Ubuntu 12.04 or 13.04

[T.Vengeance]

Which one should I start off with? I'm kinda worried about 13.04 having that 9 month support. What happens after those 9 months?

[Raboo]

I would go with Ubuntu 12.04 LST 

[Samdb]

Whatever has LTS would be the one to go for.

[Kuzma]

I'm using 12.04 LTS because I had some issues with both 13.04 and 12.10 but that's mostly down to the fact that I'm using a Macbook Pro , I still recommend 12.04 due to the support.

[rashdanml]

After 9 months, it won't be officially supported, but there'll always be community support. Go with LTS if you want long term support (basically what LTS stands for).

 

Usually after 9 months, the next version of Ubuntu will be out anyway.

[T.Vengeance]

K thanks!

[MrSuperb]

Which one should I start off with? I'm kinda worried about 13.04 having that 9 month support. What happens after those 9 months?

After 13.04

comes 13.10 after that

comes 14.04 / 14.04 LTS after that

comes 14.10 after that

comes 15.04 after that

comes ...

 

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.04 stands for April

.10 stands for October

every 6 months comes a new version. support for each version is 9 months

every 2 year is april comes a LTS version (8.04, 10.04, 12.04, ...) which now comes with 5 years support

[MrSuperb]

For a server I would use the LTS version, for everyday use the newest Non-LTS version

[obsidian1200]

I'm using 13.04. I actually had audio problems with 12.04 LTS, but upgrading to 12.10 fixed those issues oddly enough. For most people, the non-LTS versions are fine.

[neon]

If you use 13.04 then in October when 13.10 comes out in Software Updater (where Security updates, ect. are installed from) it will have an option to upgrade to 13.10, you have before the nine months are up to update to the newer version before security updates, bug fixes, ect. stop.

 

If you choose to use 12.04 LTS then it will give you the same option as the newer versions come out but you have five years before you have to update.

 

For all home users it doesn't matter about the shorter support period as they would naturally update to the latest version every six months when it pops up in Software Updater therefore never coming to the end of support, but for businesses and people running Ubuntu Server a simple update for the home can be a big headache so there is the LTS release so they only have to go through that headache once every five years.

[IdeaStormer]

LTS, FTW B)