~260 MB (the smallest official stable release).
You won't reach 10MB, but a CLI-only Ubuntu 22.04 server can be stripped to disk usage – which compresses to about 180 MB as a tar.xz. ubuntu highly compressed 10mb
If you are looking for a related to Ubuntu for testing compression tools, you can generate one yourself using the terminal: ~260 MB (the smallest official stable release)
| Distro | Size | Best for | |--------|------|----------| | | 16 MB | Running entirely in RAM | | Alpine Linux | 5 MB | Containers, servers, security | | Puppy Linux | 300 MB | Old PCs, live USB | | Bodhi Linux | 800 MB | Lightweight Ubuntu-based | ubuntu highly compressed 10mb