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How to install Deepin OS in VMware Workstation

This article will show how to install Deepin OS in VMware Workstation. Deepin is a user-friendly Debian-based Linux distribution. It is a free and open-source operating system mostly used at the desktop level. The recently stable version of Deepin 20.2 has been released. Deepin 20.2 comes with stable kernel version 5.10 and Debian 10.6 package repositories.

Deepin is an interesting Linux distro developed in China. The Deepin Desktop Environment is Windows-like and is currently optimized for desktop use. Some of the Deepin inbuilt apps such as the screen recorder are well thought out. Deepin is presently lacking in features for touchscreen; for Instance, it does not auto-rotate 2 in 1 adjustable tablet/laptop devices and lacks a utilizable touchscreen keyboard making it meaningfully behind the Zorin/GNOME Desktop Environment for these devices.

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Below are the links for downloading VMware Workstation 16 and the Deepin OS ISO file.

Download VMware Workstation

From VMware

Download Deepin 20.1 ISO file

Download Deepin 20.2 ISO file on your system from their official website.

Download deepin ISO

Deeping Installation Requirements

Make sure your system meets the following requirements.
CPU: Intel Pentium IV 2GHz or higher
Memory: 2 GB of RAM, 4GB is recommended
Disk: 25 GB free disk space or Higher

Bootable USB Drive

Deepin Boot Maker is a bootmaker developed by Deepin Technology Team. It is very easy to interface and easy to operate. It helps users to simply make a deepin boot disk.

Aside from that, you need to make ready a USB flash drive, or a disc and CD/DVD drive, then visit the Deepin website to download the latest ISO file and then create a boot disk.

Download deepin boot maker

Create Bootable USB Drive for Deepin 20.2

Once an ISO file is downloaded on your computer then burn it into a USB pin drive to make it bootable. Here is one third-party Rufus tool to create a bootable USB drive.

Create Bootable USB using Deeping Boot Maker

Go to your download folder, run the deepin-boot-maker.exe file.

File explorer deepin-boot-maker.exe

Deepin boot maker wizard, click on select an ISO image file.

Deepin boot maker

Click on deepin desktop community and then click open.

File explorer deepin desktop ISO

After select deepin ISO file click next.

Deepin boot maker

Select your USB media and click start making.

Deepin boot maker start making

Making bootable is in progress.

deepin boot maker making disk

Make successfully USB bootable deepin boot maker.

Make successfully deepin boot maker

Create a Virtual Machine

How to create a virtual machine for the android emulator in VMware Workstation.

Launch VMware Workstation, select file tab, and then select New Virtual Machine.

File tab new virtual machine

New virtual machine wizard, click next.

New virtual machine wizard

Virtual machine hardware compatibility, click next.

Virtual machine hardware compatibility

Click the browse button to select a guest operating system installation (deepin desktop community 20.2 ISO file).

Guest operating system installation

Select deepin desktop community 20.2 ISO file and then click open.

File explorer ISO image

Click next

Guest operating system installation

Select the operating system, its version, and then click Next.

Select a guest operating Linux

Type a virtual machine name, location and then click Next.

Name the virtual machine

Click next

Processor configuration virtual machine

Select memory for the virtual machine and click next.

Memory for the virtual machine

Virtual machine network type, click next.

Network connection virtual machine wizard

Click next

Select I/O controller type

Disk type, click next.

virtual disk type vm

Choose to create a new virtual disk and then click Next.

Select a disk virtual machine

Specify disk capacity and then click next.

Specify disk capacity virtual machine

Click next.

Specify disk file virtual machine

Ready to create a virtual machine, click finish.

Ready to create virtual machine

Usually, the system boots from a hard disk, so before deepin OS installation, you must enable system BIOS to set boot priority from CD/USB flash drive.
For a desktop computer, press the Delete key, and for a notebook, press the F2, F10, or F12 key to enter BIOS settings.

install Deepin OS in VMware Workstation

Click power on this virtual machine.

power on this virtual machine

On the first boot, so select install Deepin.

Deepin Linux boot menu

Select the installation language from the list, select I even have read and comply with deepin the software end-user license agreement and then click on next.

Deepin Linux select language

Friendly page, click next.

Deepin Linux friendly note

Create partitions deepin OS, select the installation disk, and then click next.

deepin Linux create partitions

Deepin emulator ready to install, click continue.

Ready to install deepin Linux

Deepin 20.2 installation is in progress, It will take some time. Wait until the installation process completes.

Installing deepin OS

Deepin Android OS 20.2 successfully installed, Remove the installation media before reboot.

Click reboot now to reboot the virtual machine.

Successfully installed deepin OS

Deepin booting.

Deepin Linux boot menu

Deepin Configuration

Select language, accept deepin end user license agreement and then click Next.

deepin emulator select language

Select a keyboard layout and click Next.

Set keyboard layout deepin Linux

Choose your time zone and then click next.

deepin android select timezone

To install Deepin 20.2, create a new user type password (repeat password) and then click next.

deepin OS create accounts

Applying changes.

Deepin Linux tuning system

After rebooting Deepin OS, type your Deepin OS password and then hit enter.

Deepin community login screen

Deepin will detect. You need to choose between two modes, Effect Mode and Normal Mode.

deepin emulator friendly reminder

Deepin OS home screen.

deepin OS desktop

Deepin OS apps.

deepin OS Apps

Watch Video: Install Deepin OS in VMware Workstation

Jamil Parvez

Jamil Pervez works as a Network Administrator, based in Kuwait with a Primary focus on Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Certified MCSE, MCTP, MCITP, CCNP, CCIP, CCVP with 20 years of experience in administering Windows Servers, Exchange, VMWare, Veeam B&R, Veritas BackupExec.

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