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Are there any plans to make the ISO available for this version?

Thanks.

Rubén Cerrote
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  • How minimal are you looking for? Ubuntu Server is not particularly heavy and will allow you to build with just the packages you want – matigo May 05 '22 at 08:04
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    No I don't think so. It is possible to use the 20.04 mini.iso and do-release-upgrade. It is also possible to use the current Ubuntu Server 22.04 iso file to make a minimal system (and you can install some light-weight window manager or desktop environment if you wish). – sudodus May 05 '22 at 08:06
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    @sudodus I confirm it worked for me, although the Ubuntu Server version adds some packages related to servers, so I'd use the mini.iso and do an upgrade – cmak Jan 12 '23 at 14:31

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No.

It was never supported by either Ubuntu nor Canonical.

It was produced as a by-product of a no-longer run procedure, as you'll note here

Canonical and the Ubuntu project never officially supported the mini.iso ; it was produced as a by-product of building the debian-installer. As the Ubuntu Server image now uses subiquity, the build process that built mini.iso is no longer used, thus why this installation media is now old.

guiverc
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  • do you know if the new installer finally supports serial terminal installations? at the time of 20.04 the new installer REQUIRED a display output and would crash (well, would only say something like "initializing initramfs" FOREVER) when only presented with a serial terminal output, and the only way to install 20.04 over a terminal was to use the "not supported mini.iso" – hanshenrik Jun 16 '22 at 18:59
  • No I don't, nor do I know if anyone has QA tested for it, discovered it works/doesn't (thus filed a bug if it didn't; ie. regression over prior install prior six month cycle) causing a decision to be made whether or not it will be supported. The installer has been around for years now though. Personally I only QA test amd64 & almost exclusively desktop (server installs are only to subsequently test desktop post-installs so I always have screen+keyboard); I'm not involved with server QA. – guiverc Jun 16 '22 at 22:37