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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: 5, Insightful) by Fishscene on Thursday April 30 2020, @02:13PM (1 child)

    by Fishscene (4361) on Thursday April 30 2020, @02:13PM (#988557)

    Trusting the security of the ISO to random 3rd parties? tsk tsk. Always check the hash of the file.

    Additionally, HTTPS is NOT needed everywhere. HTTP is perfectly fine for a LOT of content. Additionally, HTTPS breaks some nifty things such as mass download parties that cache downloads locally.

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  • (Score: 2) by corey on Thursday April 30 2020, @10:27PM

    by corey (2202) on Thursday April 30 2020, @10:27PM (#988735)

    Not unless you do https proxying. But then you end up with security warnings on everyone's browsers. Unless you install your certificate on them and set it to trusted.

    That's what my old work did. IE and Chrome worked silently but Firefox kicked up a stink.