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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by guessmyname on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @03:58PM (#19862310)
> Ubuntu which is only around 40mb […]

I just downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04 and they are not 40MB:

    $ docker image ls | grep ubuntu
    ubuntu  19.04  f723e3b6f1bd   76.4MB
    ubuntu  18.04  d131e0fa2585  102.0MB
    ubuntu  16.04  a51debf7e1eb  116.0MB
How do you get a 40MB Ubuntu Docker image?

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I followed @sofaofthedamned — https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/07/09/minimal-ubuntu-released

But I’m still confused, where are they getting 29MB from? Even the compressed files are big:

    Ubuntu Bionic [1]
    - ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz |  77M
    - ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img         | 163M
    - ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.squashfs    |  96M
    
    Ubuntu Cosmic [2]
    - ubuntu-18.10-minimal-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz | 210M
    - ubuntu-18.10-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img         | 295M
    - ubuntu-18.10-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.squashfs    | 229M
    
    Ubuntu Disco [3]
    - ubuntu-19.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz |  69M
    - ubuntu-19.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img         | 155M
    - ubuntu-19.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.squashfs    |  89M
[1] http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/relea...

[2] http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/cosmic/relea...

[3] http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/disco/releas...

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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by sofaofthedamned on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @04:08PM (#19862395)
https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/07/09/minimal-ubuntu-released

Apologies, it's actually 29mb.

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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by jacques_chester on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:15PM (#19863857)
Don't feel bad. You've discovered the charming little fact that the registry API will report compressed size and the Docker daemon will report uncompressed size.
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Re:Alpine Linux Docker images have NULL for root password by novaleaf on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @04:27PM (#19862570)
i switched to ubuntu minimal for my cloud instances. it works great. highly recommended.
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