Is it alright to start installing Ubuntu 14.04 already?

[Liam Proven]

On 6 April 2014 16:19, Oliver Schneider <Borbarad at gmxpro.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering whether it's already fine to install it. What interests me
> most is whether installing the current beta version will seamlessly
> transition to the release version once the actual release takes place.
>
> I.e. will the usual:
>
>   apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> get me to the _stable_ 14.04 after the release?


Yes it will.

Personally I tend to wait until at least a few days /after/ release in
case of any showstopper bugs or gotchas, but I'm quite cautious like
that. I have the beta on 1 machine and it works well. *Huge*
quantities of updates coming down, though, as you might expect.

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