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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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And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.
-- Isaiah 56:12, New Standard Version
(Score: 1) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Monday April 27 2015, @12:41PM
Distributions that aren't botched by default by psyops:
* Slackware
* Devuan
* Gentoo Linux
* Linux Mint
* NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly BSD
Know anymore? (useful for desktop and server usage)
PCLinuxOS [pclinuxos.com] is still free of it.
I'm playing with it on a netbook, using the Trinity DE version [mypclinuxos.com]. Works well. Recommended for anyone who either remembers KDE 3.5 (and misses it) or never used it.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 27 2015, @10:39PM
Is it up to date with the latest security, drivers and utilities?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @02:44AM
I would have replied directly to the GGP (your post that started this subthread), but the subthread is approaching 51 comments and that situation could soon make life difficult for me (with no account).
Know [any more]?
Sure. A bunch.
The most complete listing of which I am aware:
Operating systems without systemd in the default installation [without-systemd.org]
-- gewg_
(Score: 1) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Tuesday April 28 2015, @04:15AM
[talking about PCLinuxOS] Is it up to date with the latest security, drivers and utilities?
Don't know about security. I'm assuming so, looking at the frequency of additions to their website. I've had no problems with getting the hardware to work. I'm just having a look at it. I am impressed with how it works on my (by current standards) low-spec netbook.
If I had known about it then I would probably have switched to it when I stopped using Opensuse. As it was I tried Slackware first [1] and stuck with it as my primary distro.
[1] I chose Slackware as a way of forcing me to learn Unix so that the change to BSD (to escape systemd) would be easier. It failed, because everything either "just works" or any problems have been trivially easy to solve. [/slackware_shill]
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 29 2015, @08:32PM
Ugh, Trinity -- a single guy forked the entirety of KDE 3.
I wish KDE 3 was still maintained, but this guy's attempt at doing it has failed.