[xubuntu-users] Official or Not?

[ross smith]

> I always stick with the LTS releases because I have only one computer and
> it's "mission-critical!" I wish I had the time and resources and a spare
> computer to help test the new versions and contribute to the project in more
> substantial ways than just the fanboy stuff I write in my blog and on the
> forums.
>

You can always set up a virtual machine via VirtualBox[1] or VMWare to
test new software.  :)  You get to play with new things (at a cost of
performance) without messing up your main computer.  IIRC VirtualBox
is already in the ubuntu repos.

-Ross

[1] http://www.virtualbox.org/