Hi. I'm setting up a cluster for some scientific computing, and I'm thinking that Ubuntu would be a good choice of OS (opinions/alternatives are welcome). I'm just wondering if I should use 12.04 (LTS) or the latest release.
It's been a while since I used ubuntu (probably since 8.04, or maybe 9.10, can't remember) and I have a couple questions:
1. If I go with the latest release (e.g. 13.04) how seamless is it to upgrade to the next release when it comes out? I remember usually ending up with a partly broken system when I'd try to upgrade in the past.
2. How much more up-to-date will packages be in the latest release compared to the LTS? How great will the difference be by the time 12.04 runs out of support?
I welcome any other discussion on the matter too. Thanks a bunch for any advice.
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