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Deepin Linux is a Chinese Linux distribution based on Debian unstable. It includes pre-configured Chinese applications and tools.
It aims to be a simple, stable rolling release, easy-to-use, and beautiful Linux distribution.
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Pros
Pro Great User Interface and UX Design
Deepin team is clearly focused on keeping the interface beautiful and functional, prioritizing an excellent user experience through the whole system.
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 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 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 form 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.
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Pro Seemless transition form 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. Its easy to install and uninstall applications, it has a great app store and is fast. On same laptop run much faster than Windows 10 did.
Con Team doesn't know what to do
Deepin has changed the base 4 times, and the name 3 times. The Desktop Environment also has been changed 4 times.
Pro Company behind it
The Wuhan Deepin Technology is behind this Linux distribution.
Pro Has its own toolkit
It has its own toolkit called "Deepin Tool Kit". And the maintainers themselves use it.
Pro Launches programs faster
Programs load and launch faster in Deepin than other Linux distributions. It takes only about 3 seconds to launch Chrome.
Con Have to install prior to Windows in Dual-Boot
Dual-Boot with Windows is smooth, but you have to install Deepin first or it won't work at all unlike other distros that can be installed after Windows. This is particularly irritating if you already have Windows installed and don't want to start it from zero with a clean install.
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".
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Con Slow
With minimum requirements of 2ghz cpu and 1gb ram, its easy to understand why this distro has the reputation of running slow.