I have xandros Linux and I am doing a test with it; when I put apt-get update in the terminal it gives me this error.
I want it to get updates from the Ubuntu server not the xandros server because it doesn't work.
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I know this is a old Linux OS but I am trying to do a experiment with this Linux Os but I need the apt-get update for it to work– Ethan EwanchynaFeb 5, 2018 at 20:47
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How old is that equipment? I remember mine ASUS with Xandrus was like what, 10 years old?– Rui F RibeiroFeb 5, 2018 at 20:48
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Xandros support was discontinued in 2007, I am afraid.
Even back in the day, even though Xandros received an injection of money from Asus, a couple of months after buying my ASUS netbook I had to install Debian due lack of updates.
If my memory does not fail me Xandros was based in Ubuntu or Debian with a lightweight X interface.
You will have to install another more recent Unix/Linux distribution.
Xandros is a line of operating systems created by Xandros Corporation. Xandros Desktop was a Linux distribution. The name Xandros is derived from the X Window System and the Greek island of Andros. Wikipedia Latest release: 4.2 / 26 July 2007
I also had similar woes trying to use a recent Linux distribution at the end of last year on a contemporary machine of mine, an ASUS EeePC netbook 701 4G (those came with Xandros). Debian 9 would not boot.
The processor is also not supported anymore by recent Debian distributions (and others - Debian 9 dropped support for 32-bit Atoms).
At the end, I prefer to go instead with the latest version of FreeBSD (32-bits), as it will get more support in the future, offering the path to upgrade for new versions, than going to a dead end with Debian 8.
answered Feb 5, 2018 at 20:51