I have some related questions:
- In general, are the alpha or beta releases more/less stable than the daily builds?
- If the answer to 1 is yes, then if I install the alpha/beta and apt-get upgrade, will I remain at the "stability level" of the alpha/beta, or of the daily builds?
- At this point, is there any advantage to installing the alpha/beta over installing a daily image?
(Background : I am debating whether to install 11.10 or 12.04 alpha/beta/daily on a new machine)
Best Answer
If you really don't know the difference between those two, I think you really shouldn't be using Ubuntu+1 after all. (quoting aking1012)
Daily builds are updated pretty live with changes in the main packages that are installed by default.
Alpha / Beta are snapshots of Ubuntu+1 in development. They are generally tested for issues in ISOs (but doesn't guarantee you anything, really). So you are better of using Alpha to install if you are hoping not to run into issues when installing.
Unless if you are really low in bandwidth and cannot afford to update after installing Alpha, you should just install Alpha. Then again, if you are low on bandwidth, updating Alpha would cost you more on bandwidth as well.
Just a closing pointer: If you run into issues with alpha / beta releases (which happens quite often), we can't help you much with the issues.