I have been positively
impressed after my latest test of Deepin Linux, especially of its
desktop environment (Deepin DE). I so decided to try to install,
separately, Deepin DE on my desktop computer.
The beginning
Instructions I found
around the 'net, here,
there
and other
similar pages, are roughly all the same: add Deepin sources to
“/etc/apt/sources.list” file
deb http://packages.linuxdeepin.com/deepin raring main non-free universe
deb-src http://packages.linuxdeepin.com/deepin raring main non-free universe
Then I imported GPG key
for such sources
wget http://packages.linuxdeepin.com/deepin/project/deepin-keyring.gpg
gpg --import deepin-keyring.gpg
sudo gpg --export --armor 209088E7 | sudo apt-key add -
at last I launched the
apt-get command as usual
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install dde-meta-core.
Things start going
wrong …
Just
after the installation process ended nothing happened, I logged out
but I didn't find the option to log back with Deepin desktop. I
continued working and, after some time, I got a incomplete update
error message from Ubuntu update software. The error message
suggested to “Upgrade” the distribution. At this point the system
was completely wrecked: I rebooted and I got a system who identified
itself, using the lsb_release command, as “Deepin Linux”.
Unity was barely working while Gnome shell didn't start at all.
Looking on the 'net I then discovered
Deepin desktop uses its own patched versions of fundamental software
like Compiz so installing it on an existing system is definitively a
risky business.
