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Czech Language installation image for Linux Deepin 2013 is available
The Linux Deepin team is happy to announce that the translation into Czech, part of the Linux Deepin Localization Project, is now 100% completed. Czech users can now set their language to Czech and enjoy Linux Deepin in their own language. An installation image for Czech users is also available for download: http://cdimage.linuxdeepin.com/daily-live/desktop-cs/current/deepin-desktop-cs-amd64.iso Reviewers and translators can download the image and adjust/improve their translations on Transifex. It is strongly recommended that you use Wget or other file retrieving tools that can resume downloads when they are broken or interrupted. Alternatively, you can download it from our SourceForge page. Meanwhile, ...Read more
Weekly update notes for Linux Deepin 2013 (01/22/14)
Bug fixes 1. Launcher Icon issue in the System category. Icon missing from the Graphics category. 2. System Settings The layout changed in Personalization. Deepin Software Center A screencasting tool, Vokoscreen, is included. A new mirror is available. Deepin Game Center The following new games has been added: Winterbells, helping playing rabbit collect as many bells as possible with the mouse. I Saw Her Standing There, a game about zombies, guns, love and dealing with your girlfriend when she turns into a zombie. One and One Story, the story of a boy, the story of a girl, the story of ...Read more
New mirror provided by contributor
A new mirror for Linux Deepin’s packages has recently been brought online. As the mirror provider, Love4Taylor, wrote on his blog, the download speed from the mirror can reach up to 2.5 Megabytes per second while using a Japan based VPS service. Below is the URI for the mirrored packages: http://mirrors.love4taylor.org/deepin/ Thank Love4Taylor for generously providing us with the mirror support. If you are also able to mirror Linux Deepin and are willing to help us, please contact us.
Weekly update notes for Linux Deepin 2013 (01/17/14)
Bug fixes #2947 The options were not fully shown in Display settings and the interface was not scrollable. #2915 The docked icon for Tomboy failed to launch Tomboy. Deepin Software Center The following applications has been recently added to Deepin Software Center. HHVM: HipHop Virtual Machine for PHP. Grub Customizer: a graphical grub2 settings manager. Deepin Game Center A new game called Hardcore Pawn is now included in Deepin Game Center. For more information about bug fixes and improvements, please visit our bug tracker. You are also welcome to report any problems or give us any improvement suggestions on ...Read more
Advantages of Deepin Software Center 3.0 over 2.x
The topic might seem a bit outdated since Deepin Software Center 3.0 has been released for almost a year now. However, it is still necessary to give it a brief introduction because there are few articles written in English about it. Below are some of the highlights of the third major version of Deepin Software Center. 1. Weekly recommends from Deepin Software Center can keep you informed of interesting and useful apps. New applications are included from time to time.
Weekly update notes for Linux Deepin 2013 (01/10/14)
Bug fixes #2894 A problem prevented users to select city. #2926 Mouse accuracy setting could not be saved. Forum Feedback Chinese localization issue with Deepin System Settings. Software updates from Deepin Software Center Deepin Software Center has recently included the following new applications: Kuipan: a dropbox like file syncing service client. Conky Manager: a graphical front-end for managing Conky config files. Brackets: a code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that's built in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. MonoDevelop: a cross-platform IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages. WizNote: a cross-platform cloud based note-taking client. Game updates from Deepin ...Read more
New mirror in the United States is Available
James Madison University has generously agreed to mirror Linux Deepin’s packages and ISO images. The mirrored packages and ISO images can be found at the following URIs: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/deepin ftp://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/deepin rsync://mirror.jmu.edu/deepin and http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/deepin-cd ftp://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/deepin-cd rsync://mirror.jmu.edu/deepin-cd Users can choose their preferred mirror in Deepin Software Center. To select JMU’s mirror: 1. Open the Preferences panel in Deepin Software Center. 2. Select the Mirrors tab. 3. Hover your mouse over a URL (HTTP or FTP) for JMU’s mirror, and click on the icon which appears after the URL. We would like to thank James Madison University public mirror for helping us and ...Read more
Recommended software from Deepin Software Center (01/09/14)
This week, Linux Deepin has selected the following applications for you: Transmission Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). All its incarnations feature a very simple, intuitive interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end. Being simple, easy, lean and powerful, Transmission was installed by default on Linux Deepin’s previous releases. Briquolo Briquolo is a breakout game clone. It might remind you of the once-popular game named Arkanoid. Briquolo offers modern graphical effects and is very fast-paced. However, it remains for you to decide whether the game has surpassed its predecessors.
New mirror provided by Aliyun Open Source Mirror Site
Linux Deepin is now mirrored on Aliyun Open Source Mirror Site, which is maintained by Site Reliability Engineering of Alibaba Group. Aliyun Open Source Mirror Site was recently brought online. As one of its maintainers claimed on his Weibo (a twitter-like microblogging service in China) page, “The site provides far more and sufficient bandwidth than any other public mirror in China.” The mirrored packages are available at the following URL: http://mirrors.aliyun.com/deepin/ We sincerely thank the support of Alibaba Group for Linux Deepin and other open source projects. If you are also able to mirror our distro and are willing to ...Read more