The system is replacing the Upstart
system is replacing upstart in Ubuntu 15. TheSystem is going to be there on the desktop, server and cloud version of Ubuntu except for Ubuntu Touch.
Linux kernel
It will be using Linux kernel 3.19.3 which has better graphics support.
GTK 3.14 support
Ubuntu 15.04 brings GTK 3.14 supports. Which means you can install various newly developed applications such as vocal in Ubuntu without using a staging PPA
More development tools
With Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu Development Center has been transformed into ubuntu make. For developers of mobile apps, web applications, and games, it provides support for 14 new platforms including Android NDK, Android Studio, IDEA (ultimate and community editions), pycharm (professional, educational and community publications), web store, rubymine, phpstorm, eclipse, Stencyl game development platform.
‘Snappy’ Ubuntu Core
Ubuntu 15.04 brings the first stable version of ‘Snappy’ Ubuntu Core.
Local menus are back
Regional cuisines are coming back as default in Ubuntu 15.04. It also means that global list won’t be enabled by default in 15.04. You can let the comprehensive menu in System Settings -> Appearance -> Behaviour tab -> ‘In the menu bar’ option.
Files (Nautilus) 3.14 brings a couple of new features
15.04 also has the latest version 3.14 of Files (previously known as Nautilus) file manager. You can notice a minor change in the look in the left sidebar where mounted drivers are segregated more cleanly:
The new version of Files also has the option of Open in Terminal option in the right-click menu.
Option to save WiFi password
Another minor change you might notice is that Ubuntu 15.04 provides you the opportunity to keep the WiFi password either for the current user or for all the users. A minor change but might be useful for some.
Updated applications
Needless to mention that Ubuntu 15.04 has updated versions of most of the applications such as LibreOffice, Totem, etc.
Source: itsfoss.com