The desktop CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 256MB of RAM to install from this CD.
There are two images available, each for a different type of computer:
A full list of available files can be found below.
If you need help burning these images to disk, see the CD Burning Guide.
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory -
MD5SUMS 08-Jan-2009 16:00 117
MD5SUMS-metalink 08-Jan-2009 16:00 127
MD5SUMS-metalink.gpg 08-Jan-2009 16:00 189
MD5SUMS.gpg 08-Jan-2009 16:00 189
jaunty-desktop-amd64.iso 08-Jan-2009 15:59 698M Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (standard download)
jaunty-desktop-amd64.list 08-Jan-2009 15:59 3.5K Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (file listing)
jaunty-desktop-amd64.manifest 08-Jan-2009 15:47 33K Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers (contents of live filesystem)
jaunty-desktop-amd64.metalink 08-Jan-2009 16:00 872
jaunty-desktop-i386.iso 08-Jan-2009 16:00 692M Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)
jaunty-desktop-i386.list 08-Jan-2009 16:00 3.5K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (file listing)
jaunty-desktop-i386.manifest 07-Jan-2009 07:58 34K Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (contents of live filesystem)
jaunty-desktop-i386.metalink 08-Jan-2009 16:00 870