What is /g/ opinion on using "Insider" builds of Windows 10, beta versions of macOS, and non-LTS/unstable Linuxes?
How much of a hassle is being a guinea pig for the OS developers? Are such builds stable enough for daily usage?
>>61167728
I've been a macos beta tester since mavericks and I've never had any issue save for the mega sync client stopping to work from version to version of macos until they update it
im on the windows one and used to do test out longhorn and stuff when those were still being put out by disc. never had an issue that I can recall.
Depends on what do you mean by daily usage. Using cutting edge rolling Linux for daily personal use is totally ok. For work I rather stick to Ubuntu LTS. You usually just need the stuff you already have to still work without issues rather than getting latest features with the risk of something breaking.
Also being a huge corporations's guinea pig for free sounds like a stupid idea.
windows update tends to break drivers occasionally
non lts linuxes have several although not ciritical, slightly annoying everyday use bugs
idk about mac didnt use it
>>61167728
I'm not willing to give a second of my time doing work for a company unless I'm being compensated for it. An OS that is a literal roll of the dice as to how well it will work is not adequate compensation, in my opinion.
Thankfully, there are plenty of other intelligent people who are willing to sacrifice some of their precious lives in order to get some beta features early.