This directory contains only less-used images which are not mirrored widely. For the most frequently downloaded CD images, see releases.ubuntu.com. Please use a mirror if possible.
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Kubuntu is distributed on three types of images described below.
Desktop CD
The desktop CD allows you to try Kubuntu 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 256MB of RAM to install from this CD.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
- 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.
- 64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop CD
- Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
Alternate install CD
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Kubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
- setting up automated deployments;
- upgrading from older installations without network access;
- LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
- installs on systems with less than about 256MB 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.
- PlayStation 3 alternate install CD
- For Sony PlayStation 3 systems.
- 64-bit Mac (AMD64) alternate install CD
- Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
Preinstalled desktop image
The preinstalled-desktop image allows you to unpack a preinstalled version of Kubuntu onto an SD card. See ARM/OMAP for instructions on using this image.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
- Texas Instruments OMAP3 preinstalled desktop image
- For OMAP3 boards.
- Texas Instruments OMAP4 preinstalled desktop image
- For OMAP4 boards.
A full list of available files, including BitTorrent 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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kubuntu-10.10-alternate-amd64+mac.iso 08-Oct-2010 02:48 694M Alternate install CD for 64-bit Mac (AMD64) computers (standard download)
kubuntu-10.10-alternate-amd64+mac.iso.torrent 10-Oct-2010 10:24 27K Alternate install CD for 64-bit Mac (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
kubuntu-10.10-alternate-amd64+mac.jigdo 10-Oct-2010 10:23 127K Alternate install CD for 64-bit Mac (AMD64) computers (jigdo download)
kubuntu-10.10-preinstalled-desktop-armel+omap.img.gz 07-Oct-2010 21:16 620M Preinstalled desktop image for Texas Instruments OMAP3 computers (preinstalled USB image)