It removes around 80 packages (and related cruft) from the default install, including: ‘You get a minimal Ubuntu desktop with a web browser, core system tools, and nothing else!’ The Ubuntu minimal install option is called “minimal” because -shock- it has fewer Ubuntu packages preinstalled by default. What Makes Minimal Minimal? The same core Ubuntu experience, just with fewer apps like these The new option is entirely opt- in, so if you enjoy the full-fat desktop experience with productivity software, media players, and other apps you’ve nothing to fear by this news. Leave the option unticked to get the real deal: a full-fat Ubuntu 18.04 desktop pre-loaded with LibreOffice, Shotwell, Transmission, Thunderbird and so on. Naturally most people who install Ubuntu will not want to opt-in to this. The new “minimal install” option appears in section of the installer that asks whether you want to install restricted codecs to enable multimedia playback alongside the main desktop.Ĭheck the Minimal Install box to get exactly that: a minimal Ubuntu install containing a desktop environment, a web browser, some core system tools, and little else.
You’ll be able to choose whether you want a full-fat Ubuntu install, or a semi-skim version
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