Select an image
Ubuntu is distributed on 12 types of images described below.
Desktop image
The desktop image allows you to try Ubuntu 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 1024MiB of RAM to install from this image.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
RISC-V desktop imageFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
Server install image
The server install image allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer for use as a server. It will not install a graphical user interface.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
PowerPC64 Little-Endian server install imageFor POWER9 and POWER10 Little-Endian systems.
RISC-V server install imageFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
IBM System z server install imageFor IBM System z series mainframes, such as IBM LinuxONE.
Netboot tarball
The netboot tarball contains files needed to boot the Ubuntu installer over the network.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
PowerPC64 Little-Endian netboot tarballFor POWER9 and POWER10 Little-Endian systems.
RISC-V netboot tarballFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
IBM System z netboot tarballFor IBM System z series mainframes, such as IBM LinuxONE.
WSL image
The WSL image is the root filesystem to be installed and launched by the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
Preinstalled desktop image
The preinstalled-desktop image allows you to unpack a preinstalled version of Ubuntu onto a target device.
For modern Raspberry Pi boards (Pi 3, 4, 5, CM4, and Zero 2 W).
Preinstalled server image
The preinstalled-server image allows you to unpack a preinstalled version of Ubuntu onto a target device.
Choose this if you have a computer based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). Choose this if you are at all unsure.
64-bit ARM (ARMv8/AArch64) preinstalled server imageFor 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
Raspberry Pi Generic (64-bit ARM) preinstalled server imageFor modern Raspberry Pi boards (Pi 3, 4, 5, CM4, and Zero 2 W).
RISC-V preinstalled server imageFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
Desktop image
The desktop image allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. You will need at least 1024MiB of RAM to install from this image.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
Server install image
The server install image allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer for use as a server. It will not install a graphical user interface.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
PowerPC64 Little-Endian server install imageFor POWER9 and POWER10 Little-Endian systems.
RISC-V server install imageFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
IBM System z server install imageFor IBM System z series mainframes, such as IBM LinuxONE.
Netboot tarball
The netboot tarball contains files needed to boot the Ubuntu installer over the network.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
PowerPC64 Little-Endian netboot tarballFor POWER9 and POWER10 Little-Endian systems.
RISC-V netboot tarballFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
IBM System z netboot tarballFor IBM System z series mainframes, such as IBM LinuxONE.
WSL image
The WSL image is the root filesystem to be installed and launched by the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
Preinstalled desktop image
The preinstalled-desktop image allows you to unpack a preinstalled version of Ubuntu onto a target device.
For modern Raspberry Pi boards (Pi 3, 4, 5, CM4, and Zero 2 W).
Preinstalled server image
The preinstalled-server image allows you to unpack a preinstalled version of Ubuntu onto a target device.
Choose this if you have a computer based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). Choose this if you are at all unsure.
64-bit ARM (ARMv8/AArch64) preinstalled server imageFor 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above.
Raspberry Pi Generic (64-bit ARM) preinstalled server imageFor modern Raspberry Pi boards (Pi 3, 4, 5, CM4, and Zero 2 W).
RISC-V preinstalled server imageFor 64-bit RISC-V RVA23 processors and above.
For ARM hardware for which we do not ship preinstalled images, see ARM/Server/Install for detailed installation information.
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.
Name Last modified Size
Parent Directory -
FOOTER.html 2026-08-27 23:26 810
SHA256SUMS 2026-08-27 23:26 2.6K
netboot/ 2026-08-26 09:24 -
ubuntu-26.04-netboot-arm64+largemem.tar.gz 2026-04-23 17:47 163M