On November 18, the 13th Deep Developers and Users Conference (DDUC) was successfully held in Beijing. As the largest annual community event in the deepin community, DDUC attracts open source enthusiasts, industry elites and users from all over the world to gather together to discuss the latest developments and developments in deepin operating system, AI and other related technical fields. Application prospects.
In his speech, Liu Wenhuan, founder of the deepin community, reviewed the original intention of establishing an open source community for desktop operating systems. He said that in the past year, with the joint efforts of all users in the community, the deepin community has achieved remarkable results in the industry. The prosperity and development of the community has attracted more and more developers to join, and has also contributed greatly to the development of open source technology. "There is no doubt that we need to innovate through the open source community and better connect the upstream community, the international open source community and global users through the open source community. This is the understanding we have formed through our attempts and explorations in the past 19 years, and it will remain firm in the future. Keep doing it.”
At the scene, Alibaba senior technical expert Wang Yunlong, Zhipu AI CodeGeeX leader Zheng Qinkai, Linux China open source community founder Hardcore Lao Wang, Intel's open source software R&D director Yang Jiguo, in-depth reviewer Feng Shilong and UbuntuDDE developer Arun Pariyar and other open source technology experts , industry partners and open source enthusiasts shared open source concepts and achievements, cutting-edge technology progress, and wonderful stories of working with deepin. What deserves special congratulations is that 6 deepiners won the "deepin community 2023 outstanding contribution award" and 5 deepiners won the "deepin community 2023 outstanding contribution award". Bai Huancheng, leader of the Linux China Development Group, served as the host of the conference.
Annual review, deepin community has achieved fruitful results
Wang Yaohua, vice chairman of the deepin community, reviewed deepin products and technical achievements. Wang Yaohua said that the past year has been a year of rapid development for the deepin community. New versions of deepin have continued to iterate, DDE V23 has been adapted to multiple releases, deepin has fully accessed large models, and the self-developed package format tool "Linglong" has been donated and launched. China's first Xinchuang ecological self-developed IDE, and upstream and downstream open source contributions continue to soar... Behind these achievements, it is inseparable from the support of all users in the community. It is precisely because of the majority of users' love for the community, desire for knowledge, and sharing It is the enthusiasm that makes the deepin community so prosperous.
In terms of the high-profile deepin version, a total of 4 versions will be released in 2023, supporting more than 20 core features, with cumulative downloads exceeding 500,000. As an operating system focused on user experience, deepin V23 beta version introduces many new features, including new DDE changes, terminals, cross-version upgrades, and application compatibility. These new features make deepin V23 beta a more modern and efficient operating system that can better meet user needs and expectations.
Although the official version of deepin V23 will not be available to everyone until next year, the desktop environment DDE V23 has been ported by deepiners to multiple distributions such as Ubuntu, Arch Linux, openSUSE, and nixOS.
The emergence of an excellent operating system product is inseparable from the repeated efforts and continuous contributions of developers. In terms of SIG group contributions, the community has made breakthrough progress in new architecture support, system, internationalization, documentation and internal testing, and AI function integration. In 2023, the community received a total of 802 PR contributions from 78 developers, once again confirming the innovative vitality of the deepin community.
Creating a user-friendly operating system and developer-friendly community is Deepin’s long-term commitment. In terms of developer tools, Wang Yaohua also shared phased results:
- Linglong package format: Linglong store has launched 500 applications, and it is expected that 2,000 applications will be launched by the end of the year, which can basically meet the daily needs of users;
- deepin-IDE: Bring an updated version and initiate internal testing at the DDUC site;
- DTK&QT6: deepin V23 version is the first to support Qt6. In addition, in order to expand the scope of developer support, it will be extended from DTK and Qt to AI development and mobile development.
In terms of user connection, the community launched a mini program in 2023, allowing users to participate in the community and share wisdom anytime and anywhere; many online and offline sharing and exchange activities such as WHLUG, Urban MeetUp, and Deepin Campus Alliance not only built a platform for users to share fresh technologies, It also expands important channels for promoting open source culture and cultivating Linux talents. At the same time, valuable first-hand suggestions and feedback from the front line also play an important role in promoting deepin to continuously improve its products.
"The people we respect the most in the Deepin community always have the spirit of hacking and open source. They are willing to change things that we don't understand or think are not right. These are the people we respect the most in the community. Thank you for making our community a better place. Well, I hope more people like this will participate in our community!" Wang Yaohua said.
Gathering of big names and covering all the hot open source topics
Alibaba senior technical expert Wang Yunlong gave a keynote speech on "Open Source and Openness, Jointly Building the Xuantie RISC-V Software Ecosystem". Wang Yunlong said that based on long-term ecological cooperation, deepin has completed a series of self-research under the Xuantie RISC-V architecture. The migration of applications has adapted to more than 6,500 application software, which greatly meets the daily needs of users. In the future, Brother Pingtou, the Dragon Lizard community, and the deepin community will work together to jointly promote the construction of the Xuantie RISC-V software ecosystem.
