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 this guide.
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory -
MD5SUMS 21-Aug-2008 09:16 115
MD5SUMS-metalink 21-Aug-2008 09:16 125
MD5SUMS-metalink.gpg 21-Aug-2008 09:16 189
MD5SUMS.gpg 21-Aug-2008 09:16 189
hardy-desktop-amd64.iso 21-Aug-2008 09:16 695M Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
hardy-desktop-amd64.list 21-Aug-2008 09:16 3.9K Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
hardy-desktop-amd64.manifest 21-Aug-2008 09:06 31K Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
hardy-desktop-amd64.metalink 21-Aug-2008 09:16 858
hardy-desktop-i386.iso 21-Aug-2008 09:16 697M Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
hardy-desktop-i386.list 21-Aug-2008 09:16 4.0K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
hardy-desktop-i386.manifest 21-Aug-2008 08:58 32K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (contents of live filesystem)
hardy-desktop-i386.metalink 21-Aug-2008 09:16 856