Deepin is a user-friendly Debian based Linux distribution. It is a free and open source
operating system mostly used at desktop level. Recently stable version of Deepin 20.1 has
been released. Deepin 20.1 comes with stable kernel version 5.4 and Debian 10.6 package
repositories.
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Step 1) Download Deepin 20.1 ISO file Download Deepin 20.1 ISO file on your system
from their official web site.
Step 2) Create Bootable USB Drive for Deepin 20.1
Once ISO file is downloaded on your system then burn it into a USB drive and make it
bootable. On windows system use ‘Rufus’ tool to create a bootable usb drive and on
Linux systems use ‘UNetbootin’ tool or dd command.
Reboot the system on which you want to install Deepin 20.1 and go to the bios settings and
change the boot medium from Hard disk to USB drive.
Step 3) Deepin 20.1 Installation Menu Once the system boots up using the bootable
USB drive then you will get the following screen, choose “Install Deepin 20.1 with
kernel 5.4 desktop” and hit enter
Step 4) Choose your preferred language for installation
Select the language that suits to your installation and Accept Program License & End User License
Agreement.
Click on ‘Next’
Step 5) Create Partitions for Deepin 20.1 In the next window , following screen will
be presented. Here we have two options either installer to create required partitions automatically
on disk or create partition manually.
As we can see I have 64 GB disk space and when I choose ‘Full Disk’ option and then
click on Disk Icon then it will create partitions automatically and will show the partitions.
If you wish to encrypt the disk as well then Click on ’Encrypt This Disk’ option.
If you are planning to create own partitions scheme, then choose ‘Advanced’ option
and select the disk and then click on ‘+’ sign to start creating partitions
Once you are done with partitions then Click on ‘Next’ to proceed further.
Note : In this video, we are using automatic partition scheme created by installer.
Click on ‘Continue’ to create and format partitions as ext4 file system.
Step 6) Deepin 20.1 Installation Progress Below Screen confirms that installation of
Deepin 20.1 has been started and is in progress.
Once the Installation is completed, installer will prompt to reboot the system.
Click on ‘Reboot Now’
Step 7) Login Screen and Deepin Desktop after installation
After the reboot, following grub boot loader screen will be presented, choose the first
option ‘Deepin 20.1 GNU/Linux’ and hit enter.
In the next window, choose the language for Deepin system and accept the license agreement.
Click on Next and Choose the preferred keyboard layout in the following window,
Click on Next and Choose the Timezone for that suits to your system.
Click on Next Specify the local username, its password and
system’s hostname and then click on Next to proceed further.
In the following window, above changes will be applied,
Now, finally we will get following login screen, use the same username and its credentials
that was created above.
After entering the credentials, hit enter and following desktop screen will be presented.
Above desktop screen confirms that Deepin 20.1 OS has been installed successfully. Now
explore this exciting Linux distribution and have fun 😊.
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