@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ Lubuntu offers images for three different architectures:
- i386 (commonly referred to as 32-bit)
- PowerPC
Architectures
-------------
amd64
------
~~~~~
The amd64 image will work with most modern processors. The best way to determine if your computer has an amd64 or
i386 processor is to boot the image. It's the only way that you will be able to know for sure what architecture your
computer is. amd64 computers are backwards compatible with i386 images. You may want to use an i386 image instead if
@ -30,12 +33,12 @@ you have an amd64 processor with very low amounts of RAM.
i386
----
~~~~
This is the original 32-bit architecture that will work best on computers with very low amounts of RAM.
PowerPC
-------
~~~~~~~
PowerPC is for older Macintosh hardware from before 2006 and IBM OpenPower systems. While we don't release PowerPC
for non-LTS releases (like 16.10), you can download a 16.04 image if you wish and upgrade it.
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There are several ways to download the Lubuntu image:
- HTTP download (from your web browser or terminal)
- BitTorrent (from a BitTorrent client such as Transmission)
- zsync (from the terminal, recommended)
- BitTorrent (from a BitTorrent client such as Transmission, recommended for Windows and Mac OS X users)
- zsync (from the terminal, recommended for Linux users)
You can also download the image via Jigdo but we will not cover that in this manual.
Downloading the image via HTTP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*We don't recommend using this method as it's often slower and less efficient than the other methods.*
To download the image via HTTP, you can either navigate to the `Ubuntu cdimage server <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.10/release/>`_ and select the ISO file you would
After you download the image, you **must** verify it. There is `a helpful page on the Ubuntu Community Help wiki <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VerifyIsoHowto>`_ that
can guide you in the right direction.
Downloading the image via BitTorrent
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Instead of downloading the image from one server, you can "torrent" the image, or download it from multiple sources
instead of just one. This is often faster and saves the bandwidth of the Ubuntu cdimage servers. If you would like to
learn more about BitTorrent, read `the Wikipedia page on the subject <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent>`_.
In order to torrent the file, you need a BitTorrent client. We recommend `Transmission <https://transmissionbt.com/>`_, an Open Source BitTorrent
client. Since Transmission only provides clients for Linux and Mac OS X, we recommend `uTorrent <http://www.utorrent.com/>`_ for Windows users.
You first need to download the seed files. They are available on the `Ubuntu cdimage server <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.10/release/>`_, or you can use the direct
Simon Quigley
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