Get Ubuntu

The fastest way for most people to get Ubuntu is by downloading the CD Installer. The CD Installer is nearly 700MB. If you don't have a fast internet connection you may want to consider requesting a CD.

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Which release do you want?

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition - Supported to 2011 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition - Supported to 2013

The "LTS" version of Ubuntu receives long-term support. 3 years for desktop versions and 5 years for server versions.

What type of computer do you have?

Standard personal computer (x86 architecture, PentiumTM, CeleronTM, AthlonTM, SempronTM) 64bit AMD and Intel computers

Choose a location near you

Please choose a download location near you

Please Choose a Location Europe Austria Ubuntu.gds.tuwien.ac.at Belgium BELNET Belgium Infogroep Belgium Ubuntu.mirrors.skynet.be Bosnia and Herzegovina BiHnet ISP, BH Telecom Bulgaria IPACCT Bulgaria Linux-BG.org Bulgaria nano-box Croatia Faculty of civil engineering, Zagreb Czech Republic UPC Česká republika, a.s. Czech Republic Advokatni kancelar Kindl&Partneri Czech Republic Releases.ubuntu.cz Czech Republic Ubuntu-releases.sh.cvut.cz Denmark KLID Denmark Tyroll.dk Denmark u-soft.dk Finland CSC / Funet France Free France CRIHAN France Orange Business Services France CIRIL France Université de Picardie France Florian Entreprise France Ubuntu.florianentreprise.com France Flosoft.biz France Ftp.lip6.fr France Ftp.uvsq.fr France Mirrors.dotsrc.org Germany De.archive.ubuntu.com-release Germany Esslingen University of Applied Sciences Germany University of Kaiserslautern Germany intergenia AG Germany Freie Universität Berlin Germany RRZN, Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany Universitaet Bayreuth Germany Univerity of Muensters Germany GWDG Germany University of Mannheim Germany Abysmal.eu Germany Host Europe Germany Technische Universitaet Clausthal Germany University of Applied Sciences Wolfenbuettel Germany Ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de Germany Ftp.tu-chemnitz.de Germany Releases.ubuntu.mirror.at.stealer.net Germany Snert.mi.hs-heilbronn.de Great Britain (UK) Oxford University Computing Services Great Britain (UK) University Of Kent UK Mirror Service Great Britain (UK) Canonical Ltd Great Britain (UK) The Positive Internet Company Great Britain (UK) Virgin Media Greece University of Crete Greece Democritus University of Thrace Greece National Technical University of Athens Greece OTENET Greece University Of Ioannina Greece University of Crete - Faculty of Medicine Hungary Ftp.arrabonus.hu Hungary FSN.hu Foundation Hungary bitmind kft. Iceland Ubuntu.hugi.is Ireland HEAnet Italy University of Naples Federico II C.S.I. Italy Fastbull Italy GARR/CILEA mirror service Italy ICT Valle Umbra s.r.l. Netherlands BIT B.V. Netherlands University of Twente Netherlands Telfort Internet Netherlands Technische Universiteit Delft Netherlands Mirrors.kernel.org Netherlands PCextreme B.V. Netherlands MuntInternet Netherlands Ftpserv.tudelft.nl Norway The Student Society in Trondhjem, Norway Norway Ftp.uninett.no Poland Telekomunikacja Polska Poland Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing Poland Vectra Poland Ftp.man.szczecin.pl Poland Piotrkosoft.net - Data Storage Center Poland Ubuntu.task.gda.pl Portugal CeSIUM Portugal nfsi telecom Portugal NEACM - University of Porto Portugal GLUA Portugal Ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt Portugal DEI-FCTUC, University of Coimbra Romania UPC Romania Romania Ftp.iasi.roedu.net Romania Ftp.lug.ro Serbia RC ETF Serbia RC ETF Serbia and Montenegro RC ETF Serbia and Montenegro Mirror2.etf.bg.ac.yu Slovakia YNET & kubuntu.sk Slovakia Antik computers & communications s.r.o. Slovakia Technical University of Kosice Spain CICA Spain RedIRIS Spain Universidade da Coruña Spain Ourense Software Libre Spain University of Zaragoza Spain RedIRIS Spain Caliu Spain Delegación de Alumnos de Teleco - ETSIT - UPM Spain GRN Serveis telemàtics Spain Ftp.gui.uva.es Sweden Academic Computer Club, Umeå University Sweden DF - The Computer Society at Lund University and Lund Institute of Technology. Sweden Sunet FTP archive Sweden Mirrors.kernel.org Sweden Ftp.port80.se Switzerland SWITCH North America Canada Cogeco Cable Inc. Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club Mexico UNAM United States Argonne National Laboratory United States University of Chicago - Astronomy Department Public Mirror United States National Severe Storms Lab United States Portland State University United States Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science United States easynews.com-releases United States Gigenet United States Mirrors.kernel.org United States Xmission United States University of Utah United States Walla Walla University United States MIT Media Lab United States Georgia Tech. Software Library United States Michigan Tech Linux Users Group United States University of Idaho United States JHU ACM United States University of California at Merced United States Openharbor United States OSU Open Source Lab United States University of Minnesota Ubuntu Releases United States Ftp-mirror.internap.com United States University of California, Santa Barbara United States Ftp.ussg.iu.edu United States Ftp.wayne.edu United States Mirror.cs.umn.edu United States Mirrors.brianm.name United States Mirrors.cs.wmich.edu United States CERIAS, Purdue University United States University of Colorado at Boulder Asia Armenia ADC China Mirror.lupaworld.com Cyprus Cytanet Georgia Open Consultants Hong Kong Hostrino Indonesia PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Indonesia PT. Supra Primatama Nusantara (BizNet ISP) Israel Israel Internet Association Israel INTERHOST Japan JAIST Japan Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo. Japan RIKEN Japan Yamagata University Japan mithril-linux.org (offered by Debian-JP Project member) Japan KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc. Korea, Republic of Daum Communications Corp. Korea, Republic of KAIST Russian Federation COMSTAR-Direct Russian Federation Yandex Russian Federation Ftp.chg.ru Singapore ITU, Science, National University of Singapore Taiwan Chung Hua University Taiwan ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw Taiwan TaiChung County Education Network Center Taiwan National Center for High-Performance Computing Taiwan National Taiwan University Taiwan Shu-Te University Taiwan National Chi Nan University Thailand School of Information Technology, KMUTT Turkey Linux Kullanıcıları Derneği Turkey Istanbul Technical University Uzbekistan Sharq Telekom Viet Nam FPT Telecom South America Argentina Patan.com.ar Brazil Globo.com Brazil C3SL/UFPR Brazil Edugraf - INE - CTC - UFSC Chile TECNOERA Costa Rica Ftp.ucr.ac.cr Oceania/Australia Australia iiNet Australia Netspace Online Systems Australia mirror.aarnet.edu.au-releases Australia Optus Australia 3FL / Westnet Australia Internode Australia Soul Australia Australia Mirror.pacific.net.au New Zealand Ftp.citylink.co.nz New Zealand ihug Africa Botswana TENET Lesotho TENET Mozambique TENET Namibia Polytechnic of Namibia South Africa TENET South Africa UCT LEG Swaziland TENET Zimbabwe TENET

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Check here if you need the alternate desktop CD. This CD does not include the Live CD, instead it uses a text-based installer.

Feel free to view the complete list of download locations and other download options, including BitTorrent downloads, Wubi - the Windows installer and past versions of Ubuntu.

Note to PowerPC (PPC) and SPARC users: These types of computers are not supported by the newest versions of Ubuntu. However Ubuntu 6.06 is still supported and available for your machine. Please use the complete list of download locations to choose a location near you.