Before you install Lubuntu, you need to retrieve the correct image. Lubuntu provides supports AMD64 CPU types also known as 64 bit with a new version every six months (supported for nine months), and every two years being a long term support release (supported for three years). If you have a 32 bit processor we unfortaently had to drop support but 18.04 LTS is still supported until 2021 for 32 bit.
Before you install Lubuntu, you need to retrieve the correct image. Lubuntu provides supports AMD64 CPU types also known as 64 bit with a new version every six months (supported for nine months), and every two years being a long term support release (supported for three years). If you have a 32 bit processor we unfortunately had to drop support but 18.04 LTS is still supported until 2021 for 32 bit.
LTS vs. Regular Releases
LTS vs. Regular Releases
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Below you can find more detailed notes on each download method.
Below you can find more detailed notes on each download method.
Downloading the image via HTTP
Downloading the image via iHTTP
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*We don't recommend using this method as it's often slower, more error prone, and less efficient than the other methods.*
*We don't recommend using this method as it's often slower, more error prone, and less efficient than the other methods.*
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and then carefully check that the output matches e13b541ec4b33ce67ff4206db407250d7c5eb02c90f16a463e65aaa1ddc97f63 *lubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso
and then carefully check that the output matches e13b541ec4b33ce67ff4206db407250d7c5eb02c90f16a463e65aaa1ddc97f63 *lubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso
Downloading the image via BitTorrent
Downloading the image via BiitTorrent
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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, take a look at `the Wikipedia page on the subject <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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, take a look at `the Wikipedia page on the subject <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent>`_.
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After you have downloaded the link you need, open it in your BitTorrent client. This will download the image. After this is done, we recommend that you leave your BitTorrent client open so you can seed this image for other people, which helps reduce bandwidth costs even further by decentralizing the download location for other users.
After you have downloaded the link you need, open it in your BitTorrent client. This will download the image. After this is done, we recommend that you leave your BitTorrent client open so you can seed this image for other people, which helps reduce bandwidth costs even further by decentralizing the download location for other users.
Downloading the image via zsync
Downloading the image via zsiync
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zsync is a convenient application that will automatically verify the checksum of the image once downloaded. The Lubuntu team uses this to download daily images as it will seamlessly download the delta or difference since the last image was spun.
zsync is a convenient application that will automatically verify the checksum of the image once downloaded. The Lubuntu team uses this to download daily images as it will seamlessly download the delta or difference since the last image was spun.