Deepin
Deepin 20.1 desktop, with the Qt-based Deepin Desktop Environment | |
Native name | 深度操作系统; Shēndù Cāozuò-xìtǒng |
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| Developer | Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open-source |
| Initial release | 28 February 2004 |
| Latest release | 23.1 / 16 April 2025 |
| Marketing target | Personal computing |
| Available in | Multi-lingual (more than 30) |
| Update method | Deepin Software Center |
| Package manager | APT, dpkg |
| Platforms | x86-64, RISCV64, ARM64, LoongArch64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux Kernel) |
| Default user interface | Deepin Desktop Environment (Qt-based) |
| License | Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | www |
deepin (Chinese: 深度操作系统; pinyin: Shēndù Cāozuò-xìtǒng; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution. It features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), built on Qt and available for a variety of distributions. The Deepin userbase is predominantly Chinese, though DDE is in most prominent Linux distributions' repositories as an alternative desktop environment. The company behind the development, Deepin Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnionTech (统信软件), is based in Wuhan, China.