I'm used to installing LTS versions. It seems that 19.04 is not LTS, but it is said in many places that it improves desktop performance and 18 is getting old. Is 19 really not planned for LTS? What would be the expected future upgrade path from version 19.04 forward?
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LTS Releases are published every two years in April, and it is released on even years (e.g. 2016 → 2018 → 2020).
19.04 is currently latest stable version of Ubuntu, as it was released on 2019, so it do not receive long term support as opposed of 18.04.
The future upgrade path to 19.04 would be: 19.04 → 19.10 → 20.04, with 20.04 being LTS releases once again.
For more details https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle
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LTS are expected every 2 years. So next LTS will be the 20.04. Intermediate versions could (and usually do) sport some improvements but they usually are less tested. So your mileage may vary. I suggest you to stay with the LTS. You you want to see how it looks 19.04 just try a boot from a USB Flash disk without installing, so you can see by yourself if it is worth the change.
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