Newest Gnome versus LTS

[Volker Wysk]

Hi!

I've run Ubuntu 19.04 for some days now, and I didn't notice any  
corruption (see thread "Filesystem corruption"). It may be because of  
the BIOS has been upgraded, some bug in Kubuntu, replaced SATA cables,  
no more dm-cache (SSD as a cache for HDD), or...

Now I am about to set up my machine anew. But I still can't completely  
make up my mind, which release I should use. I have the choice between  
a more stable 18.04 LTS, and a more up to date 19.04.

I tend to choose 18.04 LTS, but I wonder what I'll be missing compared  
to 19.04. I've found out about Gnome Tracker. It looks like what I've  
looked for in KDE, the difference being that it (seems to) actually  
work (really! ;-) ). I'm wondering if this project has made big  
progress in the past year. Progress which would be missing in 18.04  
LTS. I'm also wondering how hard it would be to backport a specific  
part of Gnome to the older 18.04.

Liam Proven wrote that this has already been answered, but I couldn't  
find it (sorry!): Are there Gnome PPAs, which let you install the  
latest Gnome, the same way as there are KDE-PPAs in Kubuntu?

I don't like to fight with the (potentially hazardous) release upgrade  
every six months. Therefore I tend to 18.04 LTS.

Being LTS doesn't guarantee that the release upgrade will go smoothly,  
however. When I tried to do-release-upgrade from Kubuntu 16.04 LTS to  
18.04 LTS, it completely wrecked my installation.


Happy hacking,
Volker