Canonical employees have revealed information about the project. ubuntu-mini-iso, which develops a new minimalistic build Ubuntu, approximately 140 MB in size. The main idea behind the new installation image is to make it universal and allow for the installation of any selected version of any official build. Ubuntu.
The project is being developed by Dan Bungert, who maintains the Subiquity installer. A working prototype build has already been prepared and tested, and work is underway to integrate the official infrastructure for the build. UbuntuThe new build is expected to be published along with the spring release. Ubuntu April 23.04. The build can be used for burning to CD/USB or for dynamic loading via UEFI HTTP. The build provides a text menu that allows you to select the desired edition. Ubuntu, the installation image for which will be loaded into RAM. Data on available builds will be loaded dynamically using simplestreams.
Source: opennet.ru
