As some of you know, yesterday, Saturday, April 25, 2015, the new version of the mother of many distribution and leader in servers was scheduled to release: Debian. The distribution was frozen since November 5, 2014, date from which they have only been polished bugs for launch. Thus, complying with the deadlines set by the development team, the version that was presented yesterday is number 8, codenamed Jessie.
A launch like this does not happen every day and it has a quite relevant impact on the world GNU / Linux. And this one in particular, brings a lot of news and a level of maturity worthy of mention. As always, anyone who wants to consult the release notes and the press release can do so. here y hererespectively.
New arrivals
Many of Debian's new features are known because since its freeze period no new packages have been added to the distribution. Still, at the current user level, we have:
- Kernel 3.16.7.
- Gnome 3.14, KDE Plasma 4.11 with the applications in your version 4.14.2, Xfce 4.10.
- iceweasel 31.6.0 of extended support.
- Icedove 31.6.0.
- LibreOffice 4.3.3.
- Video player VLC 2.2.
- And many others…
The inclusion of systemd as a system of init default. And improvements in support for UEFI. Oh and the pretty artwork Lines.
Notable is the improvement in the installer (which I mentioned here ) which now allows you to select the desktop environment within the same installation and you don't have to choose it before starting the whole process, as in the past.
Although he toyed with the idea that Xfce was its default environment, due to a series of reasons such as accessibility very successful in my opinion, it was decided to continue with Gnome which, like it or not, has made notable improvements in the latest versions of the desktop. As I have already said, the installer makes things easier for those of us who use other environments, which is appreciated. As you can see a launch very different from the one that was Wheezy and that it brings quite new software for what is usually the distribution.
Download Debian 8
Without further ado, I invite you to install Debian 8 in any of its architectures and on the desktop of your choice. You won't be disappointed if you appreciate things well done and the stability of your system.
extra personal
As a personal note, I will tell you that I have used it with Mate throughout the entire freezing period and, removing a brief period that I was in Opensuse Tumbleweed, with Xfce (desktop that I currently use) on a fairly new PC for a month and it is very thin and very stable. Talking about Xfce, for example, includes the new applet power management, which is welcome for those of us who use laptops.
I consider that Debian is making an effort so that less technical users feel comfortable and less and less things have to be configured.
Without anything else to add, I recommend it!
Let's see if #! ++
I think there is another project besides #! ++ called BunsenLabs. I'm not very on the subject, but it seems that it is the favorite to continue with the legacy of #!
To do I did the update of my Toshiba satellite l 455 laptop.
I updated from Debian 7 and I can tell you that it is easier than updating a windows and if version 7 was great recognizing all my peripherals, sounds and wireless cards and touchpad
in this version I didn't have to play anything adolutely nothing.
wonderful GNU / linux distribution
How did you update it ???
how did you do it?
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
but i didn't switch to debian jessie
Check that you have the package repositories for the new version configured in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. Where before you had "wheezy" now you should have "jessie".
It would not be necessary to change anything if you had set "stable" instead of the code name of the version but, of course, you could also get a scare when the whole system is updated without knowing that a new stable version has been published.
I have had questions about /etc/apt/sources.list. Anyway, which is the best "replica" or the package repository to have this sources.list file well configured when updating, some tell me that I should use ftp from "usa" because it is closer (here in America).
@dbillyx
I use the official repositories of Belgium or Germany and in my case I'm from Venezuela, they are flying and always active. I think it is rather a matter of testing and seeing which one gives you the best performance.
I normally use American servers because the packages are more up-to-date, and I have no problems either with the ISP (Movistar still does not apply NAT 3 on my router, happily) or with the servers (I tested it with the ISP's that were available in Peru and they all threw me the same result), so I don't need to switch servers.
@Franz and @ sald19 to make the change from Wheezy to Jessie they must do
1.- Change the repository to which the /etc/apt/sources.list file points, from Wheezy to Jessie. An example would be:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
Change it to:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Jessie main contrib non-free
Follow the procedure for each Debian repository. Mind you, I said ** Debian repository **.
