Stop reading reports of how good 12.10 is. ;)

And in your update/upgrade manager you could choose the parameter "LTS versions
only" instead of "all new versions".

That stops the user being nagged that there's a newer version around
but doesn't stop them reading about it and all the 'neat stuff'

Personally I stick with the LTS versions for stability but the others
I play with using Virtual Box - that way you get the best of both.

I've already set the upgrade to 'LTS Only' but my resolve could break!

Truth is, I've yet to hear of anything 'Wow' or 'I got to wave that!' yet.
Jumping from KDE 4.8 to 4.9 has made a big difference in performance. And I
think that may be the bulk of the update. This is the first time I feel no NEED
to upgrade so I'd need a really compelling reason to do it.

BTW, how well would the virtual program perform on a dual core computer? I got a
AMD 2.1ghz cpu with 4 Gigs of RAM. Wondering if that program is worth learning.

Virtual Box would work great on your system so no worry there. Takes a
little getting used to but not difficult to do, and there's lots of
help as quite a few of us use Virtual Box in here :-)

I run several Linux partitions and always run a stable release for every
day and the latest experimental release. I sometimes use VBox, but prefer
to do a full installation to test it fully. I run K/Ubuntu from the first
alpha to final release. At some point I decide that the experimental
release is ready for prime time and upgrade my stable release. I have done
this for many years without a hitch. I find this gives me a better
appreciation for the development process and submitting bug reports helps
me feel a part of that.

In a typical week I boot into each distribution for at least part of a day.
I install each major release for the top distros and a few smaller
favourites. I try to run one of them for several days at a time. I can
access my home from each distribution because I share the same home
partition on each. I have roy, roy-fedora, roy-suse, roy-experimental,
roy-sabayon etc. all on my home partition. A 2 TB HD permits lots of space
to play. :)

Just to be sure I understand you... Are roy, roy-fedora, etc the names of
the several root partitions and all share one single home partition? I have
a dim recollection of a post some time back that this would not work well
outside of the 'buntu family.

I would appreciate clarification of this too. Currently
running four Linux variants on one HD and have had a few problems
with home.