Friendly Reminder Since Compiz has poor performance in virtual machines (Deepin 2014.1 uses Compiz as the window manager), we strongly recommend that you directly install Deepin 2014.1 on real machines, so as to experience the gorgeous effects of Deepin 2014.1. We plan to use the window manager developed by ourselves in our future versions to solve this problem thoroughly. Overview Deepin is a Linux distribution that aims to provide an elegant, user-friendly and stable operating system for users all around the world. Based on HTML5 technology, Deepin Team have developed a series of featured software, such as the brand-new ...Read more
A Brief Introduction to the Expert Mode of Deepin Installer
Now when you use Deepin Installer to install Deepin 2014, you just need to fill in user information, choose the hard disk or partition where you’ll install Deepin 2014 to complete the installation and configuration without manual partitioning, which greatly lowers the threshold of installing Linux system. But we still retain the expert mode of manual partitioning. This time we’ll briefly explain the operation of the expert mode of Deepin Installer. Mount Point’s Setting If you want to use the expert mode of Deepin Installer, you need to have some understanding to the mount points (partitions) of Linux ...Read more
Cathy Lin Having Joined in Deepin Team
Hello, everyone! I’m Cathy Lin, a new member of Deepin team. I’m very glad to meet you here. Most of the articles published in our English blog in the recent month were translated by me. Hearing translating articles on computer science and technology, many people would think it is dull and boring, but I’ve never thought so. I’ve learned a lot in doing this job. I not only have improvement on my English translating ability, but also have a deeper understanding and awareness of the relevant principles of computer configurations and operations. And more importantly, after entering Deepin, I met ...Read more
Differences Between Linux System and Windows System
Many users who newly use Linux system may habitually apply the related concepts on operating system under Windows to understand Linux system. Here let’s take a look at the several most frequently encountered problems of new users in using Linux system. Q: Why can’t we enter password in the terminal? A: Actually, the case where the password cannot be entered in the terminal doesn’t exist. Since the user's password is very important in Linux system, the password is not echoed by any symbol after being entered in the terminal and other procedures. Such a design is to avoid ...Read more
User Q & A on Deepin 2014
User Q & A on Deepin 2014 Deepin 2014 release has been published for almost a month. We thank the fans a lot who have been accompanying us. Thank you for letting Deepin 2014 become more perfect! Now, we’ll focus on answering some of the most common questions asked by users. Q & A Q: Why does Deepin 2014 give up the installation of DeepWin? A: DeepWin installation was based on Wubi program developed by Ubuntu. There are many reasons for abandoning it, among which the biggest one is that Wubi has lost upstream maintenance. Ubuntu team, which is the former maintainers of Wubi, said ...Read more