Ubuntu 21.04 Minimal

Updated versions of many apps are available in 21.04, including the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and LibreOffice.

With fewer installed packages, Ubuntu Server Minimal Image will avoid some security vulnerabilities and require fewer updates over time. Use of Minimal Ubuntu will reduce overall bandwidth consumption for an institution and require less storage.

Lean, fast and powerful, Ubuntu Minimal delivers services reliably, predictably, and economically. It is the perfect base on which to build your instances. The image contains just enough packages to run within Azure, bring up an SSH Server, and allow users to log in.

Ubuntu has established itself as the enterprise engineering platform of choice, from the desktop to public cloud and microservices, with a wide range of corporate adopters in the finance, automotive, tech and government sectors.

Ubuntu Server 21.04 LTS Minimal is designed for completely automated operations, with none of the usual human-friendly utilities for comfortable interactive usage. Editors, documentation, locales, and other user-oriented features of the Ubuntu Server have been removed. What remains are only the vital components of the boot sequence. Images still contain ssh, apt and snapd so you can connect and install any package you’re missing. The unminimize tool lets you ‘rehydrate’ your image into a familiar Ubuntu server package set, suitable for command-line interaction.

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