Dreamlinux Talk

[handy]

yes I have. When I enter the control panel, sometimes it freezes and does not close. It does not mount my cd''s but enters the folder. AND, you cannot configure the engage dock. (can you?)

LAstly, dreamlinux reds my external usb DVD rom in livecd mode, but when i install, it does not read it.

You can configure the dock & much more of the DL installation, the info' is probably earlier in this thread, if not I don't recall where it was, but someone had screen shots & links to info' included.

[sumitsen]

HI Friends,

After a lot of distro hopping I found this DreamLinux 2.2 MMGL RC3. I have installed it on my laptop which only has 256MB RAM and has Centrino 1.4GHZ. I have ubuntu installed on my desktop which has 1GB memory and P4 3.0GHZ. Dreamlinux is working fine out of the box on my laptop. Uses very less memory and works the fastest among all other distros I have tried on my laptop. I have intel 2100 Pro wireless in my laptop and it works out of the box. I haven't experienced apps freezing problem yet. Look and feel is out of this world without any configuration.

Cheers
Sumit

[handy]

Congrat's Sumitsen :D

It seems to me that if a distro' doesn't like our hardware it's not worth spending too much time trying to solve the problem(s) (sometimesyou/I can't) just go to distrowatch & pick another one out of the huge range available. :D

[rsambuca]

Looks like the official release of the Multimedia 2.2 edition is out. I won't have time for the next little while, but I am sure i will try this one out at some point.

[izizzle]

I'm gonna download it today and try it. It seems as though they have improved alot.
BTW, they have a new installer, the word is that it stands up to Ubuntu's installer.......I suggest anyone should try it or give it another shot.

Lots of new stuff: http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/gledition/overview.html

[diskotek]

i'll give a try...

[ThinkBuntu]

I Dugg it with the official link earlier (the other article was linked incorrectly). I'm going to give it a try, as it seems they've really taken the kinks out of the install while adding some exciting features.

[izizzle]

Ok, I tried the official 2.2 MMGL version today. HATED IT. The installer is even more complicated now, and almost all of the new features are downright unusable. Many of the programs that were in beta stage are still there in beta stage, and they added new programs that are also in beta stage! However, they did add a new engage admin tool, which lets you create new icons for the dock, but does not let you remove any. Still, there is a tool which lets you create icons for the xfce dreamlinux menu......which is the only thing in the whole DAM* distro that actually works! I could not even get the FU**ING thing to play a normal audio CD! Oh, and the 'easy' nvidia install does not work either.

Seriously Brasil.....Get it together......

BTW: I think that Xubuntu should adopt the XFCE menu icon creator tool.......it can help alot Xubuntu....

[ThinkBuntu]

Awful release:

No obvious way to monitor network and wireless signals, although card worked
No battery monitor
No clear way to engage hibernate or suspend
Engage admin allows me to add applications that aren't installed, and is missing some that are
Very little noticable speed improvement over the average distro

[pelle.k]

FU**ING
mind your language please. this word has become a plague in every day language, and we are so good at avoiding it here at ubuntuforums, and i think many would like to keep it that way.
use effing, freakin, **** or whatever. does this make sense to you?

[izizzle]

Alright.....Sorry All

[the yawner]

I checked the live CD and appearance-wise, I find this distro very enticing. I wish they could do something like this to polish Xubuntu's look and feel..

[angryfirelord]

My only complaint is that DL uses the kanotix kernel. They should consider using a Debian kernel since Kanotix isn't doing well.

[rsambuca]

My only complaint is that DL uses the kanotix kernel. They should consider using a Debian kernel since Kanotix isn't doing well.

What's the problem here? It is basically just the latest debian sid kernel with a couple of patches thrown in. If Kanotix suddenly disappeared (which I doubt will happen), dreamlinux wouldn't skip a beat.

[strungoutfan78]

mind your language please. this word has become a plague in every day language, and we are so good at avoiding it here at ubuntuforums, and i think many would like to keep it that way.
use effing, freakin, **** or whatever. does this make sense to you?

??? are we in the third grade here?:confused:
i understand we like to keep the forums clean but for christ sake he censored it.
a "plague"??? where are you from man?

back to my point.

