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→How does ConTeXt versioning work?: Hint about beta making more sense
:There are 3 different typesetting engines that work with ConTeXt: pdfTeX, XeTeX and LuaTeX. MkIV works only with LuaTeX, MkII with any one of the engines (pdfTeX is the default). Font setups (typescripts) differ per engine.
:ConTeXt releases are identified by a time stamp, e.g. ''2010.06.23 12:45''. At most times, there is both a ''current'' and a ''beta'' ConTeXt release package available. As explained above, both packages contain MkII and MkIV, the difference between ''current'' and ''beta'' is that the latter contains the unstable developments to MkIV for testing by power users.
:Since "betas" are declared "current" only a few times a year and no bugfixes happen for "currents" (in contrary to "stable" branches in many software projects), you’re mostly better off with beta. It has some bugs fixed, bur mostly some new bugs. If you need a really stable and reliable system and can’t wait a few days for a fix, stick with MkII.
=== Is there a hello-world document? ===