Zheng Qinkai, the person in charge of CodeGeeX, gave a speech titled "Code Generation Model and Best Practices". In his speech, he explained in depth how CodeGeeX works. CodeGeeX uses deep learning technology to learn the syntax and structure of the code through a large amount of code training data. At present, deepin has been fully integrated into Zhipu AI, which means that we are likely to see more innovative and practical code generation models and application scenarios. For the majority of developers, this is undoubtedly exciting.
Hardcore Lao Wang, founder of the Linux China open source community, shared his personal insights on open source. Lao Wang said that open source not only represents a lofty ideological pursuit, but also provides huge opportunities for personal and professional development. By embracing the idea of open source and actively participating in it, we can unlock a universe of knowledge and opportunity. Lao Wang believes that everyone can participate in and contribute to open source, but they must be brave enough to take the first step, first understand open source, then find community organizations, and finally join them. Finally, Lao Wang called on everyone to participate in open source and jointly create a more open, collaborative and progressive open source world.
Yang Jiguo, director of open source software R&D at Intel Corporation, shared the theme of "Intel's Open Source Intelligence Practice". Yang Jiguo said that Intel and the deepin community have always maintained a close cooperative relationship, and both parties are committed to promoting the innovation and development of open source software. In order to achieve this goal, the two parties have carried out technical cooperation in kernel contribution, graphics performance optimization, power management and other aspects to jointly promote the prosperity and development of the Linux ecosystem.
In-depth reviewer Feng Shilong shared his growth story with the deepin kernel, starting from the problems encountered in the initial application, to participating in troubleshooting and solving problems, and finally participating in the co-construction of the deepin community. In this process, he not only gained his favorite product, but also gained an improvement in his personal abilities. In addition, Feng Shilong also shared Deepin's content configuration files and related comparison methods, and demonstrated how to implement simple kernel tuning. It is precisely because of thousands of "dead-core" developers like him that we can continue to iterate and upgrade our products.
Arun Pariyar, an UbuntuDDE developer from Nepal, also shared his open source journey. The idea of combining UbuntuDDE with deepin originated from the common pursuit of beauty, ease of use, and high efficiency. By introducing the advantages of deepin into UbuntuDDE, a more beautiful desktop environment can be provided for Linux users. At present, the project is progressing smoothly, and Arun welcomes more developers to join and jointly bring more surprises and possibilities to the open source world.
Continuous innovation, deepin community development plan released
Zhang Lei, chairman of the deepin community, delivered a keynote speech on "Future Planning for the Deepin Community". Zhang Lei said that every progress in the deepin community is inseparable from the enthusiastic support of developers and users. These valuable encouragements and suggestions are the powerful driving force for the deepin community to keep moving forward and pursue excellence.
Later, Zhang Lei elaborated on the future plans of the deepin community. Zhang Lei once again emphasized the original intention and mission of the deepin community, which is to allow Chinese brands to participate in and lead the international Linux community. To achieve this goal, the deepin community will focus on three major strategies in the future: innovation, openness, and pragmatism.
- In terms of innovation, the deepin community will continue to increase investment in technology research and development and introduce more innovative technologies and functions to meet users' needs for continuous upgrading of the operating system. At the same time, the community will also actively explore cooperation with leading companies in various industries to jointly promote the innovative development of operating system technology.
- In terms of openness, the deepin community will always maintain an open attitude and conduct extensive cooperation and exchanges with developers, manufacturers and users around the world. Through open source, the community will encourage more developers to participate in the development of the operating system and jointly promote the ecological prosperity of the deepin operating system.
- In terms of pragmatism, the deepin community will always be guided by user needs, constantly optimize user experience, and improve system stability and reliability. At the same time, the community will also actively cooperate with various application manufacturers to provide deepin users with more high-quality application software.
"Open source operating system, user-oriented, embracing innovation" is Zhang Lei's deep understanding of co-building deepin for many years. Continuing to make products with emotions is deepin’s pursuit.
At the meeting, Zhang Jide, the head of deepin community R&D, also brought plans for the official version of V23, including a new system structure, more system architecture support, continuous optimization of the desktop environment, and the progress of the new self-developed Wayland synthesizer Treeland. , multi-session global window manager, more powerful functions, and continuous improvements in system compatibility and robustness. At the same time, deepin will also actively embrace new technologies and launch more innovative functions and services.
The whole audience was excited, deepin Night was very lively
At the "deepin Night Developer Night" that night, developers were enthusiastic, expressed their opinions, and jointly contributed ideas for the development of the deepin community.
This exchange feast not only enhanced the mutual understanding and friendship between developers, but also injected new vitality and motivation into the development of the deepin community. We look forward to the deepin community creating more brilliant achievements in the open source field and jointly writing a new chapter in the development of open source technology!
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