Hello rbart,
I would not presume to speak for everyone who enjoys experimenting, but for myself it is an exercise in computer lore. Within the bounds of reasonable risks (probabilities of success or crash), on system(s) not used for mission critical endeavors, installing betas provides a unique learning experience. Not the least of those acquired skills, is the ability to recover from serious system failures with non-data destructive solutions.
When elements of serendipitous discovery are shared with users on the forum (not necessarily Dortania), it allows others to return their machines to operating status, or improve their functionality. In most fortuitous outcomes, the data might be very useful to actual OCLP developers. The “operating premiss” here is that, the more machines are tested, and results shared, the greater the chance to help resolve issues before formal release. Developers have a limited supply of computer models.
It would not be too much of an “overstatement” to say, that most involved in beta OS, or nightly OCLP experimental installations, know how to extricate their non-responsive systems from oblivion.
Different approaches are not necessarily lost time, nor exercise in futility.
In the spirit of camaraderie…
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