2.- After this step, just do an apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade and wait for it to download the packages and install them.
In many installations it is preferable to do a safe-upgrade as an intermediate step between apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade, especially if there are critical services that we do not want to break (in the case of servers) or workstations that we want to leave working without further details.
I hope the answer is helpful to you, what eye you should have put on the Ask. 🙂
A query: When updating Jessie, do you replace the INIT or keep it? (I ask because I have grown too fond of SysVinit and don't want to give it up when it comes to upgrading to Debian Jessie)
@ eliotime3000 should not happen that, because SysVinit is installed and being a base system package it should not be replaced by the dist-upgrade action but should simply be updated by the new version, however, one thing is what a certain action is expected from a software, in this case apt-get, and quite another what may happen when it is executed.
If you plan to upgrade in this way, keep an eye on the packages that will be installed and removed, it is the best thing you can do to avoid problems.
Thanks =)
Follow this guide https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.es.html but when performing apt-get upgrade I got 1508 in conflict, when performing the update it showed an error with iceweasel because in iceweasel it still does not update jessie to stable http://mozilla.debian.net/
Well in the end realize apt-get dist-upgrade.
Ah good. For the moment I wait for the Debian Mozilla repo to have the permissions for Jessie ready, because that's how it happened the other time when I installed Debian Wheezy, which as soon as three weeks passed, the permissions for Debian Wheezy just arrived.
And the best thing is that its optimization with Intel drivers falls off perfectly for the most current PCs.
@ eliotime3000, you can also prevent apt from installing systemd in the future with:
# echo -e 'Package: systemd \ nPin: origin «» \ nPin-Priority: -1'> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd
And any system package that includes its name with:
# echo -e 'Package: * systemd * \ nPin: origin «» \ nPin-Priority: -1'> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd
But it is possible that there are system components that may be indispensable for your activity and that you cannot use because they depend on systemd and you finally have to install it. Anyway, we will always have Devuan.
@xiep:
Thank you very much for the tip, at least you have saved me the need to wait for Devuan's stabilization.
I have already installed it using Openbox and it works perfectly, despite the fact that I have already reported two bugs and one of them is from the systemd configuration 😀
The bad thing about Debian Jessie is that if you want to replace the SystemD with the SysVinit, you will realize that it is like play jenga, because if you make a wrong move, you blow Debian's performance.
I don't give a damn about Debian Jessie that is full of systemD,… when does Devuan come out?
Shut up and continue with your Windows XP 😀
For now I know that they have a beta version. I also hope that they return and like the idea that there is diversity and not only does systemd exist but even so I am happy with my arch with systemd n_n
Debian still has SysVinit available for those who want to change the INIT and do not have the graphical interface installed.
I have been using it for some time and the truth is that it is super stable and with systemd it works very well !!!! 🙂
The Release Candidate has resolved most of the performance issues related to SystemD. Just today I upgraded my PC and now Debian Jessie no longer has those moments of "hangs" that she had previously suffered from the alpha, beta and RC versions in her period in the testing branch.
Now, I'll wait for the Debian Mozilla repo to be enabling Debian Jessie permissions within these days in order to update Iceweasel to the stable branch (so far, version 31 is the ESR version of Iceweasel that I have enjoyed and I'm already counting the days to be able to update my netbook and immediately update my netbook to Debian Jessie with the Iceweasel up to date).
I had a problem, I tried to install it on an old bangho average netbook with proprietary drivers for the network card and wifi. In order not to complicate things, I downloaded the unofficial version that includes these drivers. During the installation, I detected both the ehernet board and the wifi, but neither of them connects the internet, so I can't complete the installation. Does anyone know why or had the same problem?
With the netinst installer versions and CDs or DVDs, you can safely bypass the option to install over the network to make installation easier. Just disconnect the network cables and do not configure the network (the installer gives you the option to configure the network later), this of course will install the base system (if you use netinst) or the base system + desktops (if you use the CDs or DVD), from there you can work in a better way and solve your problem with the network.
I hope my suggestion is helpful.
