[irontoby]

In other words, they've made a lot of big changes right before an LTS version so that they can get wider usage with those who don't mind being on the bleeding edge. Sounds like they're doing it right :)

I'm putting a lot of hope into 18.04. Been using Ubuntu for over a decade now and my happiness with it has been steadily decreasing. Mostly at this point due to very laggy graphics performance (whether using OSS or closed drivers) on a system that should be very fast.

If 18.04 isn't awesome I'm moving on to something else. So I'm glad to see they're breaking some eggs with 17.10!

[Santosh83]

If 18.04 isn't awesome, I'd suggest you give 18.04.1 a try. Even LTS releases have a fair number of issues just after release, in my experience, which the first point release fixes.

[irontoby]

Yes, agreed. In general I guess my point is, I'm not willing to spend several more years of my life while they continually rearrange things that don't matter. I just want a stable, well-supported distro that gets out of my way.

The time cost of switching has still been high enough that I haven't looked elsewhere, but that barrier is approaching...

[CaptSpify]

Although they've been slipping a bit lately, I'd still recommend Debian. There's a reason so many other distro's base themselves off of it.

[qznc]

Like me. :)

I stay with LTS. A do-release-upgrade for LTS-only will only upgrade at 18.04.1 anyways.

[josteink]

If you want to try Wayland already today, the last 3 or 4 Fedora-releases have had this as an option already. On the latest Fedora-releases enabled by default.

And yes, it's nice and smooth.

[jmnicolas]

It breaks VLC though.

[josteink]

I'm pretty sure VLC works fine. Sure you don't mean VNC?

[jmnicolas]

VLC was broken on Fedora 25 (I had the problem 2-3 months ago I think) because of Wayland, but maybe it has been fixed since then.

[immutable_ai]

I use Ubuntu for programming and it is great.

Still use Windows for HTPC though because I gave up on trying to get Ubuntu to sync video playback correctly after banging my head against the wall for a while.

[ASalazarMX]

It is my understanding that difficult tasks should be attempted before banging one's head against the wall.

[TomMarius]

Directions unlear; head stuck in a computer

[npgatech]

Redditization of HN, ladies and gentlemen. Jokes/Puns will ruin this place.