Ubuntu 15.04 has now been released; full details are at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes
Notable new features:
- Unity 7.3
- LibreOffice 4.4
- Firefox 37
- Chromium 41
Low-level and server changes include:
- Linux kernel 3.19
- The move from upstart to systemd
- A new version of OpenStack
- Ubuntu Core (Snappy) - a variant to be used as a core OS for other software projects
OMGubuntu coverage is here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/ubuntu-15-04-download-new-features
Slashdot commentary/griping at: http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/24/1245209/ubuntu-1504-released-first-version-to-feature-systemd
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @01:01PM
Based on my experience with it, systemd has been expertly tuned to prevent systems from booting properly. In all of my decades of using Linux, I've never had systems rendered un-bootable as many times as I've had happen when using systemd. It's not an init system. It's an init-prevention system.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @04:21PM
Systemd seems to have been developed like Apple developed harder under Jobs. It is tuned for the use of one person, in the Systemd case its Poettering.