Hi im new

[pelinio]

yo im new and i want to ask which ultimate edition is the most stable to usE?

[Goliath]

yo im new and i want to ask which ultimate edition is the most stable to usE?

I like the 2.6.3 its been very stable for me im using it now till next year when the support for it is gone. Hope you enjoy the forum we have alot of people here that can help you with any questions you might have about Ultimate Edition.

[Billie Cowie]

Hi pelinio and welcome to the forum.
As far as stability goes my own experience of Ultimate Edition 2.6.5, 2.9,3.0 and 3.01 have all been good for me.
If you are new to Ultimate Edition though I would suggest 2.6.5, 2.9 or 3.0.1 and forget 3.0 as other people seem to have had problems with it. 3.0.1 is actually 3.0 remade from the ground up.
3.0 was a transitional release exploring different Desktops and not a "traditional" version.
While 2.9 and 3.0.1 have some newer software if you are not in need of anything specifically " cutting-edge" I think most people would recommend Ultimate Edition 2.6.5 which is ,I believe, used by TheeMahn, the originator of Ultimate Edition and is ultra-stable and a Long-Term-Support release.
The only significant difference between 2.6.5 and the others mentioned is in some older ( but excellent and very functional ) software.
I personally would not recommend 3.2 either as again it is more of an experimental version.

[hamfred]

yo im new and i want to ask which ultimate edition is the most stable to usE?

Hi.
I use 3.2. Extremely stable. And requiring little system resource. Installing without hesitation.

[Billie Cowie]

Hello again pelinio,
just to avoid confusion here, 3.2 has been found by some to be stable and others have had problems.
The reasons for this vary from user to user.
If your Computer is up-to-date with the correct graphics drivers etc and you have a lot of experience with Linux on the technical side you may well be able to resolve any problems that might arise
The reason it may appear " unstable" is down to the fact that it gives a choice of "newer" desktops such as Cinnamon, Unity and Gnome-shell. It also has Gnome-classic and if you are using Gnome-classic then you should have no problems.
When I installed it I could access everything but Gnome-shell which just gave me a desktop with no way to access menus. To get around this I had to go do a hard restart and go back into Gnome-classic. Next I added Cairo-dock and suitable apps to it and again restarted.Chose Gnome-shell and I had the same desktop but now with Cairo-dock which meant I could now logout at least without needing a hard restart. Gnome-shell should have a side-panel similar to Unity and a log-out option but this didn't. Without the addition of Cairo-dock there was simply no way to work with the system. I mention this in case you want to try 3.2 and get a similar problem. Cairo-dock can be a convenient work-around,
As I wanted Gnome-shell and don't like Unity I chose not to keep 3.2 installed and instead use 3.0.1.
This doesn't have Gnome-shell either, but then it isn't meant too and I have it on my other Linux OS.

I write this because you may be a beginner with Linux and more used to Windows/Mac. It is sometimes easy to forget that not all Linux " newbies" have a sizable knowledge of the Linux file-system. If you still want to try 3.2 then I suggest you read through the Posts specifically about 3.2 and you will get a clearer picture. Meanwhile I stand by the advice in my previous post.Remember, what works for some may not work for others.

P.S. If you are a Gamer there is a Gamer's edition too which is an openbox " lite" interface and is a lot of fun,-I have it on an external drive.

[billhedrick]

Another question is how new is your system? Older ones like 2.6.3 better

[pelinio]

Just an AMD x2 3ghz 6000+ . 4GB RAM and 9800GT. m2a-vm. 7200rpm 300gb that's all

[pelinio]

One more question when will ultimate edition based on 12.04 lts will be released and will it support pae kernel for the 32 bit version ?