An interview: the inside story of Deepin Icon

An interview: the inside story of Deepin Icon

Since the release of Linux Deepin12.06, Linux Deepin began to design their own system theme, which aimed to make the new Linux distro more distinctive than other ones. Eventually, we will have witnessed the release of Linux Deepin12.12 as well as the Deepin theme after a one –year wait. I had a talk with the Guo Pan, one of the key members of the design team, to ask her about many aspects in which you might be interested of Linux Deepin Icon. Author intro Guo Pan, an icon designer from Deepin design team. Her major is the computer art design. ...Read more

Linux Deepin is now mirrored in Germany

Linux Deepin is now mirrored in Germany

  We have recently contacted a few mirror hosters in Germany and they have kindly agreed to help us. Below are the details: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg The packages and releases are available over the following URLs/protocols: https://ftp.fau.de/deepin/ http://ftp.fau.de/deepin/ ftp://ftp.fau.de/deepin/ rsync://ftp.fau.de/deepin/ and https://ftp.fau.de/deepin-cd/ http://ftp.fau.de/deepin-cd/ ftp://ftp.fau.de/deepin-cd/ rsync://ftp.fau.de/deepin-cd/ Tuxinator The mirror is reachable by FTP and HTTP using IPv4 and IPv6. The packages and releases are available at: http://mirror2.tuxinator.org/deepin/ ftp://mirror2.tuxinator.org/deepin/ and http://mirror2.tuxinator.org/deepin-cd/ ftp://mirror2.tuxinator.org/deepin-cd/ GWDG The packages and releases are available at the following URIs: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/linuxdeepin/packages/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/linuxdeepin/packages/ rsync://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/linuxdeepin/packages/ and http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/linuxdeepin/releases/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/linuxdeepin/releases/ rsync://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/linuxdeepin/releases/ Note: You can select your preferred mirror from the various choices in ...Read more

[Localization Help] How do I verify translated entries on my system?

[Localization Help] How do I verify translated entries on my system?

Some translators want to know how they can apply their translated entries to Linux Deepin immediately after translation, without waiting for us to merge the translation, so that they can verify their translation on their current system. Below is a quick and dirty way of doing this. We are going to use a tool called msgfmt, with which we can generate .mo files from .po files. Let's take the Romanian translation for Linux Deepin's desktop clock widget as an example. As there is only one string, which is "Change Appearance", needed translation. We can easily see the difference when we ...Read more

An interview: the inside story of Deepin Talk

An interview: the inside story of Deepin Talk

  Deepin Talk, an instant messaging application being developed by the Linux Deepin team, was announced at the Linux Deepin Developer and User Conference 2012 held in Beijing. The news quickly provoked great interest among Linux users and developers. At the moment, there is no shortage of IM tools out there. Why would the Linux Deepin team want to create an instant application of their own design? How has the development been going on? What features will be included in the first version of Deepin Talk?   I had a talk with the designer, Liu Ling, and the developer of ...Read more