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I want to create VMs of old versions of Ubuntu, such as 10.10, 8.04, 4.10 and more. But how do I download old versions of Ubuntu? My main idea is The Wayback Machine. But is there anything more easier than that?

muru
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You can download all the old releases from http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/

Hope this helps!

Terrance
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  • This is useful indeed. But sometimes you also want to be able to download individual .deb files for an old release. Are they permanently deleted from the web once the release is no longer supported or can they be downloaded somewhere? – Per Lundberg Aug 09 '22 at 08:42
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    @PerLundberg I actually don't think they keep them all. I do know that the .deb packages are stored on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu and you can try looking there. I do know that if you install an unsupported or old release setting the repos like in https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release will allow you to upgrade the packages to the newest versions before that distro version went EOL. – Terrance Aug 09 '22 at 13:01
  • Thanks, that was useful info! – Per Lundberg Aug 09 '22 at 18:51
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if you want older version (.iso file) of ubuntu or any other linux distros:

https://soft.lafibre.info/

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