# istio_focal-debian10.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: installation
issues:
- 29326

releaseNotes:
- |
  **Updated** the base image versions to be built on `ubuntu:focal` and `debian10` (for distroless).
- |
  **Improved** the size of docker images, decreasing each image by up to 50mb. As a result, the `linux-tools-generic` package, as well as dependencies (including `python`) are no longer installed.