12.04 or 13.04

**ibjsb4** · April 26th, 2013

Originally Posted by snowpine

If April 2012 is "outdated" then that makes me feel really, really old!

If you count by decades you will feel younger

**Asatru9** · April 26th, 2013

Use 12.04 unless you really like trying out the newest version.

**momist** · April 26th, 2013

I'm surprised that no one has asked you yet. How well do you know Linux? What experience do you bring? Have you tried Unity before?

If you are a very new user, coming from Windows, then the answers might be different. I would say try Cinnamon Remix, which is newbie friendly, avoids Unity and is based on Ubuntu 12.04 for it's long term support.

**Sef** · April 26th, 2013

If you want a system that just works and is supported a long time, go with 12.04. If on the other hand, you prefer being on the more on the edge, then go with 13.04.

**andrew.46** · April 27th, 2013

13.04 is a reasonably conservative release and if you are just 'testing the waters' I would have a look at it. Unity seems a little more polished on this release as well...

**ChochiWpg** · April 29th, 2013

Originally Posted by Frogs Hair

Welcome to the Forums !

12.04 if you don't want upgrade for a long time . Unity and Compiz really work well on 13.04 for me and there is no more 2D option, but the non long term support (LTS) releases have only 9 months of support. I no little about Intel graphics and how they work with 13.04.

13.04 doesn't have the 2D option? This I did not know. When I tested 12.04 LTS a couple weeks ago Unity3D was very laggy for me and I had to run Unity2D. But I heard 13.04 is faster so maybe that wouldn't be a problem. I guess I am in the same boat as the OP, it's a hard decision to make.

I also heard that Chrome doesn't work on 13.04 if you just download and install. You have to download another file/program to make it work properly?