DL 2.2MMGL has proven to be a chore to install new programs for me. it seems not many of the repos work and i'm not really sure what debian based repos it's compatible with. also when the repos are working i get wierd dependency issues which can't seem to be resolved.

all in all, i'm in the market to switch distros yet again. as i seem to keep gravitating back to ubuntu, though, it's gonna take a mighty nice OS to lure me away. i'm comfortable where i'm at thanks.

[rsambuca]

??? are we in the third grade here?:confused:
i understand we like to keep the forums clean but for christ sake he censored it.
a "plague"??? where are you from man?

I would like to refer you to the ubuntu forums code of conduct, particularly points 1 and 3:
Be respectful of all users at all times. This means please use etiquette and politeness. Treat people with kindness and gentleness. If you do this the rest of the code of conduct won't need more than a cursory mention.

Profanity: Remember that the forums are used by people of all age groups and of all tolerance levels regarding profanity usage. When in the support areas of the forum, please try to keep your language polite and courteous and refrain from the usage of profanities. In the Cafe and Backyard areas, mild profanity/swearing is allowed in the context of general speech. Explicit profanity/swearing is not allowed, and under no circumstances will we allow any profanity to be directed toward another person. Please see the Ubuntu Code of Conduct's requirements to "Be Considerate" and to "Be Respectful" and the descriptions given there for more exact specifications. A language filter is in place to catch any profanities that you may have accidentally used. Do not attempt to circumvent the language filter by using variations or slight misspellings of profanities. Please respect others and refrain from your own personal use of profanity.

Thank you.

[Ya'akov]

:lolflag:הם מאוד ילדותיים

[init1]

I tried out DL today, and it is great! The themes are the best I have seen. :D

[izizzle]

init1, I would like to hear you say that after you have tried Elive GEM 1.0.

[DarkStarAeon]

I realize originally this topic started on a previous version of Dreamlinux, but I assure everyone that many of the issues you faced in those earlier editions of Dreamlinux have been solved.

I will address many questions, problems and a few false statements made in this topic so far.

So, in Dreamlinux 2.2 MMGL Final....

1. If you install Wine or Crossover Office for some reason the Xfce Menu (that little Dreamlinux logo in the panel) will display a bunch of things that are normally hidden. Right click the icon and select edit menus and you can change it around to your desire.


2. In Synaptic, make sure you do not have the testing repos enabled, if you they are enabled and you do updates/upgrades then things will go bad for you very quickly.


3. Someone said that Dreamlinux uses Synaptic (true) and is built on Ubuntu (false), it uses Debian packages. In Synaptic on Dreamlinux look at the repos, they are from Debian.


4. If you wifi card isn't detected automatically, you will need to go to:
DCP-Control Panel > Wireless Drivers and use that GUI front end to ndiswrapper. Then also in the DCP-Control Panel click on Network Admin to enter your network settings.

5. Dreamlinux uses Debian Stable so not all new or latest software will be available, but, at least you have a stable system.
If you switch it to the Ubuntu repos you will not have good results. But, you can install some deb's as long as they are compatible, which means slightly older versions. Just use Synaptic to install gdebi so you can double click debs you download to install then easily, just like in Ubuntu.

6. Dreamlinux is very fast, Xfce is very lightweight.

7. Despite what someone else said, I have an Atheros wifi card and it works beautifully with Dreamlinux. You just need the Windows driver, there are many places to find those online.

8. If you want to get rid of the Engage dock, go to the Start menu (DL icon) then click on Settings > Autostarted Applications and uncheck the box for engage-default.

9. To install Nvidia or ATI drivers, go to:
Start > System > Easy Install then click on the Hardware tab. Select your preference and follow the simple instructions.

10. If you don't like the Mac look it is very easy to change the way DL looks.

11. The new wallpapers are very nicely done, you can find them on the wiki at Dreamlinux, no artifacts.

12. To make your HP printer work, open Synaptic and install: hplip
Then go to: Start > Settings > Start CUPS + Printer to install your printer and make sure your printer is on when you do so.
To make sure CUPS loads at startup and always detects your printer go to:
DCP Control Panel > Services then enter your password, and make sure CUPS is checked in the list.
For Canon Printers, same process except skip installing hplip and just get the driver for your printer and then follow the instructions above.

