doc: Re-organize image server doc

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Copy and import images <howto/images_copy>
Create images <howto/images_create>
Associate profiles <howto/images_profiles>
reference/remote_image_servers
reference/image_format
reference/image_servers
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(remote-image-servers)=
# Remote image servers
(image-servers)=
# Default image server
The [`incus`](incus.md) CLI command comes pre-configured with the following default remote image servers:
The [`incus`](incus.md) CLI command comes pre-configured with the following default remote image server:
`images:`
: This server provides unofficial images for a variety of Linux distributions.
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See [`images.linuxcontainers.org`](https://images.linuxcontainers.org) for an overview of available images.
(remote-image-server-types)=
## Remote server types
Additional image servers can be added through `incus remote add`.
(image-server-types)=
## Image server types
Incus supports the following types of remote image servers:
Simple streams servers
: Pure image servers that use the [simple streams format](https://git.launchpad.net/simplestreams/tree/).
The default image servers are simple streams servers.
No special software is required to run such a server as it's only made of static files.
The default `images:` server uses simplestreams.
Public Incus servers
: Incus servers that are used solely to serve images and do not run instances themselves.