I use Ubuntu mostly to code, and I need performance because sometimes I play games on it. I also needed to install a lot of stuff.
I'm currently on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I face the temptation of upgrading to the recently released 22.10.
But I seem to be aware that committing to a sequence of non-LTS releases may bring along some compromises.
What are the considerations that I should be aware of before making my decision?
It's already been mentioned in the answers to other questions that upgrading frequently to the latest version of Ubuntu provides the user with access to the latest security updates and new technologies at the expense of less stability in non-LTS versions of Ubuntu.
I've found it to be the case with Ubuntu 22.04 that it solved a few annoying graphics issues that I had with a new graphics card and an hwe Linux kernel on Ubuntu 20.04. You wrote in your question "I need performance because sometimes I play games on it". I didn't have any performance issues on Ubuntu 20.04, just a few minor bugs that seemed to be related to graphics processing. Stability and having no bugs is important to me, so I prefer to use LTS versions of Ubuntu.
In my experience, upgrading to 22.10 might not fix driver issues (rather it might cause some). You could try installing xanmod kernel, I found it is a lesser sacrifice that fixes my bugs and perhaps in your case, performance. Since xanmod on a uncongested Desktop runs on 1gb of ram at almost 0% CPU, in my case, not replicable with default Ubuntu fresh installs.
You can also boost performance with cpufreq or other CPU governor tinkering: just ramp up the clock...
Though if I were you, I'd take into account heat generation, since it might just end up causing your CPUs to thermal throttle or/and other damages on low quality plastic or the CPU itself (circumstantial stuff, depends on the quality of your casing/laptop and cooling capacity.
If your laptop usually overheats, do not casually boost your clock speed (I don't know whether you have that option available)
