14.10

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, I have read that this version is only supported for 9 months and
> some say that maybe I should stick with 14.4.since it is LTS. What do you
> think? I appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks.

It appears to be correct. At least on my system,
'ubuntu-support-status' (I am running utopic) says 9 months. Normal
(non-LTS) releases tend to be supported for a period between 9 and 18
months[1].

If there is nothing new you're expecting and aren't running into bugs
that are blocking your day-to-day use of Ubuntu, you could just as
well stick with the 14.04 LTS. I also upgrade my systems to the newest
releases, but that's partly because I'm also involved in the
development of the releases. If on the other hand you want to benefit
from new bug fixes, improvements, new applications, etc. then you
should consider upgrading.

If you decide to upgrade, make sure you look at the release notes[2]
later today once the release is annouced. There are some gotchas right
now, such as issues with ATI cards.

Note that not upgrading now will mean that if you decide you want to
upgrade rather than reinstalling; to go from 14.04 LTS to say, 15.04;
you'd first need to fully upgrade to 14.10, then upgrade to 15.04; or
wait until 16.04 LTS is released before you can upgrade directly from
one LTS to the other.


[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseNotes

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>
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