Based on the Debian 20.4 package base, Deepin 10 distribution has been released, but develops its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and about 40 user applications, including DMusic music player, DMovie video player, DTalk messaging system, installer and installation center of Deepin programs software center. The project was founded by a group of developers from China, but has been transformed into an international project. The distribution kit supports the Russian language. All developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. The size of the bootable iso image is 3 GB (amd64).
Desktop components and applications are developed using C/C++ (Qt5) and Go. The key feature of the Deepin desktop is the panel, which supports multiple modes of operation. In the classic mode, a more explicit separation of open windows and applications proposed for launching is carried out, the area of ββ\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbthe system tray is displayed. Efficient mode is somewhat reminiscent of Unity, mixing indicators of running programs, favorite applications and control applets (volume / brightness settings, connected drives, clock, network status, etc.). The program launcher interface is displayed in full screen and provides two modes - viewing favorite applications and navigating through the catalog of installed programs.
Main innovations:
- In the installer, the Privacy Policy has been changed and the logic for creating disk partitions has been optimized (if there is an EFI partition, a new partition for EFI is not created).
- The browser has been moved from the Chromium 83 engine to Chromium 93. Added support for tab grouping, collections, quick search in tabs and link exchange.
- A new plug-in for monitoring system parameters has been added to System Monitor, which allows you to more accurately monitor the load on memory and CPU, and displays notifications when a specified load threshold is exceeded or when processes are identified that consume excessively many resources.
- The Grand Search interface can now be turned on or off in the panel settings. In the search results, it became possible to show the paths for files and directories when clicking with the Ctrl key pressed.
- For shortcuts on the desktop, the number of characters shown in the file name has been increased. Added display of third-party applications in the file manager on the Computer page.
- Added the ability to quickly restore a file moved to the trash by pressing Ctrl+Z.
- In the password entry forms, an indication of the strength of the password has been added.
- Added "Resize Desktop" option to the configurator to expand the desktop to full screen in low resolution environments. Added advanced input method settings. Implemented the mode of automatic installation of updates after they are downloaded. Added support for biometric authentication.
- In the application for working with the camera, the ability to change the exposure and filters has been added, and proportional stretching of photos during preview has been provided.
- Quick, security and custom disk cleanup modes have been added to the interface for working with disks. Provided automatic mounting of partitions.
- The Linux kernel packages have been updated to releases 5.10.83 (LTS) and 5.15.6.
Source: opennet.ru