Software Update: Deepin 20.2

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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 such as Chromium, Thunderbird, WPS Office and Linux Kernel 5.10. The changelog for version 20.2 is up this page In short, these are the main improvements:

More powerful kernels

The LTS kernel is upgraded to version 5.10, and the Stable kernel is upgraded to version 5.11. In the system installation interface, you can install dual kernels, and manually upgrade them in Terminal to further improve system stability and compatibility.

Upgraded underlying repository

Deepin 20.2 integrates the Debian 10.8 stable repository by default, mainly fixing security issues and solving some serious problems.

Excellent performance and user experiences

By reducing memory occupation of deepin applications, and overall optimization of conventional operations, you will get a faster startup of desktop components and applications, as well as faster response. Besides that, thanks to code optimization, you will enjoy enhanced system performance and smoother user experiences.

File Manager

The enhanced full-text search allows you to find the file or folder quickly by searching with both English letters and numbers. File Manager supports changing unmounted disk names, redefines “Time accessed” and “Time modified” in file vault, displays information more clearly, and optimizes file operations in different scenarios, making it more convenient to use.

Disk Utility

Disk Utility has a new feature – verify or repair bad sectors, adds support for FAT32 and NTFS partitions, and fixes some issues, helping you protect disk health and manage disks easily.

Mail

Mail supports these new features: send emails at the specified time, email signatures, capture screen, etc., and optimizes many rules in different scenarios such as receiving and sending emails, searching emails, etc.

downloader

With Downloader, you can manage and recover downloading resources. It is intuitive and supports multiple download protocols, including HTTP(s), FTP(s), BT, magnet link, etc. Most importantly, the downloads are extremely fast.

Version number 20.2
Release status Final
Operating systems Linux
Website deepin
Download https://www.deepin.org/download/
License type Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.)
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