Select an image
Ubuntu is distributed on two types of images described below.
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. This type of image is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 384MiB of RAM to install from this image.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
- 64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image
- 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 i386 images instead. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
- 32-bit PC (i386) desktop image
- 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.
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 are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
- 64-bit PC (AMD64) server install image
- 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 i386 images instead. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
- 32-bit PC (i386) server install image
- 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.
A full list of available files, including BitTorrent files, can be found below.
If you need help burning these images to disk, see the Image Burning Guide.
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory - MD5SUMS 2017-04-13 14:06 383 MD5SUMS-metalink 2017-04-13 12:56 276 MD5SUMS-metalink.gpg 2017-04-13 12:56 933 MD5SUMS.gpg 2017-04-13 14:06 933 SHA1SUMS 2017-04-13 14:06 431 SHA1SUMS.gpg 2017-04-13 14:06 933 SHA256SUMS 2017-04-13 14:06 575 SHA256SUMS.gpg 2017-04-13 14:06 933 ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso 2017-04-12 06:46 1.5G Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent 2017-04-13 12:52 60K Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync 2017-04-13 12:52 3.0M Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.list 2017-04-12 06:46 6.5K Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.manifest 2017-04-12 06:29 70K Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.metalink 2017-04-13 12:56 44K ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.iso 2017-04-12 06:52 1.5G Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (standard download) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent 2017-04-13 12:53 61K Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (BitTorrent download) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.iso.zsync 2017-04-13 12:53 3.0M Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (zsync metafile) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.list 2017-04-12 06:52 5.9K Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (file listing) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.manifest 2017-04-12 06:34 69K Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (contents of live filesystem) ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.metalink 2017-04-13 12:56 44K ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.img 2017-04-12 06:20 685M ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.iso 2017-04-12 06:20 685M Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download) ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.iso.torrent 2017-04-13 12:55 27K Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download) ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.iso.zsync 2017-04-13 12:55 1.3M Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile) ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.jigdo 2017-04-13 12:55 132K Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo download) ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.list 2017-04-12 06:20 96K Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing) ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.metalink 2017-04-13 12:56 44K ubuntu-17.04-server-amd64.template 2017-04-12 06:20 110M Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo template) ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.img 2017-04-12 06:24 682M ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.iso 2017-04-12 06:24 682M Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (standard download) ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.iso.torrent 2017-04-13 12:55 27K Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (BitTorrent download) ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.iso.zsync 2017-04-13 12:55 1.3M Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (zsync metafile) ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.jigdo 2017-04-13 12:55 130K Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (jigdo download) ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.list 2017-04-12 06:24 95K Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (file listing) ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.metalink 2017-04-13 12:56 44K ubuntu-17.04-server-i386.template 2017-04-12 06:24 71M Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (jigdo template)