 yeah well 16.04 is past End of LIfe so that upgrade path is mostly dead.  Is this for an RPi or some kind of device that doesn't have USB boot? (re @FastBlinker: i think it's ver 10 something and i'm trying to update to 16.04 but i get an error about a dependency @teward001)
 because a lot of devices don't actually have SD-card boot compatibility
 (RPi, embedded devices, some servers, etc.)
 it boots just fine from the sd card but during the install it starts looking for a cd so i'm trying to upgrade directly with terminal and I get that error. it's a asus eepc top (re @teward001: yeah well 16.04 is past End of LIfe so that upgrade path is mostly dead.  Is this for an RPi or some kind of device that doesn't have USB boot?)
 i think i just need to install that dependency before trying to upgrad, i just have no idea how
[07:17] <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: You're going to possibly have a hard time upgrading to a supported release of Lubuntu even if you can get the repos to work, since all supported versions of Lubuntu use the LXQt desktop, while the version you're using uses the LXDE desktop. Desktop environment changes can make upgrades difficult even when everything else should otherwise be working right, and in your situation, everything's not going right. I would highly
[07:18] <arraybolt3[m]> recommend copying all your data onto an external drive and installing a supported version of Lubuntu (preferably 22.04) from scratch.
 tried that but the installer  keeps looking for a cd which I don't have even though i booted from the sd. guess i need to find a usb cd drive. the problem with upgrading to the latest distro is that the minimum specs stated are much higher than the Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 Cache) that my computer has. (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: You're going to possibly have a hard time upgrading to a su
[07:22] <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: It's looking for a CD? Something's gone awry. You may need to flash the 22.04 ISO file directly to the SD card rather than using a bootable drive maker.
[07:23] <arraybolt3[m]> (As far as system specs, Lubuntu's requirements are much lower than Ubuntu's requirements. If you have 2 GB RAM, it will be cramped, but should still work. If you have 4 GB, it should work well.)
[07:23] <arraybolt3[m]> Your system is 64-bit, right?
 have no clue I have a asus Eee Top ET1602
 1gb ram
[07:26] <arraybolt3[m]> Ouch. That's a 32-bit processor, and too little RAM. If you like Ubuntu-like systems, your best bet is probably going to be to use Debian 32-bit with the LXDE desktop. Let me find you a link.
 how can i do that without using a bootable drive maker i'm using balena etcher right now on a mac (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: It's looking for a CD? Something's gone awry. You may need to flash the 22.04 ISO file directly to the SD card rather than using a bootable drive maker.)
 thanks (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <arraybolt3[m]> Ouch. That's a 32-bit processor, and too little RAM. If you like Ubuntu-like systems, your best bet is probably going to be to use Debian 32-bit with the LXDE desktop. Let me find you a link.)
[07:27] <arraybolt3[m]> Balena Etcher should work just fine. I thought you were using something like UNetbootin or something.
 i have lubuntu installed now but an old version firefox doesn't work well and can't upgrade because not supported
 so i was trying to upgrade for that reason
[07:28] <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-11.4.0-i386-netinst.iso Make sure to select LXDE as your desktop during install. You'll need an active Internet connection during installation, since this ISO downloads all the parts of the OS as it installs.
 thanks (re @lubuntu_bot: (irc) <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-11.4.0-i386-netinst.iso Make sure to select LXDE as your desktop during install. You'll need an active Internet connection during installation, since this ISO downloads all the parts of the OS as it installs.)
[07:29] <arraybolt3[m]> Sadly, Ubuntu stopped supporting 32-bit CPUs, but thankfully, Debian still supports them. The LXDE desktop should make 1 GB RAM livable.
[07:29] <arraybolt3[m]> And Ubuntu is based on Debian, so you should have a similar experience using Debian as you've had using Ubuntu.
 thanks i'll give it a try
[07:33] <arraybolt3[m]> @FastBlinker: One last thing - Firefox is an awfully heavy web browser, so you may also want to give Falkon a try if it's in the Debian repositories. It's more lightweight.
[07:33] <arraybolt3[m]> That should hopefully help with the 1 GB RAM.
 prefer firefox because it syncs with all my other instances
 i'll see how it runs
[07:34] <arraybolt3[m]> Sounds like a good plan.