Upgrade your Raspbian Pi

What's new?

After the Raspberry Pi has rebooted successfully, you can confirm that you're now running Jessie by looking at the file /etc/debian_version:

root@raspbi:~# cat /etc/debian_version
8.0

To check which kernel is running, use the uname command:

root@raspbi:~# uname -a
Linux raspbi 4.1.6-v7+ #810 SMP PREEMPT \
  Tue Aug 18 15:32:12 BST 2015 armv7l \
  GNU/Linux

The major change is the migration to the new init system. Wheezy was still using the "old" SysV, whereas Jessie ships with systemd-sysv. You will also see upgrades in PHP, the Apache web server, and a number of other components. The developers adjusted some desktop components, changed to a newer Gtk+ library, and included LibreOffice and Claws Mail. See the Raspberry Pi website for more [6].

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