Ubuntu – Are daily builds of Ubuntu stable enough for general desktop usage

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Are the daily development builds of Ubuntu (Known as Ubuntu+1) stable and mature enough for general desktop usage?

Also, if I install the latest daily build today, will it notify for the update of the stable release when Ubuntu+1 is officially announced?

Best Answer

First, remember that a development build of Ubuntu is exactly that - a development build. So things will break.

With that being said, your mileage may vary.

Second, if you run update-manager (or sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade) fairly frequently (Read: Daily), on release day in theory you will be on the same Ubuntu as everyone else - although I don't recommend using a Ubuntu+1 install for daily usage, even after release day.

It's better to just start fresh, or to upgrade your previous Ubuntu stable installation, if you're into that kind of thing.

Lastly (and I can't stress this enough) if you're not a developer, you really shouldn't be running the development version.

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