Select an image
Lubuntu is distributed on four types of images described below.
Desktop image
The desktop image allows you to try Lubuntu 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 MiB of RAM to install from this image.
There are four images available, each for a different type of computer:
- PC (Intel x86) 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. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
- 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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
- bit Mac (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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) desktop image
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines.
Alternate install image
The alternate install image allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Lubuntu. 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 MiB 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 four images available, each for a different type of computer:
- PC (Intel x86) alternate 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. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
- bit PC (AMD64) alternate 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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
- bit Mac (AMD64) alternate 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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) alternate install image
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines.
Desktop image
The desktop image allows you to try Lubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. You will need at least MiB of RAM to install from this image.
There are four images available, each for a different type of computer:
- PC (Intel x86) 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. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
- 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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
- bit Mac (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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) desktop image
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines.
Alternate install image
The alternate install image allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Lubuntu. 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 MiB 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 four images available, each for a different type of computer:
- PC (Intel x86) alternate 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. Choose this if you are at all unsure.
- bit PC (AMD64) alternate 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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead.
- bit Mac (AMD64) alternate 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 nonbit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems.
- Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) alternate install image
- For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines.
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.
NameLast modifiedSizeDescription
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MD5SUMS Jul K
MD5SUMS-metalink Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul
SHA1SUMS Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul
SHASUMS Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (standard download)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 25K Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr K Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (jigdo download)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr K Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukte Apr 26M Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (jigdo template)
lubuntualternate-amdiso Apr M Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 25K Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntualternate-amdjigdo Apr K Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo download)
lubuntualternate-amdlist Apr K Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntualternate-amdmetalink Jul K
lubuntualternate-amdtemplate Apr 26M Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo template)
lubuntualternate-iiso Apr M Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 24K Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntualternate-ijigdo Apr K Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (jigdo download)
lubuntualternate-ilist Apr K Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
lubuntualternate-imetalink Jul K
lubuntualternate-itemplate Apr M Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (jigdo template)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 26K Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (zsync metafile)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr K Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (jigdo download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr K Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (file listing)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukte Apr M Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (jigdo template)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (standard download)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 27K Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr 15K Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukst Apr 37K Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
lubuntudesktop-amdiso Apr M Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 27K Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntudesktop-amdlist Apr K Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntudesktop-amdmanifest Apr 37K Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
lubuntudesktop-amdmetalink Jul K
lubuntudesktop-iiso Apr M Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 27K Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntudesktop-ilist Apr K Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
lubuntudesktop-imanifest Apr 36K Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (contents of live filesystem)
lubuntudesktop-imetalink Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Apr 30K Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr M Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (zsync metafile)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Apr K Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (file listing)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukst Apr 35K Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (contents of live filesystem)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (standard download)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 25K Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul K Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (jigdo download)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul K Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
lubuntualternate-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukte Jul 26M Alternate install image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (jigdo template)
lubuntualternate-amdiso Jul M Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 25K Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntualternate-amdjigdo Jul K Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo download)
lubuntualternate-amdlist Jul K Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntualternate-amdmetalink Jul K
lubuntualternate-amdtemplate Jul 26M Alternate install image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (jigdo template)
lubuntualternate-iiso Jul M Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 24K Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntualternate-ijigdo Jul K Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (jigdo download)
lubuntualternate-ilist Jul K Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
lubuntualternate-imetalink Jul K
lubuntualternate-itemplate Jul M Alternate install image for PC (Intel x86) computers (jigdo template)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 26K Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (zsync metafile)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul K Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (jigdo download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul K Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (file listing)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukte Jul M Alternate install image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (jigdo template)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (standard download)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 28K Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul 15K Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.ukst Jul 37K Desktop image for bit Mac (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
lubuntudesktop-amd64+rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
lubuntudesktop-amdiso Jul M Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 28K Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntudesktop-amdlist Jul K Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
lubuntudesktop-amdmanifest Jul 37K Desktop image for bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
lubuntudesktop-amdmetalink Jul K
lubuntudesktop-iiso Jul M Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 27K Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (zsync metafile)
lubuntudesktop-ilist Jul K Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
lubuntudesktop-imanifest Jul 37K Desktop image for PC (Intel x86) computers (contents of live filesystem)
lubuntudesktop-imetalink Jul K
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (standard download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukt Jul 30K Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (BitTorrent download)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul M Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (zsync metafile)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Jul K Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (file listing)
rushbrookrathbone.co.ukst Jul 36K Desktop image for Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) computers (contents of live filesystem)
rushbrookrathbone.co.uknk Jul K
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