13. You can get Dreamlinux on disc here:
http://www.frozentech.com/
or here
http://www.cd-dvd-linux-bsd.com/index.php?cPath=21_126

14. You can get Torrents of older versions here (but not the latest 2.2):
http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-search.php?search=Dreamlinux


15. Prior to 2.2 MMGL, many people had trouble booting. In 2.2 few people have had this problem, but some can't go into failsafe.

16. Dreamlinux does seem to be much much happier with Intel processors and Nvidia graphics cards. Works on Intel Graphics, but you can't get 3d acceleration working because the driver is still unstable and DL uses stable.

17. Dual boot with Dreamlinux is easy, just make sure you install Dreamlinux second. It will use it's own little bootloader, but you can edit GRUB in DL same as (and in same place) as Ubuntu. You can just switch DL with the other distro in GRUB if you want a different distro than DL to load first.

18. Many answers can be found:
http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/saiba-noticias.html
http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/faq/faq_en.html
http://dream.wikidot.com/manual-2-2gl
and tips and tricks here:
http://ww.itcamefromtheinternet.com

19. The English forums have picked up slightly, but if more of you posted there instead of here, it might pick up a little faster ;)

20. To do updates, make sure that no testing repos are enabled, none of them.
Then just open a terminal and do:
sudo apt-get update
then enter:
sudo apt-get upgrade
This is the safest and easiest way to do it.

21. I have Compiz and Beryl installed and both work fine. Compiz is in Synaptic and Beryl just go to Start > Settings > Enable Beryl and follow the intsructions.

22. To install many popular programs use the: Start >System >Easy-Install

23. To solve resolution issues, after you have installed the right video driver and restart as described in in #9 above, open the DCP-Control Panel and click on Video Settings to reconfigure Xorg.

24. If you enable Compiz or Beryl, you have to select one or the other in Sessions on the login screen before it will work. Nvidia cards seem to be the only ones happy running either though.

25. You can change your default language in Xorg.


26. Thunar is the name of the file manager on Dreamlinux.

27. Always use ReiserFS as the file system when installing.

28. For the guy who missed it somehow, that button that says Apt-Get on the far right side of the dock, that's Synaptic, that's how you add/remove programs. It's there when you install.

29. Conky is in Start > Accessories.

30. Use mousepad in commands to edit files, in Ubuntu you use gedit, for example, if you want to edit GRUB in DL just enter in a Terminal:
sudo mousepad /boot/grub/menu.lst

31. The Engage dock is very configurable. Go to:
Start > System > Engage Admin

32. When you put in a dvd or cd, and icon appears on your desktop, you have to right click it to mount or unmount the disc.

33. Install VLC Player, it will make your life easier. Open DVD movies with VLC if you want them to look good. You can put icons for your DVD or CD drives on your desktop and right click them to make them open with VLC.

34. You can resize the Engage Dock by doing this in this video:
http://www.itcamefromtheinternet.com/video/dockenlarge.ogg
Start > System > Engage Admin to open Engage Admin

35. Use Control + Alt + Escape to kill a Window/Program. It makes a black skull and cross bones appear and you place that with your mouse on the Window/Program to kill then left click the mouse.

36. In Synaptic search for: xfce4-taskmanager
Install it, then close Synaptic. Now right click the panel and select Add New Item, then choose Launcher. Name it Task Manager, choose an icon, add a description, and for the command enter in: xfce4-taskmanager
Done.

37. In Synaptic, search for: xfce4-goodies
Install it then close Synaptic.
Now right click the panel and choose Add New Item, you will find many more items you can add to the panel in there. A few don't work, but cause no harm in trying. System Load Monitor is a good one to add to the panel.
There is a Battery Monitor in there too.

38. If apps are freezing up on you, and they are GNOME or KDE apps, go to:
DCP-Control Panel > Xfce Settings > Sessions and Startup then click on the Advanced tab, then check the boxes for Launch Gnome services on startup and Launch KDE services on startup. Then restart your computer.
This might make startup take a couple seconds longer, but when you go to launch GNOME or KDE programs they will load faster and won;t lag or hang.


39. To delete Engage icons open your file manager, make sure you click on View > Show Hidden Files and go to:
/username/.engage/icons
Then just delete whichever one you don't want.

