Deepin OS vs Linux Mint

The desktop interface and apps feature an intuitive and elegant design. Moving around, sharing and searching, etc. has become simply a joyful experience.

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.

It's very easy to use. You can easily uninstall a program by going to the menu then right-clicking on the preferred app and selecting "Uninstall" option.

Deepin has a blur and transparent design throughout the OS, which makes it one of the most beautiful Linux distros.

Installing Deepin OS is very easy. Even easier than installing Ubuntu!

Deepin OS supports Flatpak. It also has some Flatpak programs installed by default.

Deepin OS includes a program called "Deepin Graphics Driver Manager" which can easily install a good driver for the graphics card.

Since it is based on Debian stable, you will hardly ever get a dependency issue.

It is based on Debian which is the best Linux distribution for desktops.

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".

It is a rolling release Linux distribution which is quite popular these days.

The app store is gorgeous.

It has its own toolkit called "Deepin Tool Kit". And the maintainers themselves use it.

In some cases, VLC media player has some problems with Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based Linux distros. That isn't the case with Deepin.

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.

Programs load and launch faster in Deepin than other Linux distributions. It takes only about 3 seconds to launch Chrome.

The Wuhan Deepin Technology is behind this Linux distribution.

Deepin has the facilities to create VLAN and other configuration like Wifi Hostpot on their GUI.

Deepin 15.7 is lighter than Windows 10 and Ubuntu.

The official repository of deepin OS includes over 73,000 packages.

It has some exciting applications, such as Deepin Graphics Driver Manager which can easily change between free and proprietary drivers without any issue.

Deepin automatically cleans package cache. Cleaning package cache is a good thing as it will make the OS much faster and lighter.

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."

Some people don't like Ubuntu nor its derivatives.

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.

Mint is highly recommended for both users coming from Windows, as well as users coming from Ubuntu, but unhappy with Ubuntu's recent, rather dramatic interface changes. Mint provides an updated interface with a look and feel similar to Gnome 2, with an application menu reminiscent of the Windows 7 Start Menu, with categorization and search.

Mint comes bundled with software for browsing the web, editing pictures, browsing files, watching videos and even a full office suite (LibreOffice). An average user can use Mint right away after a fresh install, using all the software that comes with the distribution to complete most of their daily tasks.

Mint gains a very strong package ecosystem and software manager of Debian, including more than 30,000 packages available from the Debian repositories.

It's based upon Ubuntu LTS or Debian.
It depends on which one you select - Linux Mint or Linux Mint Debian Edition.
The Debian Edition is even more stable.

Linux Mint uses the same installer as Ubuntu. It is very easy to use for beginners, and also allows more advanced users to choose their own partitions. Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop is highly customizable and can be made to look however preferred.

Long Term Support versions are versions of software that are continuously updated for an extended period of time, even after newer versions are launched. LTS versions will typically get feature additions and enhancements for an extended period of time, then security updates up until its End of Life. An LTS release should typically be considered good for at least 5 years.

There are several different ways to get support for this distribution, including the forums, their IRC channel, or their github repositories if you think their software isn't behaving as it should.

The Linux Mint team is very dedicated to upgrading and improving Mint, to the point where the releases are fairly predictable. They are also dedicated to their users, meaning that they are responsive to critiques, suggestions, etc.

The OS has different update settings for different users and has easy manual within the OS.

Linux Mint does maintain a free software environment, however, it does offer full support to proprietary software (Chrome, Skype, Teamviewer).

Linux Mint is not Canonical, while based upon Ubuntu.

Linux Mint is currently the most hit page on DistroWatch. Because of its popularity, long-term support is pretty guaranteed.

The distro is the easiest operating system to run ever.

This tool backs up the core OS files to an external drive with an option for full encryption.

You can choose between Cinnamon, MATE and XFCE.

Linux Mint has a quite pretty default desktop. Cinnamon is adopted by other distros also.

Mint is extremely easy to install, and with community support, easy to move onto adjusting the OS to meet your specific needs. The vast majority of instructions for undertaking configuration work and are easy to understand.

MATE is a classic desktop as opposed to the newer "Unity" desktop. For people who prefer the classic style this is one of only few modern distributions with still active MATE desktop development.