The release of the Deepin 20.5 distribution kit, based on the Debian 10 package base, but developing 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, has been published. 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:
- Added support for screen unlock and login using face-based biometric authentication. A section for setting up face authentication has been added to the control center.
- A "Pin Screenshots" button has been added, which allows you to pin the created screenshot to the top of the screen, so that the picture is displayed on top of other windows and remains visible when working with various applications.
- The mail client supports automatic collection almost after reconnecting to the network and the ability to add/remove folders. Redesigned user interface, which is translated to use Vue and Tinymce. Added support for jumping to new emails by clicking on a system notification. Fixed standard and aggregated letters in the upper part. Added interface for previewing attachments. Simplified connection to Gmail and Yahoo Mail. Added support for importing an address book in vCard format.
- Added features to the App Store for submitting feedback and requesting updates. If you have problems installing or updating, you can send a notification to developers about the problem. Implemented support for gesture control on systems with touch screens.
- The Grand Search app has greatly improved search accuracy and quality. To refine the results, it is possible to specify file types and extensions as keywords.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to releases 5.15.24. Systemd has been updated to version 250.
- In the network configurator, multiple IP addresses can be set for one wireless adapter.
- Improved interface for interactively requesting a password when connecting to a wireless network.
- Added a button to disable and enable devices in the Device Manager. Provided the ability to install and update drivers supplied in deb packages.
- Document Viewer has improved performance when displaying DOCX files.
- The number of supported formats has been expanded in the video viewer.
- The music player now supports free reordering of items in the playlist via drag and drop.
- A setting has been added to the file manager to hide file extensions. For third-party applications, tools are provided for adding items to the context menu and attaching corner marks to files.
- Added packages with drivers for NVIDIA video cards.
Source: opennet.ru