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Tips to make Deepin more enjoyable

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acortes

deepin

2016-11-28 13:50

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Edited by acortes at 2016-11-27 13:55

Hello Deepin Community,

I have a few tips for everyone to improve on the Deepin out-of-the-box experience. Once you have installed Deepin to your computer, you may notice that the font rendering is not ideal. I discovered a quick and easy fix that I hope will work for everyone. To fix the default font rendering, open Deepin Terminal and run the following command:

mkdir -p $HOME/.config/fontconfig/

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Then run the following to open a new file in gedit:

gedit $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

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In your new gedit file, copy and paste the following:

rgb
true
hintslight
true
lcddefault

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Ensure you save the file and then log out. When you log back in you should notice that the font rendering throughout the system has improved significantly.

Next is fixing a possible bluetooth issue. I have a bluetooth speaker that I like to connect to for streaming music from my computer. Unfortunately, when I first connected to it the sound output from the speaker sounded very muffled. Some research shows that the sound was being streamed to the speaker as a "headset" rather than the much higher quality A2DP. You'll notice that the Deepin Control Center has no option to configure bluetooth sound for A2DP streaming. To fix this, I searched through the Debian wiki and found that one must do the following:

apt-get install pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pavucontrol bluez-firmware

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Some of these items should already be installed, however, if memory serves pavucontrol is what is needed to configure bluetooth streaming for A2DP. After running the above command, it may be necessary to restart the bluetooth and pulseaudio services:

service bluetooth restart

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killall pulseaudio

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Now you should be able to configure A2DP bluetooth streaming via Pulse Audio Volume Control. You'll see a new launch icon in your Launcher overview.

Lastly, you might experience slow mirror downloads from the Deepin default mirror. You can fix this by editing your /etc/apt/sources.list file as follows:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

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Comment out the default Deepin mirror line by placing a hashtag before it. Then, from https://www.deepin.org/mirror.html, choose your nearest community mirror, right click on the link and click "Copy link address." Back in your sources.list file add another line as follows (example, your mirror selection may differ):

# USA mirror:
deb http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/deepin/ unstable main contrib non-free

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Save the file and run apt-get update. Enjoy your Deepin!

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Ethan

deepin

2016-11-28 17:24

Thanks.your english is so good.

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acortes

deepin

2016-11-28 17:49

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
Thanks.your english is so good.

I am a native English speaker, so I can't take too much credit. I also speak, read and write Spanish at the native level. Cheers!

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Ethan

deepin

2016-11-28 18:42

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
I am a native English speaker, so I can't take too much credit. I also speak, read and wr ...

greatful. I can read, but write and speak is so bad.

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acortes

deepin

2016-11-28 19:01

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
greatful. I can read, but write and speak is so bad.

Not to worry, your English is not so bad! To improve, all it takes is practice, practice, practice! However, I do understand that English is difficult for non-native speakers to learn. I can certainly see how it can even be, in some instances, confusing. Take, for example, the following words: through and threw. Both are pronounced and thusly sound exactly the same but have different meanings. You'll find many words like this in the English language. More examples, course and coarse, heel and heal, so and sow, male and mail, etc. Personally, I wish I were able to learn Chinese easily. The pronunciation doesn't seem too difficult, but reading and writing looks to be very challenging.

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seesky

deepin

2016-11-28 19:29

Thanks a lot. I have uninstalled Deepin Linux due to the bad font rendering. Now, I want to re-install it and try your suggestion. In addition, Deepin Linux on my Ezpad 5S Pad (ATOM X5 Z8300) cannot recognize my SDIO WiFi device with ACPI mode, which can work under windows 10. Would you please give me some suggestion ? Best regards !

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acortes

deepin

2016-11-28 19:53

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
Thanks a lot. I have uninstalled Deepin Linux due to the bad font rendering. Now, I want to re-insta ...

I am glad I was able to help. Researching your issue shows that SDIO WiFi support was added to the latest Linux 4.8 kernel. While I can't speak on behalf of the Deepin development team and can't vouch for the security of the following suggestion, you are certainly welcome to try the instructions found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/4adhwi/updating_linux_kernel_in_debian_jessie/

For more information, see here:

https://wiki.debian.org/KernelFAQ

Keep in mind that the underlying system of Deepin is based on Debian Unstable so you technically shouldn't face any issues, HOWEVER I cannot make any guarantees so please don't be upset if upgrading your kernel causes any problems with your Deepin installation. Good luck!

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Ethan

deepin

2016-11-28 20:06

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
Not to worry, your English is not so bad! To improve, all it takes is practice, practice, practice ...

Chinese is a pictogram. Sometime you can guess what the meaning of the word.

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mutong

deepin

2016-11-28 20:24

what are you talking about

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seesky

deepin

2016-11-28 22:13

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
I am glad I was able to help. Researching your issue shows that SDIO WiFi support was added to the ...

Yeah, thank you ! I will try it.

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83******24@qq.com

deepin

2016-11-28 23:02

#10

thanks for your contribution！~\(≧▽≦)/~

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83******24@qq.com

deepin

2016-11-28 23:05

#11

excuse me, can it work for the Chinese font rendering？

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wangyong

deepin

2016-11-29 05:50

#12

Thank you very much for your contribution, we will try your solution in 15.4 for better render effect with non-chinese user. ;)

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wangyong

deepin

2016-11-29 05:53

#13

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
Not to worry, your English is not so bad! To improve, all it takes is practice, practice, practice ...

Haha, indeed.

Talk Chinese is not so hard, you need many years practice to learn how to write Chinese word (汉字).
Even native Chinese people need learn many years, such as my little daughter ;)

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acortes

deepin

2016-11-29 10:24

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https://bbs.deepin.org/user/14848 you may be right, although I believe at first I would have an easier time learning Romanized Chinese.

https://bbs.deepin.org/user/37511 that picture is too funny!

https://bbs.deepin.org/user/38899 you're welcome. The only way to know is to try for yourself! If there are no changes, you can always delete the font file by performing:

sudo -rm $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

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https://bbs.deepin.org/user/33235 you're welcome, I am only glad to help! Thank you for your consideration! I concur, to learn any language it takes much practice, in addition to patience and dedication. After all, we are not born knowing how to speak, read and write even a native language fluently!

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stevex

deepin

2016-11-30 17:19

#15

Many thanks for the font rendering code. You made it easy for us, and helped improve the beauty of Deepin.

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acortes

deepin

2016-12-01 10:53

#16

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
Many thanks for the font rendering code. You made it easy for us, and helped improve the beauty of D ...

You are very welcome! I'm happy I was able to contribute to this wonderful distribution in some way.

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jason_zjh

deepin

2016-12-03 06:08

#17

Many thanks for your share, I feel very haapy that I have learn much knowledge.

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153******56

deepin

2016-12-03 07:16

#18

冒昧的請求官方把這個帖子翻譯成中文在貼吧上發上來。謝謝

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MeowSprite

deepin

2016-12-03 08:14

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https://bbs.deepin.org/post/132507
冒昧的請求官方把這個帖子翻譯成中文在貼吧上發上來。謝謝

需要的话，还是我来帮忙翻译吧发到贴吧上吧。

Can i translate and forward this post to Tieba, a chinese community, to share those tips? Someone not good at Engilsh requires the translation. https://bbs.deepin.org/user/66216
Thanks~

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acortes

deepin

2016-12-03 09:47

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