Introduction
VMware lets you run another computer in your computer. Try out another operating system, test a different platform, preview a new distro. Hopefully this page of VMware images, or "Virtual Appliances" is useful.
Compatibility
These images will work in:
VMware Player free!
VMware Server free!
VMware Workstation 5.5+
VMware ESX 3+/VMware Virtual Infrastructure/vSphere
How to use these images
Get the free VMware Player (or VMware Server, ESX 3, or VMware Workstation)
Download the image you want to use (see the list below)
Unzip it
Load the image in VMware
centos-4.6-i386-server.zip, 471M
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md5sum: a23b88a9db64e3dce27b8b11b02c0cc5
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
centos-4.7-i386-server.zip, 428M
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md5sum: 81eeeb86168a971aed6092b0c041b467
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: centos-4.8-i386-server.zip, 469M
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md5sum: 25dd0d9838cde9840d862c53fd92cd15
64-bit: centos-4.8-x86_64-server.zip, 471M
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md5sum: 3e8627d0b36b2a37db105606b65848ea
centos-5.0-i386-server.zip, 400M
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md5sum: 0cbe6c9551d32483e4e84ed0f87f69ee
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
centos-5.1-i386-server.zip, 909M
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md5sum: b082495b1a01a854c88723967e614cd6
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
centos-5.2-i386-server.zip, 908M
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md5sum: 4c31ce20e97de313647a809219788a77
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice".
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: centos-5.3-i386-server.zip, 963M
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md5sum: aa9972661a1f6e42b4056a38f0a18854
64-bit: centos-5.3-x86_64-server.zip, 1039M
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md5sum: e3253bcd4c47fe8dc5bbdb4442c08971
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: centos-5.4-i386-server.zip, 965M
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md5sum: 67cae177842ef0533c6ca604cddeec53
64-bit: centos-5.4-x86_64-server.zip, 1038M
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md5sum: d82cbced59652025dc9e51078dd0e39e
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: this image does not include the Desktop group (the earlier CentOS 5.x images erroneously do). If you need it, run yum groupinstall @Desktop.
32-bit: centos-5.5-i386-server.zip, 442M
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md5sum: 88d83680c1388e6e5c15ca855e934bc0
64-bit: centos-5.5-x86_64-server.zip, 478M
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md5sum: be094e47afbb819a9918f4e5340e4f04
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: this image does not include the Desktop group (the earlier CentOS 5.x images erroneously do). If you need it, run yum groupinstall @Desktop.
32-bit: centos-5.6-i386-server.zip, 443M
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md5sum: 5fc8142f42310c88569a81f2a0f3527d
64-bit: centos-5.6-x86_64-server.zip, 456M
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md5sum: 2590006571f52ca00674d20d3b376672
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: this image does not include the Desktop group (the earlier CentOS 5.x images erroneously do). If you need it, run yum groupinstall @Desktop.
32-bit: centos-5.7-i386-server.zip, 440M
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md5sum: 41b7772a174f11934ea8c0b794269bbb
64-bit: centos-5.7-x86_64-server.zip, 466M
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md5sum: 6eba0261e5d3ac235013fcc36bbf4be1
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: this image does not include the Desktop group (the earlier CentOS 5.x images erroneously do). If you need it, run yum groupinstall @Desktop.
32-bit: centos-5.8-i386-server.zip, 472M
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md5sum: af6c0e67d7a5ceb82db75b678b888004
64-bit: centos-5.8-x86_64-server.zip, 510M
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md5sum: 791d89dba8ceeb623efcac3135046041
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: centos-6.0-i386-minimal.zip, 332M
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md5sum: fcbc90d7d7ba0f3f2a4420b52674dfa8
64-bit: centos-6.0-x86_64-minimal.zip, 355M
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md5sum: b1c64790a0f6e8804424c654b15249df
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: centos-6.1-i386-server.zip, 689M
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md5sum: 5336f2eba4bdb0e48fbd10f54c6c9dbe
64-bit: centos-6.1-x86_64-server.zip, 697M
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md5sum: 4522e1fa98d9fdfcb0878cc942340eac
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: centos-6.2-i386-server.zip, 698M
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md5sum: 2682dc37694c1788ff81a0b6f69b1230
64-bit: centos-6.2-x86_64-server.zip, 705M
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md5sum: 6c0f22e36ae9574f45facf47f634eee9
debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.zip, 115M
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md5sum: a2f41713f9f7407a9a3e43fb27fd2e24
Notes: root password is set at first boot.
Note: 2.6 kernel chosen, not the default 2.4 kernel.
debian-40r0-i386-netinst.zip, 299M
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md5sum: 2a1cb887f658701c0b1ff095600ee6f9
Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
32-bit: debian-500-i386-netinst.zip, 150M
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md5sum: 35a21a670c680f7fd40da0fd8bb5f3b7
64-bit: debian-500-amd64-netinst.zip, 147M
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md5sum: 4d6d05196d38bc3eb0b47063918fd067
Notes: There are two accounts: "root" and "notroot". Password for both is "thoughtpolice".
