Pop!_OS SHA256 checksum does not match official website - corrupted download or wrong ISO?
I downloaded the NVIDIA version of Pop!_OS:
I tried verifying the SHA256 checksum on Windows using:
Get-FileHash .\pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_22.iso -Algorithm SHA256
Official checksum from the website:
6cfa6ed46be277cf609681604f655e4c311fdfbb2d4f8872fe55aee5827c1534
My generated checksum:
D58AB031A9A251C844A87BEA7948A9C3924165EE31418AA5644C36D72BA8B4D2
Completely different hash, not just capitalization.
I also tested the checksum verification process with another ISO (Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS for ARM) and there the checksum matched correctly, so the verification command itself seems fine.
So now I’m wondering if my download got corrupted, the CDN is acting weird… or pop_os's just been hacked... :)
Could someone try downloading/checking the same ISO and confirm whether the checksum matches on your side? Maybe someone from System76 could verify this as well.
**edit**: Not sure how I managed to pull that off, but turns out I had a typo and was checking the nvidia_22 checksum instead of nvidia_24. Everything matches correctly now. Thanks to Taraghlan50 for spotting it. Apologies for the confusion!