, including
BitTorrent files,
can be found below.
If you need help burning these images to disk, see the
CD Burning Guide or the
USB Image Writing Guide.
