Comment Re:Anyone else not bother with the interm releases (Score 3, Informative) 110
The main reason for a six month release cycle is to provide drivers for new hardware.
Since hardware drivers are integrated with the kernel and window system, supporting new drivers requires upgrading the core system.
If aren't upgrading your hardware constantly, there's no reason to update beyond the latest LTS. If you're buying this week's Nvidia card or a laptop with a new wireless card, then you'll want to use the latest Ubuntu release to get support for it.