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I've just brought an IBM think pad x40 of ebay and I've installed ubuntu 10.10.

So far so good.

First things first I loaded up Terminal and typed sudo apt-get update but it would't update.

So then I went into software centre and tried installing a game. It hit back with an error message saying it can't connect to the internet.

BUT now, this is rather interesting, because I can surf the web on Firefox with no issues! Has this happened to anyone else and if so how did you solve the problem?

Thanks in advance!

Simon
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sark
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  • Unfortunately, Ubuntu 10 is counted as Off Topic because version 10 is not supported any more. – Simon Aug 06 '13 at 15:58
  • Try downloading and installing manually the 12.04 or 13.04 versions. Check the download page. If you have a problem with the installation look around here or ask a question. – Braiam Aug 06 '13 at 15:59
  • 10.10 might be the last version that can run on the IBM X40. Newer versions of Ubuntu will result in "This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae. Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU." (http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-install-ubuntu-1204-on-non-pae.html might solve this problem) – klang Oct 13 '13 at 07:40

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Ubuntu 10.10 isn't supported since the 10th of April 2012.

apt-get can't “connect to the Internet” because the 10.10 repositories were shutdown.

You could either install directly a supported Ubuntu version (I'd strongly recommend 12.04 LTS or 13.04 / download link) or manually edit the repositories. (I would strongly discourage you from trying the latter if you don't know what you're doing, tough)

François Lecomte
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