Newbie questions

[Joseph Areeda]

Greetings,

I sent an email yesterday introducing myself and discussing problems
installing Alpha 3 but it is awaiting moderation (it was 50K because
attached a log file).  I won't repeat that stuff in case it's approved. 
But I do have questions about getting started in the QA process.

I have been reading the Wiki.  I signed up for the mentor program but
haven't heard back yet so I thought I'd press on.
I'm just getting used to all the changes in the UI in Natty.  I'm using
zsync to update the daily iso.  Is it necessary [or helpful] to wipe and
reinstall the iso every day?  I guess since I'm having install issues, I
should, but it's a bit of a process.  I've got it figured out using
VirtualBox 4 but still can't get it going on real hardware.  I haven't
tried the trick that worked on VB on a machine yet.

Once I install an iso, should I do apt-get upgrade or work with the
packages on the CD?

What about reporting problems that show up in the logs but not in the
UI?  Are those worth emails to this list?  For example, I'm having
trouble with the Update Center so I have to run it from the command line
with LD_PRELOAD and in the window I see "software-center.apt.aptcache -
WARNING - broken packages encountered while getting deps for daily-journal"

As the new guy, I'm a little shy about filing bug reports until I can
figure out if it's me or Natty.  Is it better to ask or file bugs that
turn out to be my inexperience?

I have a lot more questions like these but let's see if this email makes
it to the list.

Joe