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deepin

deepin (formerly, Deepin, Linux Deepin, Hiweed GNU/Linux) is a Debian-based distribution (it was Ubuntu-based until version 15 released in late 2015) that aims to provide an elegant, user-friendly and reliable operating system. It does not only include the best the open source world has to offer, but it has also created its own desktop environment called DDE or Deepin Desktop Environment which is based on the Qt 5 toolkit.

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Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is yet another Linux distribution. What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full-featured.

Technical Specs Comparison
deepinPuppy Linux
DebianBaseIndependent
apt / debPackage Managerppm / deb, flatpak, pet
systemdInit SystemBusyBox
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
25.1.0Latest Version22.12
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
April 10, 2026Release DateDecember 10, 2022
ARM64LoongArch64RISC-Vx86_64
Architecture
ARM64LoongArch64RISC-Vx86_64
DeepinJWMlabwcOpenbox
Desktops
DeepinJWMlabwcOpenbox