If Ubuntu 12.04 supports all of my hardware....

[Subv3rse]

Hi all,

Quick and potentially stupid question here, but if Ubuntu 12.04 supports all of my hardware, and my intention is to install a seperate DE (Gnome3 / XFCE / KDE / etc, undecided yet - And obviously I know of Kub / Xub etc), then what exactly does 12.10 offer me that 12.04 doesn't?

I can still, should I want, install direct from say gnome / kde / xfce ppa's and get the latest versions can't I?

I suppose my question is basically if everything works and I'm not interested in unity web integration / new unity features, is there any benefit to 12.10?

Note: I'll be installing 32-bit either way because I'll be making significant use of Wine, and 12.10 64-bit is problematic.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if it's a bit of a "duh" question to the guru's that are you lot :)

-Subv3rse

[snowpine]

The main advantage of 12.10 is all software is 6 months newer.
The main advantage of 12.04 is 6 months better-tested software with long term support through April 2017.

[ibjsb4]

To get a idea of whats new/changed ..

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop

[Subv3rse]

The main advantage of 12.10 is all software is 6 months newer.
The main advantage of 12.04 is 6 months better-tested software with long term support through April 2017.

Ahh, yeah ok that was a "duh" moment, and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for that!

-Subv3rse

[Subv3rse]

To get a idea of whats new/changed ..

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop

Also very helpful, hadn't seen that particular page. Ta muchly!

-Subv3rse