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 01-Mar-2018 14:58 264
MD5SUMS-metalink 01-Mar-2018 14:58 284
MD5SUMS-metalink.gpg 01-Mar-2018 14:58 916
MD5SUMS.gpg 01-Mar-2018 14:58 916
SHA1SUMS 01-Mar-2018 14:58 296
SHA1SUMS.gpg 01-Mar-2018 14:58 916
SHA256SUMS 01-Mar-2018 14:58 392
SHA256SUMS.gpg 01-Mar-2018 14:58 916
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso 28-Feb-2018 14:15 1.5G Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent 01-Mar-2018 14:54 61K Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync 01-Mar-2018 14:54 3.0M Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.list 28-Feb-2018 14:15 4.5K Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.manifest 28-Feb-2018 14:08 67K Desktop image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.metalink 01-Mar-2018 14:58 49K Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386.iso 28-Feb-2018 14:16 1.5G Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (standard download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386.iso.torrent 01-Mar-2018 14:55 61K Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (BitTorrent download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386.iso.zsync 01-Mar-2018 14:55 3.1M Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (zsync metafile)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386.list 28-Feb-2018 14:16 3.9K Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (file listing)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386.manifest 28-Feb-2018 13:44 66K Desktop image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (contents of live filesystem)
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386.metalink 01-Mar-2018 14:58 48K Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.iso 28-Feb-2018 13:36 848M Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.iso.torrent 01-Mar-2018 14:57 33K Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.iso.zsync 01-Mar-2018 14:57 1.7M Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.jigdo 01-Mar-2018 14:57 136K Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.list 28-Feb-2018 13:36 98K Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.metalink 01-Mar-2018 14:58 48K Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64.template 28-Feb-2018 13:36 85M Server install image for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo template)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.iso 28-Feb-2018 13:39 814M Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (standard download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.iso.torrent 01-Mar-2018 14:57 32K Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (BitTorrent download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.iso.zsync 01-Mar-2018 14:57 1.6M Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (zsync metafile)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.jigdo 01-Mar-2018 14:57 133K Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (jigdo download)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.list 28-Feb-2018 13:39 95K Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (file listing)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.metalink 01-Mar-2018 14:58 48K Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
ubuntu-16.04.4-server-i386.template 28-Feb-2018 13:39 83M Server install image for 32-bit PC (i386) computers (jigdo template)