
64-bit Mac (AMD64) server install image Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). If you have a non-64-bit processor made by AMD, or if you need full support for 32-bit code, use the Intel x86 images instead. 64-bit PC (AMD64) server install image Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. There are three images available, each for a different type of computer: PC (Intel x86) server install image For almost all PCs. It will not install a graphical user interface. The server install image allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer for use as a server. This image is adjusted to work properly on Mac systems. 64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop image Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2).

64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image Choose this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2).


There are three images available, each for a different type of computer: PC (Intel x86) desktop image For almost all PCs.

You will need at least 384MiB of RAM to install from this image. This type of image is what most people will want to use. The desktop image allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. Ubuntu is distributed on two types of images described below.
