Download Deepin 20.4

Deepin is a Linux distribution based in China, but also deployed and maintained outside of it. It is based on Debian, and focuses on providing a clean and easy-to-use environment. It contains its own Deepin Desktop Environment, which uses the Qt5 toolkit. It includes applications like Chromium, Thunderbird, WPS Office and Linux Kernel 5.10.83 with lts support or 5.15.6. The changelog for version 20.4 is up this page In short, these are the main improvements:

Smart System Installation

In this release, the “Privacy Policy” in the system installer is updated, and the logic for creating partitions is optimized – if there was an existing EFI partition, no need to create the EFI partition again.

Easy-to-use Browser

Based on user feedback, the chromium kernel is upgraded; tab groups and collections are added; quick tab search and share are supported, so that tab management becomes more convenient and diversified.

Global System Monitoring

A new monitoring plugin is added to System Monitor, which can detect the CPU and memory usage comprehensively, and offer the options to set threshold percentage. When the threshold is reached, you will get the system notification, and you can force end some processes to ensure the normal running of computers.

Custom Grand Search

Grand Search can be enabled or disabled by Dock settings, and the paths of files and folders in the search results can be accessed directly by pressing Ctrl and clicking them.

Easy-to-access Apps in File Manager

The displayed character number of file names on the desktop is increased to meet user needs, and entries of third-party applications are shown in File Manager for easy access and high working efficiency.