...obviously a release candidate...
Yes, of course. Such minimal skills as I possess are limited to testing and reporting. Testing is difficult for a distro that doesn't boot! This Forum attracts a majority of IT professionals, maybe a handful of advanced hobbyists and a lot of hangers-on like me who are keen to see the technology out in the field, although HW is my speciality. I read all the detailed coding discussion, but not sure what most of it means. I also follow instructions very well if they are detailed - most are not. Since HW
is what I understand, I can report that the world is still running a vast number of 32bit machines with slow encroachment of 64bit ones. Non-specialist cannot be persuaded to move to newer kit if their present stuff is working! And, whether experts on this Forum like it or not, most of the great unwashed run with a CD/DVD drive available. Notwithstanding, many abandoned a laptop because someone in the family dropped it, stepped on it, grasped it across the screen, snapped the lid/hinge(s) and certainly aren't going to pay half as much as it's worth for a new screen and half as much again to have it fitted. Others have decamped to cheap Android tablets. Where are they going to archive their precious family photos? The 'cloud'? That is a by-word for someone else's server, just as likely to fail, or the company go bust. CD/DVD s might last 100yrs, but the jury's out on flash memory. HD s are old technology, but SSD s are hardly flavour of the month with
strim and other issues abounding.
Those who want to experiment have means to use the system with the alternative setup.
- ain't gonna happen!