Linux Deepin 2013 ships with its own software center, screenshot tool (DSnapshot), music player (DMusic), video player (DPlayer) and, starting with this release, a terminal emulator and game center. But it also features applications such as: Nautilus (3.8.1), LibreOffice 4.0.2, Kingsoft Office 2013, Firefox 25.0.1, Thunderbird 24.1.1, Pidgin 2.10.7, Skype 4.3.0.11 and Google Chrome 31, among others. Furthermore, Linux Deepin comes with codecs as well as Adobe Flash installed by default, along with a proprietary Wireless Drivers setup tool.
Under the hood, Linux Deepin 12.12 uses GTK 3.8.2 - unlike Ubuntu 13.04 which ships with GTK 3.6 -, a patched Compiz 0.9.99+git, the Ubuntu Kernel 3.8.0, based on the upstream Linux Kernel 3.8.5, and Xorg server 1.13.3.