I. May Community Data Overview

II. Community Products

In May, our product iteration accelerated further, delivering a more stable, user-friendly system experience and enhanced application compatibility.

  1. deepin 25 Beta Release: Building on Stability, Opening Beta for Co-creation
    After months of dedicated development, deepin 25 Beta was released on May 23rd. Focusing on system stability, this version comprehensively resolves key issues from the Alpha phase, including abnormal upgrade booting, failure of the "Rock Solid System Protection" feature, and multi-screen scaling adaptation for the Desktop Environment (DDE). Hardware compatibility has also been optimized, significantly improving support for peripherals and SMB services.
    Functionally, this update lowers the barrier for global users: the installer adds support for 17 new languages, and the App Store expands its adaptation for ARM64/Loong64 architectures, offering developers more flexible distribution solutions. UOS AI gains a conversation history management feature and supports online updates for local models, continuously optimizing the interaction experience.
    To harness community power, deepin has simultaneously opened its beta channel. Forum users with Level 2 or higher can preview unreleased experimental features and contribute to refining the final release through feedback and suggestions.
    Next, the team will focus on finalizing stability and iterating beta features, steadily progressing towards the official release.

  2. deepin 23.1 Official Version Update: Focused on User Experience & System Stability
    On May 20th, deepin 23.1 received a new round of feature optimizations and issue fixes. Within the UOS AI module, users can now create new sessions, view conversation history, and update local models in real-time, enhancing the utility and responsiveness of the AI tool.
    This update specifically addresses several detail-level issues impacting user experience: fixes include unresponsive keys during desktop icon renaming, file manager stuttering caused by abnormal symbolic links, and stability defects in the Ruyi Linglong application (build tool errors, initial launch failures, abnormal link opening), providing users with a smoother system operation experience.

  3. deepin Home (Support Platform)
    In May, deepin Home received a total of 155 user bug reports and feature requests, comprising:

    • 28 feature requests: 8 completed, 5 accepted, 4 routed/replied to.

III. Community SIGs (Special Interest Groups)

  1. deepin-kernel SIG:

    • Merged 767 commits from Linux kernel 6.12.

    • Merged 232 commits from Linux kernel 6.6.

    • Disabled the performance-impacting irqsoff_tracer debug option on LoongArch to improve kernel performance.

    • Merged upstream patches to improve syscall performance on architectures using the generic syscall entry point.

    • Merged patches into the 6.12 branch to resolve issues preventing VirtualBox from working directly.

    • Fixed the issue where the built-in keyboard was unusable on the MECHREVO S16P laptop.

    • Merged ThisChip Technology patches into the 6.6 branch to resolve potential null pointers and warnings in modules like cix-drm.

    • Merged Hygon patches into the 6.6 branch to fix a null pointer dereference in replace_free_hugepage_folios.

    • Merged Hygon patches into the 6.6 branch to support new CCP crypto PCI device IDs.

    • Merged Sunway basic patches into the 6.6 branch to add Sunway architecture support.

    • Reverted some RISC-V patches in the 6.6 branch to fix build failures.

    • Reverted problematic Phytium patches in the 6.6 branch (to be resubmitted after fixes).

    • Merged RISC-V architecture patches and added corresponding build configurations to the 6.6 branch.

    • Merged MUCSE NIC driver patch fixes into the 6.6 branch.

    • Merged HAOC patches into the 6.6 branch to fix compilation failures when HAOC configuration is disabled.

    • Merged HiSilicon hisi_raid driver and HiSilicon hinic3 Smart NIC driver into the 6.6 branch.

    • Note: Kernel updates were extensive; details have been slightly condensed. Refer to the first bi-weekly report of May for more.

  2. deepin-sysdev-team:

    • Updated android-platform series packages, adding Loong64 support.

    • Updated davfs2.

    • Updated esptool series packages.

    • Integrated updates for fio series packages.

    • Integrated updates for genimage & genext2fs series packages.

    • Integrated updates for lxqt series packages.

    • Integrated updates for mkvtoolnix series packages.

    • Integrated updates for virtualbox series packages.

    • Integrated updates for waydroid series packages.

    • Integrated update for linux-firmware.

    • Integrated update for ncdu.

    • Updated intel-microcode.

    • Added libtins.

    • Added sendemail.

    • Added libx86.

    • Updated rime-wanxiang version.

    • Updated mariadb version.

    • Fixed CVE vulnerabilities.

  3. DDE SIG:

    • Optimized Launcher fuzzy search behavior for improved accuracy.

    • Fixed several UI issues, including Launcher context menu potentially overlapping with the Dock.

    • Fixed translation loading issues for specific modules in Control Center for certain languages.

    • Optimized visual effects and smoothness of the Notification Center.

    • Fixed translation loading issues for specific modules in dde-shell for certain languages.

    • Fixed translation loading issues for the network module plugin in Control Center, Dock, etc.

    • Addressed security issues reported by openSUSE (all resolved).

    • Processed potential security issues in projects like dde-api-proxy.

    • Fixed 101 defects across various DDE components.

    • Added support for drag-and-drop to rearrange pages within folders in the Launcher.

    • Launcher search now filters out spaces in user query terms.

    • Dock now supports displaying windows without a desktop ID (this fix is not yet included in deepin 25 Beta).

  4. dde-port SIG:

    • Continued adapting various DDE components for Qt 6.9 release.

  5. deepin-ports SIG:

    • Introduced RISC-V kernel build workflow based on upstream mainline 6.12/6.15 for SG2042.

    • Support for Chaori UR-DP1000 under review, soon to be merged into deepin's 6.6 kernel.

    • Kernel build workflow for Zhihé Computing th1520 under review.

IV. Community Ecosystem

  • The App Store completed over 600 application review tests, successfully facilitating the release of 503 applications. This includes 266 brand-new applications spanning games, tools, AI, and other diverse fields, plus 237 applications receiving version updates (including Thunderbird, QQ, and the IntelliJ series IDEs), continuously optimizing the user experience.

  • We closely monitored zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed by tech giants, completing updates for Chrome and Microsoft Edge to mitigate software security risks.

  • The Ecosystem Co-construction team steadily advanced application adaptation efforts. 14 community developers actively participated, completing adaptation optimizations for 44 applications.

  • Since the start of 2025, a total of 288 applications have been maintained by community developers. We sincerely invite more partners to submit high-quality applications via the deepin community to collaboratively build an open and diverse community application ecosystem.

V. deepin Forum

  • In May, the deepin Forum saw 939 new threads and 7,061 replies posted.

  • 576 new members joined the deepin Forum.

VI. Community Acknowledgments

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