I recently run a update-manager -d
and realized that I installed version 14.10 on my desktop. Now I saw that it's only the alpha version. How do I stand the time until the stable version is released? And what can I do to prevent harm?
2 Answers
Now that you have 14.10 installed, you can't go back to 14.04 or before(at least resonably practically). So we'll have a look at your other options to increase stability and security. They are in increasing stability and decreasing ease.
Use stable versions: You should try to use the stablest versions of softwares available. This would increase stability to some extent.
Use 14.04 in VM: A better option will be to use 14.04 in Virtual Machine for most work. If VM is stable, this should do very well.
Dual boot 14.04 & 14.10: You may as well dual boot the two versions and keep newer 14.04 until 14.10 becomes stable.
Clean install 14.04: Although a nightmare, this is the best option to get your computer in pre-upgrade state.
Ubuntu is not designed to be easily downgrade-able and 14.10 isn't stable yet.
I strongly advise you backup all your personal data, if it not backed up already and do a fresh install of 14.04 overwriting 14.10 then recover your data from the backup.
There may be other ways of downgrading but this will be the quickest and cleanest.