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

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Colin Law wrote:

> 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!'.

  trust me, i understand the stock, politically correct answer
regarding the reliability of alpha releases.  unofficially, i'm
curious as to the historical stability of ubuntu alpha releases.  i
remember constantly running pre-release versions of fedora and, while
i hit the occasional and completely predictable annoyance, i never
lost the system completely, so it wasn't an issue and i lived with
those minor glitches.  i'm just curious as to how well ubuntu fares in
this regard.

rday

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