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Ubuntu Minimal is a small disk image for installing Ubuntu. It will get packages from the internet during installation. Not to be confused with the new "Minimal installation" option in the Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop installer (see tag "minimal-install").

The minimal iso image will download packages from online archives at installation time instead of providing them on the install media itself. Downloading packages at install time reduces the size of the iso image to approximately ~40MB depending on architecture (see below), as well as providing only the packages needed for installation. The download time savings achieved by using a mini iso can be significant, as only current packages are downloaded, so there is no need to upgrade packages immediately after installation. The mini iso uses a text-based installer, making the image as compact as possible.

Source: Ubuntu Wiki - Installation/MinimalCD

Not to be confused with the new "Minimal installation" option in the Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop installer - see tag

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Download Ubuntu Minimal ISO 20.04LTS?

Are there any plans to make the ISO available for this version? On the official page is not available...
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Minimal installation details

Ubuntu 18.04 brings a new feature "minimal installation". I could not find any official documentation about which packages are not installing when we checked "minimal installation". Can you please provide a source/doc for package list?
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How can I install Ubuntu in 128 MB space?

My specifications are 128 MB hard disk drive, 512 MB RAM, and 500 MHz CPU. I only need to run freerdp or rdesktop, absolutely nothing else. What's the point of the Ubuntu minimal ISO image? It seems small, but it downloads everything and requires…
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Minimal installation with apt-get and Xfce/LXDE?

How small can a installation with apt-get and Xfce/LXDE be? I tried several tutorials using Debian and Ubuntu, using mini CDs. No matter what I do, I end up with no less then 0.9Gb. Strikes me the fact that Damn Small Linux and Tiny Core can provide…
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How to configure a Minimal Ubuntu installation?

I recently re installed Ubuntu using the mini.iso, but much to my dismay the mini.iso is not configured the same way as the Ubuntu desktop ISO some "problems" I'm facing such as: An Installation using the regular Ubuntu CD recognizes my…
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How to convert a minimal installation to a normal installation?

I'm just dowloading Ubuntu and enter the Linux world for the first time :) In my installation I choose (minimal) instead of (normal), so I want to know what am I missing exactly? And how can I restore/download the deleted packages? If possible I…
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How to upgrade from Ubuntu minimal?

I have just installed Ubuntu minimal because it would fit on a cd. Now, all I get is the command line. What can I do to upgrade everything so it is the full-fledged OS, as if I had installed it from the normal ISO file instead of minimal?
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Ubuntu minimal and must have packages

I am planning on installing Ubuntu from the minimal CD image so that I can install what I want to. Any suggestions for must have packages that I should be installing? Like for example GNOME is one. I am looking for personal experiences. Should…
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What is the best way to install a minimal Ubuntu?

I would like to know what is the best way to install a minimal Ubuntu setup similar to Arch. Now seeing that the mini.iso is gone is the Ubuntu Server a good option or something else? Thanks in advance.
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Folders in Home of Ubuntu minimal install

Installing a minimal version of Ubuntu does not have the usual folders of Documents, Downloads, etc. in Home. Is there a way to have them just as it is in regular installs?
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Gnome-session-flashback minimal installation

I installed 16.04 via MINI.iso with just the standard system utilities. I am hoping to have gnome-session-flashback as the sole DE. After installation and reboot it doesn't load to any display manager. Tried lightdm but it won't let me login. I then…
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Lightweight Ubuntu for networking purposes

What is best lightweight Ubuntu only for networking purposes? I'm doing a project based on IPv6 and I want to test it. Lot of mini distributions are there. But actually I couldn't find a better one for my project. I want to run 3,4 VMs under…
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Ubuntu Minimal only install desktop, terminal, package manager, file manager and firefox

So basically I am trying to setup a minimal ubuntu installation. I discovered this: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/minimal But I only need a desktop, a terminal, a packagemanager, a file manager and firefox, that's all. I am a total newbie to…
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Is Zeitgeist installed as part of Ubuntu Minimal?

I'm having major problems with Ubuntu crashing every day so I'd like to try something different. I tried Googling for a list of packages in Oneiric Ubuntu Minimal but couldn't find anything. I'd like to try a system that doesn't have Zeitgeist…
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How to do a minimal non-server install of Ubuntu?

I really want to switch to Ubuntu 19.04 for my main workstation, however I want a very minimal installation with i3 and lightdm. I don't want to manually figure out which packages to purge on the regular Ubuntu installation, so I just tested the…
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