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Some translators want to know how they can apply their translated entries to Linux Deepin immediately after translation, without waiting for us to merge the translation, so that they can verify their translation on their current system. Below is a quick and dirty way of doing this. We are going to use a tool called msgfmt, with which we can generate .mo files from .po files. Let's take the Romanian translation for Linux Deepin's desktop clock widget as an example. As there is only one string, which is "Change Appearance", needed translation. We can easily see the difference when we ...Read more
An interview: the inside story of Deepin Talk
Deepin Talk, an instant messaging application being developed by the Linux Deepin team, was announced at the Linux Deepin Developer and User Conference 2012 held in Beijing. The news quickly provoked great interest among Linux users and developers. At the moment, there is no shortage of IM tools out there. Why would the Linux Deepin team want to create an instant application of their own design? How has the development been going on? What features will be included in the first version of Deepin Talk? I had a talk with the designer, Liu Ling, and the developer of ...Read more
Another mirror is now available in the UK
Bytemark Hosting has kindly agreed to mirror our package repositories. The packages are available over HTTP, rsync and FTP. The mirror has two gigabit links and works over IPv4 and IPv6. Below are the URIs for the package repositories: http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/linuxdeepin/packages ftp://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/linuxdeepin/packages rsync://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/linuxdeepin/packages We sincerely thank Bytemark Hosting for supporting us and helping improve the experience of our users.
Two new mirrors in China are available
Linux Deepin's repositories are now available on Capital Online Mirror Site (provided by Capital Online Data Service LTD.) and the mirror service provided by OSChina.net. The packages and ISO images are available via HTTP on Capital Online Mirror Site at the following URIs, respectively: http://mirrors.yun-idc.com/deepin-cd and http://mirrors.yun-idc.com/deepin-cd For OSChina.net, only the packages repositories are available: http://mirrors.oschina.net/deepin http://mirrors.oschina.net/deepin rsync://mirrors.oschina.net/deepin We want to show our gratitude to Capital Online Data Service LTD. and OSChina.net for supporting Linux Deepin and our community. If you are also able to mirror Linux Deepin and are willing to help us, please contact us at support@linuxdeepin.com
Happy Chinese New Year!
The Linux Deepin team is going to celebrate the Lunar New Year from New Year's Eve on January 30 through January 7. We wish everyone a happy Chinese new year! Linux Deepin Team:
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
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.
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.