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Ask HN: Why are Ubuntu images so big?

I just downloaded 23.10 and its 4.8GB. I went back and looked at the last few years releases

- 23.10 - 4.8G

- 23.04 - 4.6G

- 22.10 - 3.8G

- 22.04 - 3.4G

- 21.10 - 2.9G

- 21.04 - 2.6G

- 20.10 - 2.7G

- 20.04 - 2.5G

Maybe it's a noob question, but I can't find anyone else commenting on this. Why has Ubuntu doubled in size since mid-2020? Why does it grow by so much with every new release?

14 points underscoring 3 years ago 17 comments

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