Deepin Linux 20 is available and comes with boot improvements, installation and more

Recientemente the launch of the new version of the popular Linux distribution "Deepin OS" in its stable version 20Plus, with its release, the spotlight is more than ever on UOS Linux.

In fact, the relationship between Deepin Linux and UOS Linux is similar to that of Fedora and Red Hat Linux. The UOS and Deepin version 20 systems are developed in parallel and most of the functions and resource libraries are the same.

Now, focusing on the main actor in this article, we can find great improvements in this new version of Deepin OS and here we highlight the following.

Main news of Deepin 20

By way of Deepin 20 arrives based on the stable series Debian 10.5 Buster and supports a dual kernel. That means that during the installation you can choose which kernel you want to install. Deepin 20 offers Kernel 5.4 (LTS) and Kernel 5.7 (Stable). This enables the support of a wide range of hardware and graphics cards while improving the stability of your desktop.

Another change that we can find in this new version is that improved almost every element of the user interface: icons, animations, multitasking viewer, windows and dialog boxes, every element of the desktop has been polished.

As well you will find support for light and dark themes, color temperature settings, transparency settings, and improved power setting tools.

Besides that, Deepin 20 offers a custom notification system capable of displaying notifications on the lock screenoo in the notification center, show message previews or allow users to customize how notifications are displayed so they don't miss important messages while working.

Fingerprint support has also been improved in this version and should now be compatible with more fingerprint readers while offering users more accurate unlocks, logins and admin access.

As for the system installer, it received improvements, since in Deepin 20, in addition to offering the option to choose the Kernel version, we can also find the installation in safe graphics mode, automatic partitioning.

And if you are using NVIDIA graphics cards, the installer detects and offers to install the NVIDIA closed source driver during setup. So you don't have to take additional post-installation steps.

Deepin also comes with its own set of applications developed through the Deepin Toolkit using Qt and C ++. This application covers a wide area of ​​system functionality.

The Deepin 20 application store was improved to provide one-click updates, application filtering based on functionalities such as chat, video, etc. This makes it a more productive application management application.

Finally, de other changes that stand out of this new version:

• A new device management application is added to manage your hardware devices.
• The new screen capture tool combines screen capture and screen recording to give you more flexibility.
• The Cheese webcam utility is pre-installed in Deepin 20.
• A dedicated application for voice recording to take audio notes.
• Hundreds of errors have been corrected in Deepin 20 throughout the desktop system, m - Dock control center, window manager, calendar, etc.
• The battery icon with the status and a qBittorrent icon is now displayed in the tray area of ​​the Deepin Dock.

How to get Deepin 20?

If you are not a user of the distribution and want to use it on your computer or test it in a virtual machine.

You can get the system image, You just have to go to the official website of the project where you can download the image in its download section. 

At the end of your download you can use Etcher to save the image to a pendrive and thus boot your system from a USB.

The link is as follows.