Hi @lunduke have you tired http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/ as the repositories for your Ubuntu 5.10 test? It won't be updated but it might work
@rienk Well, look at that! Didn't even realize they did that!
Seems silly to have moved it (other than to break existing systems and make people cranky). But good that they keep things around... at least for the moment. ;)
@lunduke I could not help myselve. Downloaded the live ISO and tried to install AbiWord, this is the result: