Deepin

**Deepin** is a free operating system that uses the Linux kernel.

It is one of the most popular Chinese Linux distributions and it is based on Debian. The goal with deepin is to make it easy to use and install onto a computer. deepin can be used on all types of personal computers. deepin is downloaded as a DVD, which is free to download on the deepin website. It can be installed or tested by running the DVD.

Started in 2004, deepin has been developed at a fast rate by Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd, a Chinese company.

## Releases

The release cycle has followed various schedules but currently aims at four releases per year. Releases are delayed if the work of development and testing has not been completed.
|Version|Release date|Desktop environment|Underlying system|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hiwix 0.1|February 28, 2004|rowspan="2"|IceWM|rowspan="2"|Morphix|
|Hiweed Linux 0.2|March 3, 2004|||||
|Hiweed Linux 0.3|July 22, 2004|rowspan="4"|Xfce|rowspan="3"|Debian|
|Hiweed Linux 0.55|September 25, 2004|||||
|Hiweed Linux 0.6|February 24, 2005|||||
|Hiweed Linux 1.0|September 25, 2006|rowspan="16"|Ubuntu|||
|Hiweed Linux 2.0|November 17, 2008|LXDE||||
|Linux Deepin 9.12|December 30, 2009|rowspan="4"|GNOME 2|||
|Linux Deepin 10.06|July 20, 2010|||||
|Linux Deepin 10.12|December 31, 2010|||||
|Linux Deepin 11.06|July 4, 2011|||||
|Linux Deepin 11.12|December 30, 2011|rowspan="3"|GNOME 3|||
|Linux Deepin 11.12.1|February 29, 2012|||||
|Linux Deepin 12.06|July 17, 2012|||||
|Linux Deepin 12.12|June 19, 2013|rowspan="3"|Deepin Desktop Environment 1.0|||
|Linux Deepin 12.12.1|August 7, 2013|||||
|Linux Deepin 2013|November 28, 2013|||||
|Deepin 2014|July 6, 2014|rowspan="4"|Deepin Desktop Environment 2.0|||
|Deepin 2014.1|August 28, 2014|||||
|Deepin 2014.2|December 31, 2014|||||
|Deepin 2014.3|April 28, 2015|||||
|Deepin 15|December 31, 2015|rowspan="15"|Deepin Desktop Environment 3.0 (based on Qt)|rowspan="11"|Debian (unstable branch)|
|Deepin 15.1|January 29, 2016|||||
|Deepin 15.1.1|March 9, 2016|||||
|Deepin 15.2|June 1, 2016|||||
|Deepin 15.4|July 19, 2017|||||
|Deepin 15.4.1|July 21, 2017|||||
|Deepin 15.5|November 30, 2017|||||
|Deepin 15.6|June 15, 2018|||||
|Deepin 15.7|August 20, 2018|||||
|Deepin 15.8|November 20, 2018|||||
|Deepin 15.9|January 16, 2019|||||
|Deepin 15.10|April 28, 2019|rowspan="4"|Debian 9 (stable branch)|||
|Deepin 15.10.1|May 17, 2019|||||
|Deepin 15.10.2|July 1, 2019|||||
|Deepin 15.11|July 19, 2019|||||
|Deepin 20 (beta)|April 15, 2020|Deepin Desktop Environment 4.0 (based on Qt)||Debian 10 (buster)||

## Comparison with Debian, Ubuntu and deepin

deepin is based on Debian and both distributions have a lot in common. Both distributions use the same software repositories. Most differences are on the desktop. Debian has a vastly larger support community than deepin. However, the majority of Debian help and advice is also applicable to deepin. Debian and deepin support also x86-64 CPU architecture.

Many popular multimedia codecs are not installed by default in deepin. deepin and many other gratis GNU/Linux distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu, do not distribute these codecs with the initial install media due to patent encumberment issues.

deepin 2014.x was based on Ubuntu; Ubuntu and deepin both focus on usability, but deepin offers a different user experience (DDE) and it includes a number of applications that are not available in Ubuntu (Deepin Store).

## Related pages

- GNU/Linux
- Debian
- GNOME
- List of Linux distributions

## Other websites

- Official WebSite
- Previous official WebSite
- Official Weblog
    - Mailing List
- Source code on GitHub
- Source code on GitCafe

## Infobox (os)

- **name**: Deepin
- **logo**:
- **caption**: Deepin 20 desktop, with the Qt (software), Qt-based Deepin Desktop Environment
- **developer**: Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.
- **family**: Linux (Unix-like)
- **working state**: Current
- **source model**: Open-source software, Open-source
- **latest release version**: 15.11
- **latest preview version**: 20 beta
- **marketing target**: Personal computing
- **language**: Multi-lingual (more than 23)
- **updatemodel**: Deepin Software Center
- **package manager**: Advanced Packaging Tool, APT, dpkg
- **supported platforms**: AMD64
- **kernel type**: Monolithic kernel, Monolithic
- **ui**: Deepin Desktop Environment (Qt (software), Qt-based)
- **license**: Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
- **userland**: GNU