This is my first time using Ubuntu Server (16.04 i386) and it has not started out well at all.
Generally, I'm not very good with Linux, and this sounds like the stupidest question in the world, but how do I access the internet?
I can't connect via Ethernet - its not recognising anything. I wanted to connect via Wifi, but I couldn't (because something called rfkill is blocking it). I can't use rfkill to unblock it, because I can't download the package.
I can't even do sudo apt-get update.
I never had this problem with Ubuntu desktop - someone please help me urgently!!!!!
I cannot use rfkill to unblock my wifi adapter because rfkill is not installed, and I can't install it because I can't access the internet!
Ubuntu 16.04 is the 2016-April release, so is largely limited to kernel modules (drivers) of that era. Ubuntu's use of HWE allows you to use an updated software stack (ie. ISOs are available with 16.04 using 16.10, 17.04, 17.10 and 18.04 kernel & stack) but it's still only parts of the stack updated.
Ubuntu 18.04 provides the full 2018-April release, and likewise it's ISOs are available with different stacks, including 18.10's, 19.04, 19.10 & 20.04 stack. The latter is the most modern being released as the 18.04.5 media.
Canonical/Ubuntu is moving away from i386/32-bit, however it was still supported in some releases post 18.04, however they're now EOL. The last media was 18.04.5 and can be found for example at
Flavored desktops have ISOs too, however Ubuntu Server now uses the subiquity or live installer, which is 64-bit only so no live i386 ISOs exist for later server installs, however netboot installs are still available.
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