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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.

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: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday April 30 2020, @04:48PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 30 2020, @04:48PM (#988637) Journal

    I seriously could never understand all the hate.

    The hate was caused by Unity being forced on users. There were "features" that I simply did not want. At the same time, Ubuntu was abandoning Gnome2, and Gnome3 was busily screwing the pooch on it's own. K wasn't looking real good at that point in time. X was being undermined. It appeared that going forward, you joined the Unity, or you left the community altogether.

    Mint offered all the good things that Ubuntu was so busily undermining - Cinnamon probably being the best of the lot.

    I was perfectly happy with Ubuntu, until Unity. I was very unhappy with Ubuntu when my favorite desktops were pulled.

    Of course, my perspective was so very much different from Joe and Jane Average Ubuntu User. Like Danny above, I had cut my *nix teeth on Suse, then went distro hopping. My arrival at Canonical was just another hop, among many. While there, I did convince the wife to try Linux, and she liked it, so I stayed awhile. But, even my wife disliked Unity, so she went back to Windows, and I just moved along.

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