Deepin Desktop Environment
DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is the default desktop environment originally created for the linux Deepin distribution.
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Installation
The easiest way to install DDE is by adding unofficial OBS repository. To use the repository add the following lines at the top of your sources in /etc/pacman.conf
:
[home_metakcahura_arch-deepin_Arch_Extra] SigLevel = Never Server = http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/metakcahura:/arch-deepin/Arch_Extra/$arch #Server = http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/metakcahura:/arch-deepin/Arch_Extra/$arch
To get a minimal desktop interface, you may start by installing 'deepin' group. This will pull all the basic components.
However, it is recommended to also install 'deepin-extra' group to get a fully working DDE:
- deepin-game-center: Deepin game center to play flash games
- deepin-movie: Deepin video player
- deepin-music-player: Deepin music player
- deepin-screenshot: Deepin screen-shot tools
- deepin-terminal: Deepin terminal
pacman -S deepin deepin-extra
Launching Deepin Desktop Environment
Via a Display Manager
To use the default DDE's lightdm greeter you have to modify the configuration file under the [SeatDefaults]
section, to state:.
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[SeatDefaults] ... greeter-session=lightdm-deepin-greeter
Using xinitrc
See the xinitrc page for more information.
~/.xinitrc
exec startdde
Execute startx
or xinit
to start DDE.
Bug Reporting
Any upstream or arch packaging related bugs should be reported here. FaSheng is one of the Deepin developers and also a contributor/maintainer for arch-deepin and if you file bug reports on his github page then there's much greater chance that the bug will be fixed. ;-)