Greetings,
FWIW, I download beta/gamma versions about once a month to test. Those that prove stable get my influx of current work for day to day use. I download the official version and move to it if it proves stable for my uses until about the middle of the next beta cycle.
I also have a couple of friends that I pass the stable specialized images on to about once a year.
A couple of other people I know pull the distribution for Windows and/or Linux when I let them know there is an official upgrade.
Thanks again for a great place to think and learn, tap