Deepin is a Linux distribution developed by the Chinese company Wuhan Deepin Technology, this is an open source distribution and is Based on Debian, it uses its own desktop environment which looks nice and polished.
This distribution it can be one of the most recommended GNU / Linux systems for those who are migrating from Windows to the world of Linux to use.
And especially for those people who do not have the basic notion about Linux. This recommendation is based on the fact that Deepin has one of the simplest and most intuitive installation processes.
News of Deepin 15.7
In this new update to the distribution, reaching its version Deepin 15.7, with which it offers us more performance improvements and general optimization of the system.
Just two months after the launch of its previous version (Deepin 15.6) which was focused on improving the visual appearance of the distribution, the new update of Deepin 15.7 arrives.
This new version of the distribution improved power optimization for portable computers for up to 20 percent of battery life, and better memory usage.
Developers Deepin compared the memory consumption of 15.7, 15.6 Deepin and other operating systems on the same computer.
On this last point, the announcement that says the following:
«The 15,7 Deepin made a series of adjustments and optimizations in memory use. In the default setting, the boot memory decreased from 1,1g to 830m and reduced to 800m less than on a discrete graphics card '.
In this way we can see that the people behind the development of Deepin OS, have made an effort to optimize the system.
LEnd users of the distribution may notice better system performance, as well as better management of computer memory.
In addition, we can highlight that the system image was reduced from 3,1 GB to 2,5 GB.
Other highlights Deepin version 15.7 include Nvidia PRIME support for laptops with hybrid graphics cards, notifications on the screen to enable or disable the microphone or Wi-Fi.
As well as new animations for dragging and dropping icons to or from the desktop dock, mini-mode application categories and the full installation disc.
Also, the dock plugin was redesigned and this has optimized the preview function and effects when switching between workspaces.
The development team has adopted a new version numbering scheme for future releasesas well as a new update strategy to provide users with the latest updates.
Despite the fact that distribution has been involved in a series of scandals where in recent months it was accused of collecting data.
This has not affected its developers and they continue to improve and offer a better system more and more.
How to update to Deepin 15.7?
For all those who are users of any version of Deepin OS that is within the branch "15.x". They will be able to obtain this new update without the need to reinstall the system.
They will only have to open a terminal on their system and execute the following commands in it:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrae
At the end of the update installation the system, it is recommended that you restart your computers.
This in order that the new installed updates are loaded and executed at system startup.
How to get Deepin 15.7?
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.
is apt dis-upgrade you are missing a letter
it's true but you are missing a letter too, it really is apt dist-upgrade hehe
I've been using this distro since February 2018 and the truth is the best!