Ventoy developer longpanda offers tools for injection into Linux and Windows ISOs, which work with the Ventoy injection plugin, https://github.com/ventoy/WinInjection & https://github.com/ventoy/LiveInjection
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2022/257/deepin
> Deepin is a distribution developed in Wuhan, China by Deepin Technology. Its homepage proclaims it "the top Linux distribution from China" ... The extensive EULA is uncommon for the Linux space, and the privacy policy goes into some detail about the types of information they collect – not just browser history, but information on when you use your computer and the applications installed on your system.
https://cntechpost.com/2019/12/31/union-tech-acquires-deepin...
> Deepin Technology said today it is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Union Tech ... developed a new UOS product ... The UOS preparatory group was voluntarily initiated by a number of domestic operating system core companies. Its members include China Electronics Group (CEC), Wuhan Shenzhidu Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing Chengmai Technology, and ZTE New Fulcrum ... It has set up a headquarters in Beijing and established branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Xi'an, Chengdu and other places.
What does the stuff about Deepin have to do with Ventoy?
The Ventoy homepage links to Deepin as a "Friendly Link" and Deepin is a boot target in Ventoy screenshots.
... So?
I don't get it. It supports hundreds of distros and dozens of OSes.
What do you feel is relevant about Deepin?
> It supports hundreds of distros and dozens of OSes.
Indeed, so why is Deepin the only distro worthy of a "Friendly Link" on the Ventoy home page? Are they a sponsor of the project? Code contributor? Preferred demo platform?
Does it matter?
It's not the only link: there's also some Chinese forum.
Maybe it's Longpanda's favourite distro? It is a very good one. I've reviewed it:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/01/deepin_205_surfaces/
https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/25/deepin_206_23/
It is one of the major distros, with millions of users, and yet there is very little knowledge of it in the West. Its commercial upstream claims to have over 3 million paid users:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/20/3_million_deepin_user...
I suspect that in plain old user numbers it is up there with Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS, and yet you rarely even hear it mentioned in the same breath. Nor is its desktop, DDE, which is FOSS and is supported in Fedora, openSUSE and has its own Ubuntu remix.