
Deepin
Product brand
UnclaimedDeepin is a Linux operating-system brand built around a user-friendly desktop, integrated applications, and an open-source community.
Last updated November 4, 2026
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Overview
Deepin is a Linux operating-system brand whose current offering is presented as the deepin system. Its official site emphasizes a polished interface, approachable interaction, straightforward installation, and default settings intended to suit common work needs without requiring extensive initial configuration. The brand also presents privacy and user control as central features, stating that personal files such as photos, music, and documents are not collected by the system. The desktop experience includes the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and applications developed with the self-developed DTK toolkit. The official site describes a collection of built-in basic applications, including Music, Movie, and Screen Capture, alongside an App Store offering nearly 40,000 applications. The project publishes source code under open-source software licenses and directs users to community and development channels including its forums, GitHub, WeChat, Telegram, X, and Matrix. The deepin 25 materials describe a major system and desktop refresh. The release information highlights core-component upgrades, broader hardware compatibility, security and stability improvements, read-only core system files, snapshots with automatic rollback after certain update or boot failures, and a redesigned desktop. It also describes a Wayland-based compositor solution and a QML-reconstructed desktop. The official homepage subsequently reports the release of the deepin 25.2.0 image, with work focused on Treeland, file management and search, and DDE interaction and stability. The supplied official materials identify Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. in the subject record, but do not establish the company's founding date, headquarters, ownership, leadership, or listing status. Deepin is presented as an active operating-system project with an emphasis on open development, usability, a built-in software ecosystem, privacy, and community feedback.
History
The supplied official materials describe deepin as a Linux operating system with a desktop environment, integrated applications, an application store, and an open-source development model. They do not provide a founding date or a chronological account of the project's early development, so its origins and early milestones cannot be dated from this evidence. The product identity described by the official site centers on ease of use and an integrated desktop experience. The site presents deepin as straightforward to install, with default configuration intended to meet many users' work needs. It highlights a desktop environment and several applications based on the self-developed DTK toolkit, and names Music, Movie, and Screen Capture among its basic applications. It also describes an App Store with nearly 40,000 applications. The site's open-source and community statements characterize development, operation, products, and testing as closely connected to user feedback, with participation channels including forums and several online platforms. The deepin 25 release materials mark a substantial system and desktop update. They describe upgraded core components intended to improve hardware compatibility, feature support, security, and overall stability. A read-only approach to core system files and an enhanced snapshot mechanism are presented as safeguards: snapshots use minimal storage, and the system can automatically roll back to a last known good snapshot after an update or boot failure. The release also introduces a redesigned control center, taskbar, and notification center, and describes a desktop reconstruction using QML that reduces resource use and improves responsiveness. A newly developed Wayland compositor solution is presented as part of the desktop experience. The official homepage reports that the deepin 25.2.0 image was released after deepin 25. The described update concentrates on Treeland stability and usability, file management and search, and DDE interaction and stability. The supplied evidence does not give the release date, explain the relationship between Treeland and the compositor in more detail, or establish corporate ownership, company leadership, headquarters, or the project's founding year. Those details are therefore not asserted here.
deepin 25 release
deepin 25.2.0 image release
Products and positioning
An open-source Linux system positioned around a polished, approachable desktop, convenient out-of-the-box use, privacy, and a broad application ecosystem.
deepin 25
A version of the deepin Linux operating system featuring a redesigned desktop, core-component upgrades, snapshots, and a Wayland compositor solution.
Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE)
The desktop environment for deepin; official materials describe DDE interaction and stability as areas of ongoing improvement.
deepin App Store
The official homepage describes an application store offering nearly 40,000 applications.
Controversies
2025
openSUSE removes deepin desktop over bypassing security review
The openSUSE security team announced the removal of the deepin desktop environment, alleging that its packagers bypassed the security review process and violated openSUSE packaging policy; deepin later responded. It was removed from the openSUSE distribution.
Brand decisions
- Adoption of read-only core system files and rollback snapshots in deepin 25Other
- Desktop reconstruction and Wayland compositor solutionOther
Recent events
Sources6 sources
- 1deepin - deepin Linux Operating Systemdeepin.org
- 2deepin 25deepin.org
- 3openSUSE removes deepin desktop over bypassing security reviewsecurity.opensuse.net.cn
- 4openSUSE removes deepin desktop over bypassing security reviewosp.io
- 5Deepin发布V20 Beta版tech.sina.com.cn
- 6深度操作系统deepin 20.4发布:升级Linux 5.15内核itbear.com.cn
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