Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)
Select an image
Ubuntu is distributed on three types of images described below.
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 384MB of RAM to install from this CD.
There is one image available:
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) desktop CD
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as IBM OpenPower machines.
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 four images available, each for a different type of computer:
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) server install CD
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as IBM OpenPower machines.
- HP PA-RISC server install CD
- For HP PA-RISC computers.
- IA-64 server install CD
- For Intel Itanium and Itanium 2 computers.
- SPARC server install CD
- For Sun UltraSPARC computers, including those based on the multicore UltraSPARC T1 ("Niagara") processors.
Alternate install CD
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
- creating pre-configured OEM systems;
- setting up automated deployments;
- upgrading from older installations without network access;
- LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
- installs on systems with less than about 384MB of RAM (although note that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop environment reasonably).
In the event that you encounter a bug using the alternate installer, please file a bug on the debian-installer package.
There are three images available, each for a different type of computer:
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) alternate install CD
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as IBM OpenPower machines.
- HP PA-RISC alternate install CD
- For HP PA-RISC computers.
- SPARC alternate install CD
- For Sun UltraSPARC computers, including those based on the multicore UltraSPARC T1 ("Niagara") processors.
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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MD5SUMS 24-Apr-2008 11:15 517
ubuntu-8.04-alternate-hppa.iso 23-Apr-2008 20:01 621M Alternate install CD for HP PA-RISC computers (standard download)
ubuntu-8.04-alternate-hppa.iso.torrent 24-Apr-2008 10:22 24K Alternate install CD for HP PA-RISC computers (BitTorrent download)
ubuntu-8.04-alternate-hppa.jigdo 24-Apr-2008 10:22 116K Alternate install CD for HP PA-RISC computers (jigdo download)