Is there any advance of me downloading the Beta 5?
Well, not if you could download beta 9 (which is the current beta).
Beta 9 is pretty stable so it could be used as your regular user. I have it under a separate user account on the same computer as my 4.0a SR-3 installation.
Here's the official beta information post that has all you need to know, including disclaimers and warnings:
http://community.logos.com/forums/t/8883.aspx
However, as Mark said, the current beta (4.0b beta9) is pretty stable. However (again), that might also mean that the beta is about to become the official release version soon.
Ok - hold the presses! I just read the above link and the first line scared the heck out of me. I don't mind doing a little gambling, but I'm stickin' with the old 4.0a until the beta-testers have don't there shootin'
Thanks for the eye-opener,
AKA chicken - bock-bock
well it working like a colt peacemaker for me.. them bugs is fleein pardner... if you have 2 machines give it a go..
Ok - hold the presses! I just read the above link and the first line scared the heck out of me. I don't mind doing a little gambling, but I'm stickin' with the old 4.0a until the beta-testers have don't there shootin' Thanks for the eye-opener, AKA chicken - bock-bock
If you are truly a chicken then I find it amazing you are using any software at all.
That said (probably shouldn't have) the beta is very stable. What you can do is set up a new user account in Windows, install it on that user account and try and see if it is stable enough for you to run it and use it regularly and then update your stable release.
I want to install the beta....but I have a couple of question?
Q: If I install the Beta do I have to do anything to get the regular update when it comes? And will it install on top of the beta? Or, do they run seporately?
It may require an extra step when that happens. Logos sets up to look for a specific type of resource update: regular or beta. So normally if you have the beta set up Logos will just look for updates to the beta not the release version. There is a way to change where the program looks, so if it were not to download the release version automatically, you could execute that command and it would. It isn't a big issue. You won't have to reinstall when the release version appears.
Thanks....
Why question is related. Since I am using 2 computers, can I install beta on one without it interfering with the other? If so, how will this affect the automatic updates on each machine?
There have been some issues with collection syncing between the two computer causing duplicate collections: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/11441/91098.aspx#91098 -- so you might want to wait for beta 10.
Other than that, there aren't any problems downloading the correct resource updates and program updates to each computer.
what is the difference between the Beta 9 and 4.0a SR-3? Aren't they both logos 4? Are the new features first put in beta to test before released to the general public? I understand what beta testing is, I just don't understand why there would be two versions of logos 4.
thanks,
jason
Are the new features first put in beta to test before released to the general public?
You are correct and that is why there are "two" versions.
Thanks.
Mark, I wasn't aware that we can do this. Have you done this? Or has anybody else done this successfully? I always participated in Betas for L3, but not L4 becuase I wasn't sure if the actual studying and personal customizing would transfer over to the final release of the version being tested.
Mark, I wasn't aware that we can do this. Have you done this? Or has anybody else done this successfully? I always participated in Betas for L3, but not L4 becuase I wasn't sure if the actual studying and personal customizing would transfer over to the final release of the version being tested. Thanks.
So far I there hasn't been any loss when a beta went to public release (to my knowledge).
