[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu best version

[Lee Sharp]

On 04/14/2014 05:19 AM, jan at verslank.net wrote:
> Your experienced comments please:
> I have reverted to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS after some bad experiences with
> 12.10. My 12.04 is still doing fine and support is until 2017, so the
> question is perhaps premature, however, I am planning to transfer to a
> SSD (solid state drive) shortly and would appreciate some feedback to
> help me decide whether I should remain with 12.04 or upgrade to a newer
> version, especially considering that the next LTS version has been
> available for some time.

Reading this, I have some corrections.

1) It is not out yet.  And for the next few weeks there will be a LOT of 
patches as the users discover things devs do not do.

2) Trim has been available since the 2.6.33 kernal.  The difference is 
that now it is set by default. 
http://askubuntu.com/questions/18903/how-to-enable-trim

Now my points...

I am an LTS person.  I love the stability, and I hate major upgrades 
every 6 months.  But, that means after 6 months, some software starts to 
get stale.  This can be fixed easily as you can just add the new 
repository.  But...  With 14.04 out soon, you are going to see 
repositories for 12.04 dry up.  Keep in mind that 10.04 is still 
supported.  See how many repositories you can find that still support 
it, however.

Normally, on a new LTS release, I like to wait for the first point 
release.  10.0.4.1 or 12.0.4.1, or the 6 month from now 14.0.4.1... 
But, I have a laptop I have to rebuild now.  (It is on 10.04, and I am 
rebuilding with a new and larger SSD hard drive.)  I will be going 
14.04, simply because it is some work, and seems a waste to go to 12.04 
for only 6 months...

			Lee