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"Deepin Linux"? Is it known by anyone? Sounds scary enough.

captn3m0 7y ago
https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=deepin https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=deepin The main devs are Chinese and iirc, ZTE is funding their effort. Based on Debian with a beautiful new DE based on Qt.
- bostik 7y ago
  Well that's certainly interesting... I used to work for the guy who pushed the original Qt acquisition at Nokia. He later on, after the Elopcalypse, moved to Huawei to head one of their R&D units. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he and his teams had his palm prints all over this one. Custom media players certainly play to his history and strengths. (Shot in the dark: I will guess that the media player is built on GStreamer for the codec support and exposed through QtMultimedia elements.)
  - captn3m0 7y ago
    Looks like Qt + mpv: https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-movie-reborn https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-movie-reborn
    - bostik 7y ago
      Oh. My guess was wrong on almost all accounts.
- captn3m0 7y ago
  Couldn't find a source for ZTE/Huawei as funding. Can't edit now.
klingonopera 7y ago
I wonder if the name's etymology has anything specific about it that could only be understood if you're versed in Chinese culture or Mandarin language? After giving it some thought, I finally realized why it sounds so scary: Because of it's open-source nature, if there's anything suspicious in "deepin", it's likely to be ...deep in.
- tannhaeuser 7y ago
  That's what I was thinking re scary. But I second your question if there's anything phonetically similar to "deep in" in Mandarin or other language spoken in China.
  - carlmr 7y ago
    Dee-pin could be 2 Mandarin Chinese words or syllables, but my dictionary doesn't have a compound word including both. The company behind it is named Wuhan Deepin Technology. On the Chinese website it's 武汉深之度科技有限公司. Which doesn't contain the syllables dee-pin. However the part that is called Deepin in English is 深之度 which literally translated could mean something like passing deep. So it's probably actually English. I'd leave this to someone with better Chinese skills though.

https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=deepin https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=deepin The main devs are Chinese and iirc, ZTE is funding their effort. Based on Debian with a beautiful new DE based on Qt.

bostik 7y ago
Well that's certainly interesting... I used to work for the guy who pushed the original Qt acquisition at Nokia. He later on, after the Elopcalypse, moved to Huawei to head one of their R&D units. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he and his teams had his palm prints all over this one. Custom media players certainly play to his history and strengths. (Shot in the dark: I will guess that the media player is built on GStreamer for the codec support and exposed through QtMultimedia elements.)
- captn3m0 7y ago
  Looks like Qt + mpv: https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-movie-reborn https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-movie-reborn
  - bostik 7y ago
    Oh. My guess was wrong on almost all accounts.
captn3m0 7y ago
Couldn't find a source for ZTE/Huawei as funding. Can't edit now.

klingonopera 7y ago

I wonder if the name's etymology has anything specific about it that could only be understood if you're versed in Chinese culture or Mandarin language? After giving it some thought, I finally realized why it sounds so scary: Because of it's open-source nature, if there's anything suspicious in "deepin", it's likely to be ...deep in.

tannhaeuser 7y ago
That's what I was thinking re scary. But I second your question if there's anything phonetically similar to "deep in" in Mandarin or other language spoken in China.
- carlmr 7y ago
  Dee-pin could be 2 Mandarin Chinese words or syllables, but my dictionary doesn't have a compound word including both. The company behind it is named Wuhan Deepin Technology. On the Chinese website it's 武汉深之度科技有限公司. Which doesn't contain the syllables dee-pin. However the part that is called Deepin in English is 深之度 which literally translated could mean something like passing deep. So it's probably actually English. I'd leave this to someone with better Chinese skills though.