Hello everyone, I installed Debian Jessie Kde when the first RC version came out, everything works more or less well except for the graphical environment, there is a "bug" dated from January 2015 that leaves me without a graphical environment, it used the drivers free "radeonsi", and apparently the combination of these drivers plus the kernel that Debian Jessie brings by default (3.16.x) makes me randomly and suddenly run out of a graphical environment, like WORKAROUND:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = »quiet radeon.dpm = 0 ″
Greetings.
How about @Hector if radeon.dpm = 1 is an old known problem that comes and goes, and that dates back well beyond January 2015, the first report was given in 2013 and since then the problem has come and gone. At the moment the fix around is radeon.dpm = 0, although the graph gets a little hotter for that reason, that is better than suffering system crashes.
I calmly use the tehering of my Galaxy Mini and I have not had any problem installing Debian in netinstall mode.
VLC version? WTF !!
Instead of something as trivial as that, it would be interesting to know what version of systemd it brings (I think 205, I'm not sure) since at the rate of development there is a LOT
difference between the one shipped with Debian and the current version, * a lot *.
The version is 215-217, on Arch it is 219-6. And yes, there is a lot of difference and if Debian is not going to update it for 2 years it will extend even more.
Something relevant, it could be the version of Apache which is 2.4.10 and it is only 2 versions below the current stable one (2.4.12), something that doesn't really seem bad to me.
Excellent, because I already want to use Debian Jessie on a VPN.
Hello,
my use of Debian does not exceed that of any normal user + some programming. That is why I have focused more on the news at the home user level and I have left out relevant things for system administrators and other people in the union, since they usually resort to the source directly.
Anyway, in the article you have a link to the release notes where the full news is detailed.
Ah, the version that the command throws at me: systemd –version is 215.
A greeting!
Excellent debian distro, incredible the effort they make to maintain so many architectures and branches, I think I will never jump to arch, as the saying goes, if it works well, don't touch it.
Hi, I don't know if this comment will go here at all.
I'm looking forward to migrating from Arch Linux to Debian, but I want to migrate in a big way. I would like to try debian jessie testing version. The fact is that I'm looking for it online and I can't find anything. But it's not what I'm coming for. I would like to know your opinion about the testing distro, how is it, and the main thing that I have doubts, as a normal Debian user I can use the sid (unstable) and testing versions without problems?
Greetings and sorry for the comment a bit off topic.
The answer is yes, you can use Testing and SID without any problem. In case of a problem in SID, these are usually solved quickly or simply with some intervention on your part, something like Arch.
To switch between Debian branches, all you have to do is point the repositories of jessie (stable), to testing (stretch) or sid (unstable), the file to do this is in / etc / apt / sources-list
But one question, isn't it bad to have two repository branches at the same time? I thought the system was going crazy with package versions. Cheers
I have done 2 clean installations on 2 different computers both with XFCE and GNOME3, and when I turn off the system, it doesn't shut down and I have to use the button. Someone else pass him?
Try the following:
Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo systemctl poweroff
This is to shut down, if even with this command the system remains without shutting down, it could be an acpid or systemd bug.
curiously a new installation with the netinstall cd works perfectly. Fixed up. Thank you all
Excellent, to download and try
Hello everyone. I installed Gnu Debian 8 with desktop Mate 1.8 from scratch on my laptop and it works great. At first I couldn't use my epson printer, but I installed system-config-printer 1.4.6 to it and finally was able to use it. The control center did not bring this option. I had no problems with the network (cable and wifi), or with the intel graphics. Maybe install gnome 3.x, but for now, that's fine.
But which one should I download? I see many is very complicated! because you have the DVD and the CD if the only thing that differs is the weight! the OS will remain the same!
I recommend that you download DVD1, with it you can do a complete installation of the DEs that Debian has (KDE, GNOME, XFCE, Mate, Cinnamon, LXDE) so you can choose the DE you like the most and use it without problems, at Unless you require a specific firmware, and in that case it is best to simply activate the non-free repos and install the necessary firmware so that your hardware works without details. Any questions, go through the forum I will gladly answer your questions.
Greetings.
it looks good in a few days I install it as the main system on my pc