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
(orsudo 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.