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 are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
A full list of available files can be found below.
If you need help burning these images to disk, see the CD Burning Guide.
Name Last modified Size Description
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MD5SUMS 13-Jul-2009 22:46 115
MD5SUMS-metalink 13-Jul-2009 22:47 125
MD5SUMS-metalink.gpg 13-Jul-2009 22:47 189
MD5SUMS.gpg 13-Jul-2009 22:46 189
SHA1SUMS 13-Jul-2009 22:47 131
SHA1SUMS.gpg 13-Jul-2009 22:47 189
SHA256SUMS 13-Jul-2009 22:47 179
SHA256SUMS.gpg 13-Jul-2009 22:47 189
hardy-desktop-amd64.iso 13-Jul-2009 22:46 697M Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
hardy-desktop-amd64.list 13-Jul-2009 22:46 3.9K Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
hardy-desktop-amd64.manifest 09-Jul-2009 09:09 32K Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
hardy-desktop-amd64.metalink 13-Jul-2009 22:47 1.0K
hardy-desktop-i386.iso 13-Jul-2009 22:46 698M Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
hardy-desktop-i386.list 13-Jul-2009 22:46 4.0K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
hardy-desktop-i386.manifest 09-Jul-2009 09:01 32K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (contents of live filesystem)
hardy-desktop-i386.metalink 13-Jul-2009 22:47 1.0K