After waiting for a long time finally Debian has released new stable version 8 named Jessie. This version will support for 5 years. This version of Debian has included new init system systemd which has many advantages over old init system SysVinit
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What’s new in Debian 8 Jessie:
Debian 8 Jessie has been shipped with most of latest packages for user and developers. Below is the list of few important updates available on Debian 8
- Apache 2.4.10
- GNOME Desktop Environment 3.14
- GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2
- KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.11.13
- LibreOffice 4.3.3
- Linux Kernel 3.16
- OpenJDK 7u75
- Perl 5.20.2
- Python 2.7.9 and 3.4.2
- Xen Hypervisor 4.4.1
- the Xfce 4.10 desktop environment
Download Debian 8 Jessie:
Debian 8 is available in CD and DVD iso formats, You just need to download 1’st CD/DVD for installing standard debian ISO. Reset of 2’nd and 3’rd CD/DVDs having extra packages. So they don’t need to initial Debian 8 installation.
Download: https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable
