Deepin DE

Deepin DE (also known as DDE) is a desktop environment for Linux that is designed combine the looks of macOS and Windows so users transitioning from said proprietary operating systems can pick it up with ease. The combination of both looks would be introduced in Deepin DE 5.0.

Distributions that provide it as default GUI
Here provides a list of what distributions use it as a default/alternative desktop environment out of the box.


 * Deepin
 * Ubuntu DDE
 * UOS

Version history

 * Deepin DE 1.0
 * Deepin DE 2.0
 * Deepin DE 3.0
 * Deepin DE 4.0
 * Deepin DE 5.0

Bugs and quirks

 * When using Deepin DE in Arch Linux or any other non Debian based distrubutions, rounded corners won't be visible on the system panel.
 * Some settings are either missing or broken.
 * Using it on some Linux distributions can lead to an unstable experience.