Ubuntu CDROM ISO

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In September 2012 Canonical’s Kate Stewart announced that the Ubuntu 12.10 image would not fit on a compact disc, saying "There is no longer a traditional CD sized image, DVD or alternate image, but rather a single 800MB Ubuntu image that can be used from USB or DVD." However, a third-party project has created a version of Ubuntu 12.10 that fits on a CD. It uses LZMA2 compression instead of the DEFLATE compression used on the official Ubuntu DVD image. As an alternative to optical media you can do your Ubuntu Installation from a Flash Drive.

As of 2014 the last official release of ubuntu that fits to a standard cdrom is Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). You can't burn Ubuntu 13.04, or 12.10 ISO to a CD. It would only fit on a DVD, since the ISO file size is almost 800MB. Newer builds of Ubuntu will no longer fit on a CD as Ubuntu decided to include more "space" for its developers to include more packages (Programs/apps) in the image as previous builds required for a stripped down build for CD and a bigger build for DVD. The change allows developers to have to only maintain one image and reduce testing.

Unofficial Ubuntu 13.10 CD a version of "Saucy Salamander" that makes it possible to fit to cdrom without removing any packages has been accomplished by using better compression. See: ubuntucd CD compressed versions of Ubuntu below.

Last Official Release that fits to CDROM

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) is the last official release that has a CD ISO.

ubuntucd CD compressed versions of Ubuntu

The latest version of Ubuntu is too large to fit on a CD (it requires a DVD or a large flash drive). The version of Ubuntu on this page has been compressed to under 700mb to fit on a CD. The only difference between this version and the official version is that this version has been recompressed with LZMA2, whereas the original used DEFLATE. Currently, this version will fit even on a 650MB CD, such as those made by MAM-A (Mitsui) or Taiyo Yuden / JVC.

This version is NOT official, although it doesn't have any packages added, removed, or changed (except for being recompressed) as compared to the official version.

Download here: (version 13.10, UEFI (64-bit only) and MBR (32 and 64-bit) boot working)
64-bit x86_64 version:

32-bit x86 version (use only if your computer doesn't support 64-bit):

source: https://code.google.com/p/ubuntucd/

Special thanks to those that made the CDROM version. Thank you blenheim...@gmail.com

ubuntu variants

Kubuntu 12.10 (the KDE version of Ubuntu) will not fit on a CD-R, even if re-compressed with LZMA2 compression.

The official Lubuntu and Xubuntu 12.10 images are already small enough to fit on a 700MB CD without re-compression.

Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

This version of kubuntu (KDE Ubuntu) was the last official release to fit on a standard cdrom.

USB Flash Drive Installation: No CD or DVD Necessary!

A USB Flash Drive / Pen Drive / Memory Stick can be used to install Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Edubuntu if the flash drive is properly formatted and made bootable. It is easy!

If you are doing this from a MS Windowze machine, first, get UUI (Universal USB Installer) and run it. Follow the instructions which will allow you to select the ISO file on your drive then prepare and format the USB flash drive.

If you are doing this from Ubuntu Linux on another machine, you can find usb-creator-gtk in the Unity Dash by typing "Startup Disk Creator" (Ubuntu Desktop) or usb-creator-kde in K-Menu-->Applications-->System-->Startup Disk Creator (Kubuntu). If it is not there, then you can install it using the Synaptic Package Manager or Ubuntu Software Center.

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