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 IceWM Morphix Hiweed Linux 0.2 March 3, 2004 Hiweed Linux 0.3 July 22, 2004 Xfce Debian Hiweed Linux 0.55 September 25, 2004 Hiweed Linux 0.6 February 24, 2005 Hiweed Linux 1.0 September 25, 2006 Ubuntu Hiweed Linux 2.0 November 17, 2008 LXDE Linux Deepin 9.12 December 30, 2009 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 GNOME 3 Linux Deepin 11.12.1 February 29, 2012 Linux Deepin 12.06 July 17, 2012 Linux Deepin 12.12 June 19, 2013 Deepin Desktop Environment 1.0 Linux Deepin 12.12.1August 7, 2013 Linux Deepin 2013 November 28, 2013 Deepin 2014 July 6, 2014 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 Deepin Desktop Environment 3.0 (based on Qt) Debian (unstable branch) Deepin 15.1 January 29, 2016 Deepin 15.1.1 March 9, 2016 Deepin 15.2 June 1, 2016Deepin 15.4July 19, 2017Deepin 15.4.1July 21, 2017Deepin 15.5November 30, 2017Deepin 15.6June 15, 2018Deepin 15.7August 20, 2018Deepin 15.8November 20, 2018Deepin 15.9January 16, 2019Deepin 15.10April 28, 2019 Debian 9 (stable branch)Deepin 15.10.1May 17, 2019Deepin 15.10.2July 1, 2019Deepin 15.11July 19, 2019Deepin 20 (beta)April 15, 2020Deepin 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

 References 

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

Category:Linux distributions
Category:Debian-based Linux distributions