32-bit: debian-6.0.2.1-i386-minimal.zip, 319M
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md5sum: 793b833a2cceb11d8861aedffd79f9d0
64-bit: debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-minimal.zip, 331M
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md5sum: 05fc64a8cb1114d63c0a483cdab2b97f
fedora-fc4-i386.zip, 283M
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md5sum: 8e46e5ac5fe813cf83454febed2cfdef
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice". Remember that a standard install means selinux enabled, firewall on.
fedora-fc5-i386.zip, 977M
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md5sum: 16642a65686a6fb5b283d34e1c359662
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
fedora-fc6-i386.zip, 875M
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md5sum: 4e0037f18d4a43b04df33a920c5f751b
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Getting Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! after an LVM error? See here.
fedora-7-i386.zip, 972M
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md5sum: 8e94dd615280c8aa82129c325c6c8add
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: Uses the BusLogic SCSI adaptor.
Getting Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! after an LVM error? See here.
fedora-8-i386.zip, 1149M
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md5sum: 102fe7c3b01a22a462f718a3fbc81068
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Install VMware Tools - soon!
Note: Uses the BusLogic SCSI adaptor.
fedora-9-i386.zip, 1199M
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md5sum: aad622763be3508a33aa90ea316d49ae
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: Uses the BusLogic SCSI adaptor.
fedora-10-i386.zip, 696M
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md5sum: f417a4e0317cfdc0778bfaa484eda38b
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-11-i386.zip, 1219M
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md5sum: 5fd954f77a4bd5d752b49438f51630a9
64-bit: fedora-11-x86_64.zip, 1229M
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md5sum: 33396a7b703ed2db8c05e5ca6080a8d6
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-12-i386.zip, 1051M
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md5sum: 4a959a99cbac08a10fd12d445664cbae
64-bit: fedora-12-x86_64.zip, 1121M
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md5sum: a0285962e9c444e7c0ff5a20c2a83037
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-13-i686.zip, 710M
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md5sum: 4164318be15c0090054b0bea05640ae9
64-bit: fedora-13-x86_64.zip, 716M
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md5sum: 0c26e8397a7f47c6f1b0aa5836b51333
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-14-i686.zip, 687M
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md5sum: 48e2f08d6f35ff548657b72c83fbea70
64-bit: fedora-14-x86_64.zip, 686M
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md5sum: befa1167796673b763f77e2d3f01bc93
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-15-i686.zip, 701M
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md5sum: a1ee9fd7b92d7a905851dfa4c92b101c
64-bit: fedora-15-x86_64.zip, 706M
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md5sum: 625bb079d76597d512eccc223a0be50f
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-16-i686.zip, 749M
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md5sum: b58964f49e585fca817cf5fb72484176
64-bit: fedora-16-x86_64.zip, 753M
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md5sum: 86928563cec4a0d19f579246cc729403
Notes: Login as user "root", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: fedora-17-i686.zip, 794M
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md5sum: dfc136c3e5c9818de4a483e378290953
64-bit: fedora-17-x86_64.zip, 793M
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md5sum: 4a7e02901af41c507510bf1e512ba98e
freebsd-6.0-i386.zip, 129M
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md5sum: 505718f94ae67c4c8db22784b27a91f2
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
freebsd-6.1-i386.zip, 173M
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md5sum: 9a591ab3447e8781a27a4b5151acc121
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
freebsd-6.2-i386.zip, 235M
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md5sum: 5a78b8c7074f9ccd755d43e177e14b39
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
freebsd-6.3-i386.zip, 221M
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md5sum: 5b05a4218799db57eebe6b0dd88f2fa0
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
freebsd-6.4-i386.zip, 224M
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md5sum: d5d99356b840d34c22d44744281f678f
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: SCSI disk (unlike the other 6.x releases)!
