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Ubuntu Devs Working on New ‘Mini’ ISO

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 27, 2023,

updated Feb 27, 2023

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While there’s nothing to download or test (yet – that I’m aware of) a good overview of the project was shared on the Ubuntu developer mailing list at the weekend. Interestingly, the effort is being headed up by Dan Bungert, the maintainer of Subiquity, which is the tech underpinning Ubuntu’s new Flutter-based installer).

“The ubuntu-mini-iso is a small bootable iso that can be either downloaded and used on a CD/USB-drive or even via UEFI HTTP that brings up a dynamic TUI menu of what Ubuntu images you want to download/install to your target system,” Canonical’s Lukasz Zemczak explains.

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It's FOSS:

A 140MB Mini Ubuntu ISO is in Works

↺ A 140MB Mini Ubuntu ISO is in Works

> Ubuntu used to have an unofficial one in the past, but it was discontinued a few years back.

> But now, it might be making an official comeback.

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