Yes. It is bloated. But not for the reasons you may think.
Live OSes need to fit multiple requirements compared to the installed ones. They need to:
- Install the OS without internet
- Provide a test ground for the OS
- Be a way to repair damaged OS
So of course it’s bloated, but in a good way. You may be already familiar with Ubuntu, and not care about the live OS part, so it would be bloat for you. You may not care about setting up disks, so GParted is bloat for you, etc…
If you want a less bloated installer, some other distros like debian give net installers
EndeavourOS iso also does the same thing but with half the size.
Half the tool chains
You definitely haven’t seen Bazzite yet
That’s not how you download ISOs… 😐…
👉 Qbittorent
Enjoy the faster downloads.
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2aa4f5a7e209e54b32803d43670971c4c8caaa05&dn=ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso&tr=https%3a%2f%2ftorrent.ubuntu.com%2fannounce&tr=https%3a%2f%2fipv6.torrent.ubuntu.com%2fannounceThe ISO shouldn’t be 7gb
Your Internet is flying… Oh my gosh… just noticed… I could only dream of seeing such speeds with my ISP…
anyways, even if it was a 500Mb ISO, using Qbit is much faster and you help others too…
If only there was some alternative distro without the bloat. Say, one link down from that one.
Alpine
