[18:43] <win7toUbuntu> hi, i'm about to migrate from windows to ubuntu LTS but am unsure which version to install since Gnome is becoming the default.  The blog http://ubuntugnome.org/blog/ says that 18.04 LTS is the version I want and it should be out now concurrent with u17.10...but it isn't out yet.  So do I install ubuntu-gnome LTS or ubuntu LTS?
[19:10] <jbicha> Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will not be released until April 2018 (the version number is the month and year)
[19:11] <win7toUbuntu> ahh, so that blog entry is just plain wrong then?
[19:11] <jbicha> no, it never promised that 18.04 would be out now
[19:11] <win7toUbuntu> re: "Next year, if you are using either Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS, you will be prompted to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. For normal release users, this upgrade should happen with the release of 17.10."
[19:12] <jbicha> people using 17.04 get the new GNOME experience when they upgrade to 17.10
[19:12] <jbicha> LTS releases only prompt to upgrade to LTS releases so 16.04 LTS users won't get it until they get 18.04 LTS
[19:14] <win7toUbuntu> ok, so i should install 17.10 and then somehow change it over to LTS when 18.04 comes out or I should install current LTS release and just install gnome into it and let the 18.04 LTS upgrade sort it out for me?
[19:14] <jbicha> it's a bit confusing how to refer to the non-LTS releases, maybe I should have just written "For non-LTS users…"
[19:14] <win7toUbuntu> o crap, i'm criticising the author!?
[19:14] <jbicha> it's fine, I'm just a regular person
[19:15] <jbicha> that post was co-written, but I'm to blame for that line I believe
[19:15] <win7toUbuntu> still, i might have been more PC :)
[19:16] <jbicha> usually, LTS releases are recommended but this is a bit more of an unusual situation since you want the new Ubuntu experience on GNOME
[19:16] <win7toUbuntu> FWIW, this is the distinct part that confuses me: "this upgrade should happen with the release of 17.10."   My logic reads that in the context of the paragraph as "18.04LTS will come out concurrently with 17.10"
[19:16] <jbicha> I think it will be a bit smoother to upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04 LTS than from 16.04 with GNOME
[19:16] <jbicha> but try it out before you install
[19:18] <win7toUbuntu> ok, I'll install 17.10 to get the current hotness, then when 18.04 LTS comes out I can somehow force myself into the LTS lifeline?
[19:18] <jbicha> the non-LTS releases are fine too if you like new stuff and upgrading twice per year
[19:18] <win7toUbuntu> i definitely want LTS as my priority....going for Gnome now is just due to, ya know...as a new user, why would i learn the old stuff?
[19:19] <jbicha> once you upgrade to 18.04 LTS (it will ask you if you want to upgrade), you'll automatically be switched to staying on LTS releases unless you change the setting to opt into the non-LTS releases
[19:21] <win7toUbuntu> tyvm!   and overall nice blog except for my one confusing bit :)
[19:21] <jbicha> I'm heading to an appointment so if you have more questions, try #ubuntu since there's a lot more people there to help answer questions :)
[19:22] <win7toUbuntu> you sound military
[19:22] <win7toUbuntu> that's how we phrase it :)
[19:23] <jbicha> well I was in the US Navy but I'm surprised that I sounded military
[19:23] <win7toUbuntu> #ubuntu would be nice but they require nick registration which leaves tons of users in the unregged channel which is  wasteland of idlers
[19:24] <win7toUbuntu> haha called it!  i'm usaf.   i never hear civvies say "heading to an appointment"