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Ubuntu "mini.iso" Minimal Install .ISO for 20.04 LTS

posted by martyb on Thursday April 30 2020, @09:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-to-make-use-of-52-3.5-inch-floppy-disks? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Ubuntu "mini.iso" Minimal Install .ISO for 20.04 LTS.

Compared to the DVD-sized downloads for some distributions, the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mini.iso is only 74 MB.

I prefer using the mini.iso, but they moved it to a legacy directory. You can use the path on their downloads server, which appears to be HTTP only, or you can get an HTTPS connection to download it. Here is an example, from a mirror:

[*] These are my preferred sources.

Why?

Since they've moved mini.iso to a "legacy" directory, I would guess they plan to discontinue the mini.iso install method sometime in the future?

Fix for a possible problem install:

A user on Reddit experienced a problem in this thread:

"after what seemed to be successful installation, I don't get login prompt at all. Seems everything is loaded, but there is no prompt"

to which a user replied with the apparent fix:

"I fixed it, here's how: even if there's no prompt ALT-F2 works (switching to single-user mode), then you can login, and installed KDE with "sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop", and next time it booted I got KDE login screen." (this assumes you want KDE Plasma Desktop installed. You could probably substitute this with a different desktop file, or you may not experience the problem in which case these final details are not useful for you.)

BTW, as of this posting date, the locations on Ubuntu's Help/Wiki pages are URLs for older versions of this file, should you seek out more information about the mini.iso files from these areas on their website. Many places across the web are also likely to link you to versions older than 20.04 LTS, with a different directory location/layout.

Please share this information with others, seed via BitTorrent if you want, and enjoy the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mini.iso (Minimal Install) while the option is still available.

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  • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Thursday April 30 2020, @01:09PM (3 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Thursday April 30 2020, @01:09PM (#988534)

    Sounds like you should try Slackware.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 30 2020, @01:41PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 30 2020, @01:41PM (#988546)

    Sounds like you should try Slackware.

    I should try a bottle of tapeworm eggs, too.

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday April 30 2020, @02:19PM

      by Bot (3902) on Thursday April 30 2020, @02:19PM (#988561) Journal

      In the time needed to come to terms with systemd (= infinite time, as per published manifesto, "never finished") you can learn the slackware way and openbsd.

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  • (Score: 2) by toddestan on Saturday May 02 2020, @04:29AM

    by toddestan (4982) on Saturday May 02 2020, @04:29AM (#989336)

    The disadvantage of Slackware is that you have to do everything yourself. The advantage is that since you're doing it all yourself, nothing else is going to fuck it all up by trying to be helpful.

    Though as minimal distros go, Slackware is one of those "kitchen sink" distros that by default installs everything. Yes, you can go through the installer and deselect packages, but it's up to you what packages have dependencies on other packages because the package manager is you. Though even if you do just let it install everything it's still a lot lighter than many other distros.

    Disclaimer: I use Slackware.