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Deepin
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deepin (; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution, formerly based on Ubuntu and Debian, that features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), a desktop environment 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 (), is based in Wuhan, China.
Key facts
- OS.name
- Deepin
- OS.logo
- 60px
- OS.screenshot
- Deepin 23.webp
- OS.caption
- Deepin 23 desktop, with the Qt-based Deepin Desktop Environment
- OS.developer
- Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.working_state
- Current
- OS.source_model
- Open-source
- OS.latest release version
- 25.0.1
- OS.latest release date
- 19 January 2026
- OS.marketing target
- Personal computing
- OS.language
- Multi-lingual (more than 30)
- OS.updatemodel
- Deepin Software Center
- OS.package_manager
- APT, dpkg
- OS.supported_platforms
- x86-64, RISCV64, ARM64, LoongArch64
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic (Linux Kernel)
- OS.ui
- Deepin Desktop Environment (Qt-based)
- OS.license
- Free software licenses(mainly GPL)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Market share
- Deepin Desktop Environment
- Deepin applications
- Deepin Installer
- Reception
- CNZZ incident
- Performance
- Concerns about connections to Chinese government
- OpenSUSE removal of Deepin Desktop Environment
- See also
- References
deepin (; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution, formerly based on Ubuntu and Debian, that features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), a desktop environment 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 (), is based in Wuhan, China.
== History == The distribution began in 2004 as Hiweed Linux. In 2011, the development team behind Deepin established a company named Deepin Technology to support commercial development of the operating system. The company received business investments the same year it was founded.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deepin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.