A new version of deepin Linux has been released.

deepin 20.4

Deepin is the top Linux distribution from China, devoted to providing a beautiful, easy-to-use, safe, and reliable operating system for global users.

In deepin 20.4, the kernels are updated with the upstream for better compatibility - the LTS kernel is upgraded to version 5.10.83 and the Stable kernel is upgraded to version 5.15.6; system vulnerabilities are fixed for enhanced security; lots of functions are developed and optimized to solve issues from users and improve user experience.

Changelog:

New features and optimizations

DDE

• Added: a new default wallpaper, offering a fresh new look.
• Added: files deleted by dragging them to the trash icon in the Dock can be restored by Ctrl+Z.
• Added: new shortcuts for extracting text from images and taking scrolling screenshots.
• Added: password strength prompts when entering passwords.
• Added: support for customizing the time interval for displaying the reboot reminder after updates.
• Added: show titles of application windows when hovering on app icons in the Dock.
• Added: show low battery warning during system updates. 

Control Center

• Added: the "Resize Desktop" option in Display to enlarge the desktop to a full screen in low-resolution environments.
• Added: drag text and files from the clipboard to paste as files.
• Added: hibernation time settings in Power.
• Added: Biometric Authentication.
• Added: account type settings when creating a new user account.
• Added: preset permissions of two account types - administrator and standard user.
• Added: the only existing administrator cannot be deleted.
• Added: detailed Dock settings in Personalization.
• Added: install updates automatically when the updates are downloaded.
• Optimized: display effect of the map in Date and Time.
• Optimized: the display of changelogs in Updates.

 Kernel

• Updated LTS kernel to version 5.10.83.
• Updated Stable kernel to version 5.15.6.

 File Manager

• Added: increase the displayed character number of file names on the desktop under tiny, small, and medium icon views.
• Added: show entries of third-party applications on the computer page, which can be accessed by double-clicking or right-clicking.

 System Installer

• Added: automatically mount swap partition for advanced installation.
• Added: automatically identify the EFI partition for advanced installation when there was an existing EFI partition.
• Optimized: automatically skip errors of configuration scripts.
• Updated: the content of the Privacy Policy.

 Album

• Added: keep the interface for previewing pictures in Album the same as that in Image Viewer.

 Draw

• Optimized: the upper limit of dimensions for cropped images.
• Optimized: prompts and interactions when importing multiple images.

 Input Method

• Added: advanced settings in Control Center.

 System Monitor

• Added: monitor CPU and memory usage in real-time, support setting thresholds, and send notifications when triggered.
• Added: a plugin in the Dock for real-time system monitoring.

 Camera

• Added: exposure and filters for taking pictures.
• Optimized: the proportional photo stretching when previewing pictures.

 Music

• Added: the gray-out logic of the options in right-click menu in the Dock.
• Optimized: the text on the right-click menu of songs.

 Grand Search

• Added: the switch to enable or disable it in Dock settings in Control Center.
• Added: show its name when hovering on it in the Dock.
• Added: the paths of files and folders in the search results can be accessed directly by pressing Ctrl and clicking them.

 Disk Utility

• Added: mount disk automatically.
• Added: fast wipe, secure wipe, and advanced wipe.

 Browser

• Updated: the chromium 83 kernel to chromium 93.
• Added: multiple tabs can be grouped as needed.
• Added: create QR code for files on webpages, making the communication between PC and mobile more efficient.
• Added: the Collections for collecting webpages, pictures, etc. in one place, which supports search, sticky on top, etc.
• Added: search tabs.
• Added: rename window.

 Bug fixes

DDE

• Fixed: the interface was abnormal if transferring multiple photos to the computer via Bluetooth.
• Fixed: the wireless network icon in the Dock was grayed out and did not show the signal strength.
• Fixed: when opening a folder on smb and dragging its files directly to the trash in the Dock, there was no response.
• Fixed: when clicking the "Minimize", "Maximize" and "Close" buttons in the upper right corner of windows on touch screens, there was no response.
• Fixed: in the split-screen state, the left and right windows were not clearly distinguished when not hovered on.
• Fixed: the wrong animation of screen split.
• Fixed: after clicking on the blank space, the multitasking view did not quit.
• Fixed: it got stuck when dragging app icons to change their positions in the Dock if the window effect was disabled.

 Text Editor

• Fixed: it crashed if the copied text was over 800 MB.
• Fixed: it crashed if the count of pasted characters were over 500 million.

 System Installer

• Fixed: failed to check for updates after rolling back the system to the previous version.
• Fixed: failed to install the system in legacy mode.
• Fixed: on the advanced installation page, the partition name was displayed incompletely even when hovering on it.
• Fixed: the screen ratio was abnormal and the text was too small on HiDPI screens.

 Album

• Fixed: failed to export multiple photos after exiting the photo preview window.
• Fixed: the custom album was not displayed properly.
• Fixed: after right-clicking a photo on the desktop and opening it with Album, the photo preview window was not shown.
• Fixed: the wrong display status of Codec info and Audio info.
• Fixed: UI issues.

 Browser

• Fixed: the display effect was improper when tapping on custom shortcuts on touch screens.
• Fixed: failed to upload files on the custom background page on touch screens.

 Grand Search

• Fixed: the wrong URL of the Privacy Policy.

 Draw

• Fixed: UI issues.
• Fixed: after choosing "Select other directories" to export files and clicking Cancel in the popup window, the path was still located to "Select other directories".

 Image Viewer

• Fixed: the loading animation was still shown after ico and icns pictures, smaller or transparent pictures had been opened.
• Fixed: read-only pictures could be rotated in the process of switching pictures.
• Fixed: display error when viewing deleted pictures again.
• Fixed: the toolbar was shown on the slideshow page occasionally.
• Fixed: the basic information of the pictures was not automatically switched after switching from picture A to picture B.
• Fixed: the navigation window was not hidden after enlarging the image in Image Viewer and then deleting it in File Manager.

 File Manager

• Fixed: the registration failure issue of the deepin-anything kernel module.
• Fixed: missing icons in dde-device-formatter.

 Screen Capture

• Fixed: failed to take scrolling screenshots occasionally.

 Disk Utility

• Fixed: failed to create a partition using all the remaining capacity of the local 1 TB hard disk.
• Fixed: UI issues.
• Fixed: failed to do secure and advanced wipe for partitions with file systems.
• Fixed: failed to wipe the free partition of HDDs.
• Fixed: identified the external SSD disk as HDD.
• Fixed: the main page was not refreshed in real-time when an external hard disk was plugged and unplugged.

 Others

• Fixed: a blurry screen occurred with AMD Lexa PRO graphics card after playing 4K video and then waking up the computer from suspension.

 ISO Download

Official Download: http://cdimage.deepin.com/releases/20.4/deepin-desktop-community-20.4-amd64.iso

OSDN: https://osdn.net/projects/deepin/storage/20.4

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ql5y7g3RMFO7GMAZJR7kGjMlxHlQxo43

BT: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/b4y8qct4fz89j/deepin_20.4

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