how safe is it to start running the alpha of 11.04?

[Colin Law]

On 10 December 2010 06:43, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
>  since i don't mind living dangerously, i'm considering re-installing
> on my laptop and putting on the recent alpha of natty narwhal.  i
> fully expect there to be a few rough edges, of course, as long as
> there are no exploding, show-stopper bugs.  so as long as i can
> constantly update and upgrade to get fixes, any thoughts on this?

There is absolutely no guarantee of anything with an alpha version.
You _could_ certainly hit an exploding, show stopping bug.  Normally
it would get sorted fairly quickly but there is no way you should use
an alpha for anything where complete loss of functionality would cause
you to say anything more than 'oh bother!'.

Colin