ubuntu will not update have tried everything please help

[dhafireman]

hey everyone my names john new to the forum and need some help i have been using ubuntu and other linux systems on other computers and because vista craped out on my desktop i install 8.10 ubuntu on it so i would not lose all my info after a full day of hell trying to mount my 2 ntfs patitions i finally got it part of the problem is i can not update at all i have tried everything out there

what i now need to do is install vlc and update
as the files i have are videos of the baby and a website i spent 3 days building so here all the info

i have ubuntu 8.10


502 Bad Gateway is what i get

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
rootJohn-Server:~# sudo apt-clean all
rootJohn-Server:~# sudo apt-get clean all
rootJohn-Server:~# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
rootJohn-Server:~# sudo ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:a0:65:cd:e7
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:221

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:15408 (15.4 KB) TX bytes:15408 (15.4 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:50:8b:1a:45
inet addr:192.168.43.4 Bcast:192.168.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:50ff:fe8b:1a45/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:28040 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:31179341 (31.1 MB) TX bytes:2385486 (2.3 MB)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-11-50-8B-1A-45-61-34-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

rootJohn-Server:~# sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::http::No-Cache=True

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

To be honest, 8.10 is almost 3 years old.
Ubuntu stopped releasing updates for it about a year or so ago.
You would be better off downloading and installing a newer version.

[rokytnji]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades

Ubuntu 8.10 ended support in

Ubuntu announced its 8.10 release almost 18 months ago, on October
30, 2008. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing
security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support
period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 8.10 will reach end of life
on Friday, April 30, 2010. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will
no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 8.10.

The link I provided above explains upgrading End Of Life releases for Ubuntu versions.

Edited: Bad suggestion This page may be better https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes or this pdf

Support for 10.04 LTS ends on april 2013. Support for 9.10 ended on April 30 2011. Support for 10.10 ends on April 2012. Support for 11.04 ends on Oct 2012.