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.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday April 27 2015, @05:58PM
Thank you for the good work editing, and thanks a hell of a lot more for bothering to come explain it in the comments. This stuff is what keeps me coming back! :)
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday April 27 2015, @06:27PM