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I've only had issues with version upgrades. It might be easy, but upgrading is anything but seamless. Past that unity fits in here where things change drastica

• MacsHeadroom 13y ago
  You should only be upgrading every four years, between Long Term Support releases. Non LTS releases are more for Linux developers and power-users. Upgrading between non LTS releases is not meant to be seamless. To make it so would take a lot of unnecessary effort. There are LTS releases for a reason. You don't see Microsoft coming out with a new OS every 6 months.
  • stormbrew 13y ago
    With a Microsoft OS you're not pegged to versions of 3rd party software for the duration of the support life. Using the LTS version of Ubuntu on a daily use desktop/laptop would leave you with a very frustrating application availability experience.
  • thaumasiotes 13y ago
    > There are LTS releases for a reason. Yes, and the reason is servers. On a computer you use, you generally want the new functionality (like, for example, the ability to read and write to a nexus 4). I've upgraded ubuntu a few times, including once from LTS to LTS. It ranged from unpleasant to awful ("why has everything been uninstalled?") each time.
    • yulaow 13y ago
      It is strange. I often upgrade my distros or those of my other not-informatized friends and I never had a single problem. Writing now from a ubuntu 13.10 upgraded since 11.04
  • mitchty 13y ago
    Microsoft no, but I do see Apple doing new osx releases every 1-2 years. Upgrade only every 4 years? Surely you're joking, LTS is for servers not desktops.