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Run this command in your terminal in the directory the iso was downloaded to verify the SHA256 checksum:

echo "c2afd538d66fdd77377d03f1ed2ac76a34f1c116baecc9a8170d68f833121f57 *ubuntu-26.04-desktop-arm64.iso" | shasum -a 256 --check

You should get the following output:

ubuntu-26.04-desktop-arm64.iso: OK

Or follow this tutorial to learn how to verify downloads.

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