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Linux Deepin is an Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to provide an elegant, user-friendly, and reliable operating system.
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Pros
Pro Excellent apps
Having Deepin installed also means you have thousands of quality apps to choose from. The apps which come with installation will suit your needs to browse the Internet, listen to music, watch videos, talk with friends, editing documents or simply any task you want to do at home or in your office.
Pro Well-designed in every detail, developers have a professional aproach to the system
Deepin has a sane default set of apps including custom apps of their own design that gives the distro a very consistent look and feel. By working with the community on these tools as well as custom translations there is a great sense of polish when using it that is not often seen when using such a new desktop environment.
Pro Gives warning messages when upgrading packages using apt
Deepin uses their own modified version of apt. When there is a distribution upgrade available and if we try to upgrade by running "sudo apt upgrade", then this modified version of apt gives this warning message, "DDE programs will work abnormally if run this command. Run sudo apt dist-upgrade or sudo apt full-upgrade instead."
Pro Seamless transition from Windows to Linux
Easy to install, comes with default packages to typical needs e.g. Chrome, WPS office, System Monitor and a bunch of multimedia utilities. It's easy to install and uninstall applications, it has a great app store and is fast. On the same laptop runs much faster than Windows 10 did.
Cons
Con Rather buggy, numerous screen hangs, and Firefox downloaded in Chinese
Rather buggy, numerous screen hangs, and Firefox downloaded in Chinese. It simply seems to be a Chinese distro made by, further for Chinese.
Con Customization is a bit hidden
GUI is not straight forward for changing GTK+ or QT themes.
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Pro Easy to install
Installing Deepin OS is very easy. Even easier than installing Ubuntu!
Pro Has its own toolkit
It has its own toolkit called "Deepin Tool Kit". And the maintainers themselves use it.
Pro Can be made to look like Windows
By default, Deepin looks kinda like macOS but it can be made to look like Windows by right-clicking on the dock and changing the mode from "Fashion Mode" to "Efficient Mode".