40. If you screen goes black during the Nvidia driver install, just pretend the screen is still there and enter in the info they gave in the instructions (write them down) on your keyboard carefully, then give it a minute. It will still download the driver and install it and your graphics will come back with the right driver installed. This issue is known by the developers and is being worked on as far as the screen going black, but, you can still install the driver. DL isn't crashing when this happens though.

41. All the information I just gave you is on the Dreamlinux forums for English users, albeit, much of it posted by me ;)


I love Ubuntu too, but I think some of you are being rather quick to judge and a little impatient with Dreamlinux. It's not Ubuntu, it's a different distro. You took time to learn Ubuntu, take a little time to learn Dreamlinux.
It's not GNOME, it's Xfce, so there will be differences. Just because you don't know how to do something in Xfce doesn't mean there is anything wrong with Xfce, you just need to know the right way to do something, and honestly, often times changes in Xfce are easier then they are in GNOME.
Give a smaller distro a break, they don't have Ubuntu's staff or resources. You can count the Dreamlinux staff on one hand.

[67GTA]

Does it use strictly Debian repos? If so, what would happen if you changed the repos to testing? I have done this with several distros because of outdated software. I would have already tried Dreamlinux, but when I see Firefox 1.5.0.7 in a modern distro, I immediately turn the page. I can understand not using the latest every time a new version of something comes out because of bugs. There is no reason why a distro in 2007 can't update stable packages in their repos.

[DarkStarAeon]

Yep, just Debian stable repos. Adding different repos just eventually breaks the system, many have tried it, none have gotten anywhere with it that I know of.

I recently got tired of trying to find ways around everything that was either broken or outdated, so I dumped DreamLinux off my desktop and went back to using only Ubuntu. I liked the look and feel of DreamLinux, but yes, it uses too many things that are outdated or it can't install many new apps I need.

I know they are working on a new version of DreamLinux to be released sometime in 2008, but honestly, the support for DreamLinux is pretty much non-existent which can be very frustrating, which is why I posted so many answers to problems, to try to help.

But yeah, when it comes down to it, just stick with Ubuntu.

[Atele]

I personally like dreamlinux, I used to run it in a VM almost all the time when I was on windows, and I've also had it run on a pentium II 400mhz with 384mb RAM and an ATI 8mb rage card with networking and sound (which is all my grandmother needed for basic internet and organization)

DL could use some polishing, but looking at the development team's size and budget, it's great.

[RSLxH]

I know they are working on a new version of DreamLinux to be released sometime in 2008, but honestly, the support for DreamLinux is pretty much non-existent which can be very frustrating, which is why I posted so many answers to problems, to try to help.



Not any more, The new Official Dreamlinux Forum (http://dreamlinuxforums.org) is up and running with great support :D

[FuturePilot]

Dreamlinux 3.0 Beta 3 has been released.
http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php/topic,390.msg0.html#new
Downloading now :)

[RSLxH]

Dreamlinux 3.0 Beta 3 has been released.
http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php/topic,390.msg0.html#new
Downloading now :)

This Beta is getting a thorough testing by the Dreamlinux community and has really made an impression.

This was to be the last Beta before the final release, but due to some unforeseen changes needed, there will be a release candidate before the final release.

[k_chupe]

Try Dreamlinux 3. It Rocks! http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/ -Kevin

[67GTA]

I tried the live CD. It looks awesome, but the lack of a normal right click menu bugs me. That is the only thing that keeps me from using XFCE.

[Soldierboy]

I tried the live CD. It looks awesome, but the lack of a normal right click menu bugs me. That is the only thing that keeps me from using XFCE.

Thats why you install the Gnome version.

[67GTA]

I didn't know they had a Gnome version. I will take another look at the cd. I guess I can choose Gnome at the login screen? I thought they were XFCE only.

[67GTA]

Yep, it is there at boot. I downloaded the ISO from distrowatch with no mention of Gnome being included. This is a lot better.

[Soldierboy]

I guess I can choose Gnome at the login screen?
The option is at the grub screen. I wasn't a big fan of XFCE either.

[ElEdwards]

I didn't know that either! Does DL2.2 have a Gnome option?.... and if so, does Engage work with it?

El

[RSLxH]

Gnome is only available with Dreamlinux 3.0 (which has just Beta and is now at RC1) which will be released next month.