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Debian 8 "Jessie" was released on 25 Apr. A link to the Debian release page shows the changes and you can follow the release in 'real-time' should you desire to do so.
This release will be supported for 5 years and includes "improvements" to the UEFI software (both 32- and 64-bit) introduced in the previous version, "Wheezy". It also is the first release to use systemd as default init system replacing the earlier sysvinit, which is still available in the repos should you wish to revert the change. What effects such a change might have on the remainder of the system is not clear. Improvements to the support of Debian software include the ability to browse and search all source code distributed in the latest release.
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(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Monday April 27 2015, @01:54PM
So they lost. Realizing this, the smart ones moved to FreeBSD.
Not just FreeBSD — some relocated to the few other strong distros left standing: Slackware, Gentoo (which IIRC has systemd as an "option"), PCLinuxOS...
Debian has lost the best members of its community.
I'd agree, but I wouldn't characterize that as being limited to people that happen to also program Linux software in the 'right' language and/or run Debian on servers. A wide variety of talents work on the most successful distros (that is, the ones with the largest, most enduring userbases, including devs/admins), as they're needed for all of the non-programming aspects that attract new users: writing basic documentation, answering questions & troubleshooting via public posts, creating graphics (icons, theme elements, etc.), knowing where the best exact location for everything in a window is, bug-testing...all of the stuff that makes a distro or OS stand out as awesome.
So, I agree: Debian lost many of its most vital supporters. They just happen to be highly intelligent people of all stripes, including programmers, network admins, graphic artists, technical writers, natural teachers, and so forth. :-)