It's now March, 2013. In a couple of weeks, April will be upon us. So, what's so significant about it? Well, if you are an Ubuntu user, you know what I mean... 13.04 is coming soon! Is it time for an upgrade, then?
I've been using Ubuntu for almost seven years, now (I've been using Linux for some 12 years). During that time, I have never missed an opportunity to upgrade when the latest Ubuntu version is (officially) released. I want the newest, shiniest version on my box.
Upgrading an OS, no matter how smooth the experience is, is a lot of work (not to mention the fact that when I first started using Linux, I've never put /home on its own partition!) especially if you go the wipe-the-root-partition way . Reinstallation of third party software (well, in my case it's only reinstalling TeX), reconfiguration... you know the drill.
The other route, of course, is not to install the OS from scratch, but instead upgrade all packages to the newer version. This way, all your installed apps stay intact. No reinstallation. Good choice? Well, not really. My own experience was that after a couple of distro upgrades, my box become an almost Frankenstein-ian disjointed monster that behaves oddly. (I did distro upgrades, IIRC, between Ubuntu 10.xx series up to 11.xx series). So, when I decided to upgrade to 12.04, I decided to wipe the old installation and do some serious housekeeping on my /home.
13.04 is coming, but I'm in no hurry to upgrade. I've been hanging on to 12.04 (an LTS release) and I don't think I need to upgrade to 12.10. Neither do I feel the need for 13.04. So, I think I'll give it a pass. I can upgrade, but I don't need it.
Come to think of it, should I ever feel the need to upgrade, I don't think I'll be continuing the Ubuntu road. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but Unity is the killer app for me (that is, killing my interest in Ubuntu!). If I ever feel the need to upgrade, perhaps I will simply migrate to Mint with its nicely maturing Cinnamon desktop.
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