What benefits would I see upgrading from 14.04 to 15.04 and what are some caveats? My system is pretty solid running on a dual core i5, 8gb, 512ssd, hd3000. I'm a newer Linux user and I don't do a lot of CLI foo, only How To's that seem interesting. Any thoughts on this issue? Should this be asked in the chat?
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Ubuntu 14.04 was released as an LTS (Long Term Support) where it is stable, and the patches / updates will continue for years. Ubuntu 15.04 is a non-LTS release, and will only be supported for a short time, like a only a few months. I prefer the LTS releases for my everyday usage system, and when I want to test things out I use the non-LTS releases to check out the newer features that can be in future releases. I just have to remember that non-LTS are not stable, and can be prone to crashes and very little hardware support. Hope this helps.
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