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: 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_