freebsd-7.0-i386.zip, 305M
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md5sum: 76edfb287ce8b66c7c404d9488427321
Notes: root password is "thoughtpolice"
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-7.2-i386.zip, 348M
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md5sum: 449dc7ef6ee3770c2a79a69399258fc4
64-bit: freebsd-7.2-amd64.zip, 286M
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md5sum: 1ad9fbe9a885e8fe7fc24036a37a090f
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-7.3-i386.zip, 363M
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md5sum: 3a4589fa5a35163850d4a8529bc088fe
64-bit: freebsd-7.3-amd64.zip, 302M
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md5sum: 0d76add0103f4589d0efcb67f770480d
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-7.4-i386.zip, 371M
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md5sum: 1dc0aaca0c54e87311510cedccdc656b
64-bit: freebsd-7.4-amd64.zip, 310M
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md5sum: 3003ba4494b66e34c0d0cdb7e9659168
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-8.0-i386.zip, 125M
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md5sum: 7636347fb546bf66b19bc9267c992bb8
64-bit: freebsd-8.0-amd64.zip, 137M
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md5sum: 5c9487fc19f4112f673915b350979e19
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-8.1-i386.zip, 180M
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md5sum: 977f93feb55c09184b5e7dc02c70f1b6
64-bit: freebsd-8.1-amd64.zip, 194M
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md5sum: 684a435c82230b8d7d165573006fa920
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-8.2-i386.zip, 183M
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md5sum: d118c69806c92c14b7629693387e3c7a
64-bit: freebsd-8.2-amd64.zip, 198M
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md5sum: 3d7a88dc0e68db6310ead029f33dc928
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-8.3-i386.zip, 190M
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md5sum: 79a14c493555329854e21a56e8ad4fae
64-bit: freebsd-8.3-amd64.zip, 208M
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md5sum: 7dc09a70e7ce9e06b1c1aa7f64a95a05
Notes: Root password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: freebsd-9.0-i386.zip, 237M
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md5sum: b39320d4d62fb5df805226c272b98eef
64-bit: freebsd-9.0-amd64.zip, 274M
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md5sum: 64b9ed1932753db98584099c69835ce6
Notes: There are two accounts, "root" and "notroot"; the password for both is "thoughtpolice"
Quick start HOWTO: soon!
32-bit: opensuse-11.2-i586.zip, 1104M
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md5sum: 0fcf1df17ecc251cc28b52caa80f1e71
64-bit: opensuse-11.2-x86_64.zip, 1138M
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md5sum: d9d8c3662b1e973e4cc3bbbe89398b06
ubuntu-server-6.06.2-i386.zip, 184M
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md5sum: 63e61c40a51a14f88bd4a6435226a1a5
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
Note: if you get stuck at "uncompressing kernel", see Ubuntu forums.
ubuntu-server-6.10-i386.zip, 171M
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md5sum: 457ad56694948a110058445fad271b36
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice" (the README contains the wrong username).
Note: This image will not run on the Pentium M (or CPUs that do not support PAE) - you will get the error Unknown Interrupt or fault at EIP
ubuntu-server-7.04-i386.zip, 189M
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md5sum: 078020bab05ce5e0555870e4c15b1b60
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
ubuntu-server-7.10-i386.zip, 189M
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md5sum: 91f35468f9548e3710269e404d9b2ec9
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
Get the messages PANIC: CPU too old for this kernel.? See launchpad.
ubuntu-server-8.04.1-i386.zip, 181M
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md5sum: 734f3d9a7da4d431c5c241af258b5cd7
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
ubuntu-server-8.10-i386.zip, 190M
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md5sum: 5b4b7383713c4feab285f5ba0aab7fe2
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-9.04-i386.zip, 226M
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md5sum: f79dc878cb42fb0bfa57409fb88d99f0
64-bit: ubuntu-server-9.04-amd64.zip, 224M
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md5sum: 030fccb55299857ecf945620b8461c45
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-9.10-i386.zip, 240M
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md5sum: 42667147822d874ffbacedf14c8539ae
64-bit: ubuntu-server-9.10-amd64.zip, 239M
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md5sum: bc3fd9ec4b80362fd5947d5031268eab
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-10.04-i386.zip, 249M
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md5sum: cdc867136029fd1eb09b9254cf8a73e5
64-bit: ubuntu-server-10.04-amd64.zip, 255M
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md5sum: b5bc8a907ae62dac973f59075f5f61ce
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-10.10-i386.zip, 236M
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md5sum: 86979335605cb4448135ba455dfeb960
64-bit: ubuntu-server-10.10-amd64.zip, 243M
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md5sum: cbf477aecf876b0b98258122df24677e
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-11.04-i386.zip, 255M
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md5sum: 976f7b06c9671252c3e7f86040b52fbc
64-bit: ubuntu-server-11.04-amd64.zip, 272M
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md5sum: db7b21a633f4c0a6e23dba9ed46c70a3
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-11.10-i386.zip, 281M
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md5sum: 00411012991d54faba2c8c1ffeb2badc
64-bit: ubuntu-server-11.10-amd64.zip, 279M
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md5sum: d392eed2238008a2f9d75e72a82e9c0f
Notes: There is no root account. Login as user "notroot", password is "thoughtpolice"
32-bit: ubuntu-server-12.04-i386.zip, 330M
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md5sum: ae1fd3f9543d2998826bdb1c87a16fc2
64-bit: ubuntu-server-12.04-amd64.zip, 289M
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md5sum: 003a0d3ae424cfd49dd878cdf04e701a