Although I have only used it in virtual machines so that they take up less space, the minimal installation option of Ubuntu It was a novelty that the community liked a lot. When we choose it, Ubuntu is installed with just enough to work and does not include extra software that we could label as bloatware. When no one had said anything against it, Canonical has come to the fore saying that they have to improve something that was not broken.
The intention is to offer a unified default installation. What are they referring to? At first, it seems clear that they want to offer only one type of installation. But for what they have in mind to improve what already exists, the fairer installation has to remain an option. And it will be. More or less.
Ubuntu prepares installation of packages on demand
From what it seems, what they have already decided for the future Ubuntu will be to show during the installation process a section in which we will choose what we want to install. This is something that we can already see in other distributions, and would avoid having to install packages after finishing the installation of the operating system.
Being something that has yet to be implemented, there are some issues that remain to be resolved. For example, what size will that image be. Considering that it will not include some packages by default, the size should be smaller. The installation of the new packages would be done after downloading, for which it would be necessary to be connected to the Internet.
For less experienced users, is it a good option? I have my doubts. Although the truth is that, at least, everything necessary to function as the current minimal installation will be installed, a window that asks us what we want and install can be overwhelming. What does seem clear is that, although it is in his plans, simplifying the process will not simplify it. On Mini-ISOWell, I would bet that we will never see her again.
Ubuntu 23.10 will arrive this October, and it will do so without this novelty. The Daily Builds are in your cdimage along with stable releases.
Ubuntu in his line, always doing g*lip*lleces