md5sums difficult to find

Bug #76071 reported by towsonu2003
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Website - OBSOLETE
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

This feedback was received thru the ubuntu-doc list[1]. In brief, the md5sums are hidden. Their presence should be emphasized. The quote:

[quote]In the download instructions we are told to check the integrity of
the download using the md5sums. The md5sums are conspicuous by their
absence on the Ubuntu site. Using a search of the site turns up
nothing. I checked on the forums about this and was given a couple of
non-official Ubuntu sites which give a lot of information about checking
the md5sum for a Ubuntu download, but they both refer the user back to
the download site to get the numbers. The links for the mirrors only
produce the actual distribution download. A new user would soon get
tired of this run-around and just give up.[/quote]

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2006-December/007594.html

Revision history for this message
Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

This is now fixed, in that the burning instructions include a prominent link to instructions for verifying the MD5sum. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Changed in ubuntu-website:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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