My experience installing deepin desktop on Endeavouros arch based linux

Deepin is based on Debian Stable.

Debian is bad since it doesn’t include all the required wifi drivers for my hardware, I think on my laptop its missing drivers that ubuntu has included. that’s why I don’t like debian linux.

going to try https://osdn.net/projects/deepin/storage/20.3/ , it seems that google drive will not download
at this time.

http://cdimage.deepin.com/releases/20.3/deepin-desktop-community-20.3-amd64.iso
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10_GPfQY6EhF0ZhB6htrWnMg5j5jTUP9F

but if when I load it on my laptop if it missing the wifi drivers, its no good for me, again my laptop is ASUS Republic of Gamers, I am not sure but I think it has the wifi drivers for my desktop , just not the drivers for the laptop itself as I recall. but maybe the deepin version includes the drivers that my hope, otherwise I am not crazy about debian based linux, since ubuntu seems to include more drivers, I tried debian 11 iso one of the desktop included versions and it didn’t have what was needed. sourceforge link does not have the current version? I noticed its doesn’t seem to have 20.3 version.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/deepin/files/20.2.2/deepin-desktop-community-20.2.2-amd64.iso/download

https://distrowatch.com/deepin

one question I have noticed its an Deepin is the top Linux distribution from China, which means the update system will be slow correct? I think that’s why I was avoiding using this distro itself, and why I had downloaded the arcolinuxb-deepin-v21.09.11-x86_64 version also based on arch but if I recall it didn’t crash as much, maybe it still had a few problems. I think I tried it on my usb drive, not I am not really for installing this version to my computers.

https://www.deepin.org/en/community-news/

roll_eyes

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I am not going to mark any at this time as a solution, the more I think about it, solving this is not yet possible. having to use another distro just to run deepin is not a good solution to this topic or problems that come with it. its unsolution at this point for my topic I think. :dizzy_face:

My solution was to not install Deepin desktop. Or Deepin distro. Ever.

It’s worked out well.

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My best option maybe this over the debian based one.

UBUNTUDDE REMIX 21.04 (HIRSUTE HIPPO) OFFICIAL RELEASE

http://bit.ly/hirsute-fosshost

http://bit.ly/hirsute-torrent

http://bit.ly/hirsute-sourceforge

ubuntudde-21.04-amd64-desktop.iso I think if I had this one download I may of deleted it before to free space, anyway I am going to redownload it soon. to see if its any more stable than the one in this arch based linux. this maybe the best solution to this problem at this time, plus you don’t have the slow china servers when upgrading the os like that deepin based debian version. I have yet to check out the debian based one its still downloading, takes 1 hour to fully download the iso at home from my linux connection.

maybe want to wait for https://discourse.ubuntudde.com/t/ubuntudde-21-10-impish-indri/117 version to be released

I think that maybe, its whatever distro runs it best, at this point, I just have to play with different distro’s that run deepin and see which one is the most stable, at this point.

I suggest keep using it. You’ll find the other 99 or more problema quite quickly. :laughing:

I tried deepin last week actually. I could do almost nothing, and the start menu crashed my desktop every time. It’s more broken than Lindsey Lohan’s career.

> UBUNTUDDE REMIX 21.04 was fine, I tried this version of deepin, it works and the wallpaper and screensavers does not crash the deepin desktop, it seems that the arch based deepin is broken, since on ubuntu it works without problems, and on Debian it also works without problems, so the problem must be in the rolling updates for the deepin on arch. I also tried the arcolinuxb-deepin-v21.09.11-x86_64.iso from my USB drive, it crashes only on display settings, and system info tab, just like endeavouros did, but under acrolinuxb the wallpaper and screensavers did not crash and was able to access both, so something went wrong when I installed it to endeavouros, I may of broken something, I tried the deepin version deepin-desktop-community-20.3-amd64.iso that was stable, and the same version on ubuntudde-21.04-amd64-desktop.iso, also stable, which is the ubuntu one that comes with deepin, so far the things that were broken under endeavouros are not broken under Debian or ubuntu, I just wanted to reply back, and will keep this post open for others to reply back on their experiences with it at this time. also tested them installed to /dev/sdb from my USB drives with rufus 3.17 windows software for putting Linux onto it that’s what I use most of the time for iso images these days, I don’t burn Linux to DVDs as much as I used to.

:sunglasses: not going to mark ubuntu or Debian for running deepin as a solution, because I think it should be the same stable on arch-based ones as it is other Linux distros. also, besides the normal kernel I was running the Zen kernel on endeavouros, which I don’t think should affect the deepin desktop, but wanted to comment on that in case it does. :slightly_smiling_face: plus, NVidia drivers for my 3D cards.

I wish you luck on that becoming true. Deepin development has always seemed to have an exceptionally poor time keeping up with Arch over the years. Someday it may be true, but I think we’re a very long way from that still. If you like Deepin - I would very much suggest using it on a snapshot distro. I think you’re going to have a much better time using it.

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Then let us close this. A solution has been found.