Is installing beta versions of programs or OSes safe ?

[ng4ever]

What do you think ?

 

[Ink]

It's safe, but unstable with known and unknown issues.

Don't use Beta OS software on everyday computers.

 

[Quassar]

Not at all system can't be stabble with beta software many blue screen of that..
Can't be fully protected if they miss some security implements which can discover during beta test.

 

[Windows Defender Shill]

The Canary and Nightly software as it were, are the only advanced versions I would worry about being safe. Most "Beta" versions are just test of slight tweaks.

 

[509322]

What do you think ?

Safe ? If you mean safer in terms of security, then theoretically yes because the code is new and the malc0ders haven't yet had time to study and probe it for vulnerabilities. It's a time-limited protection and not an absolute protection. Once vulnerabilities are discovered, they need to be patched.

 

[AriDfoix]

Beta or even Nightly channel of software development, you agree to take the risks of eventual bug that may arise from such usage; some users allow those conditions because are able to troubleshoot them or either they have a dedicated machine for do beta testing; is usually suggested to not employ beta OS or beta software on production environment, unless having some dedicated machines for it, someone have dedicated machines for such software before rolling it to production channel.

What may go wrong wrong?

Everything, or nothing, data corruption or else...

I know a bit of these for Android, LineageOS after all propose bi-weekly nightlies now

On Windows, I am not much interested anymore, no longer a fan of the OS, I have kept just one machine, and thinking of install LTSB on it

 

[TairikuOkami]

There is virtually no difference between beta and stable. Beta is released and tested for some time, when no bugs are reported, it is marked as stable.
But of course every software contains bugs, stable included, some bugs just take longer to be discovered, so basically every software is just beta.
Just 1803 for example, it was marked RTM and after a while, MS has discovered a serious bug, which postponed the public release for 2 months.
Alfa, canary, nightly releases are questionable, but as for betas, they are pretty safe, otherwise they would not be released as stable candidates.

 

[cruelsister]

What do you think ?

I think that those who install beta versions of either an OS or a Security Solution are working without pay as Quality Control employees. Do you really feel your time, experience, and feedback is so worthless?

Let the Peasants (and those that actually get paid for this) work out the bugs...

 

[DeepWeb]

I never trust beta OS's. Beta programs, ok. But my OS should be stable and not sending massive amounts of telemetry. Then again, I'm using Windows 10 LOL.

 

[AriDfoix]

@DeepWeb PiHole is able to drastic reduce your Windows10 telemetry

 

[Deleted member 178]

I think that those who install beta versions of either an OS or a Security Solution are working without pay as Quality Control employees. Do you really feel your time, experience, and feedback is so worthless?
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it is hobby who led to got my previous job lol ; so not so worthless

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

@DeepWeb PiHole is able to drastic reduce your Windows10 telemetry

I was looking over the pihole page and it looks like hardware? Also they have a page with test sites for your ad blockers. Ublock didn'r do so well.
Pages To Test Ad-blocking Performance

 

[AriDfoix]

I was looking over the pihole page and it looks like hardware? Also they have a page with test sites for your ad blockers. Ublock didn'r do so well.
Pages To Test Ad-blocking Performance

Yes, and no, means the project started around RaspberryPi, but can be deployed with docker, or VMs; the difference is that all DNS query will be system wide filtered, in about 1.5 y it helped me identify and blacklist over 150 telemetry domains, some from common commercial Windows software "not so much", more from Android, Windows telemetry is after all not so scary as was denoted, I don't catch much queries from my Windows systems.

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

Yes, and no, means the project started around RaspberryPi, but can be deployed with docker, or VMs; the difference is that all DNS query will be system wide filtered, in about 1.5 y it helped me identify and blacklist over 150 telemetry domains, some from common commercial Windows software "not so much", more from Android, Windows telemetry is after all not so scary as was denoted, I don't catch much queries from my Windows systems.

Ok sounds like it can be uded on Windows systems as well without extra hardware?

 

[SumTingWong]

I don't like BETA software because I don't want to experience a lot of issues.