Comments on: Dreamlinux 2.2 MME — When Dreams Come True http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/ All About GNU/Linux and BSD - reviews, comparisons, articles Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: khibrahnet http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-121578 khibrahnet Sat, 31 May 2008 04:32:47 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-121578 after i use live cd dreamslinux.I confiused to use root passwd at terminal... when i type su passwd: what root password for dreamlinux livecd... please after i use live cd dreamslinux.I confiused to use root passwd at terminal…
when i type su
passwd:

what root password for dreamlinux livecd…
please

]]> By: AnimeSkater http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-92492 AnimeSkater Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:35:20 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-92492 this is a great OS, after reading the reviews i thought i well try it, and i can't be happier with it. great for simple tasks. Great job dream linux team this is a great OS, after reading the reviews i thought i well try it, and i can’t be happier with it. great for simple tasks. Great job dream linux team

]]> By: linuxme http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-53024 linuxme Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:29:17 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-53024 That is an excellent point (and very important)... there is no substitute for TESTING & RESEARCH. I have not tried PCLINUXOS yet, but I have experienced the same problem with different package managers breaking the apps that were bundled with various distros. Even the experienced Windows user who migrates to Linux is lost in a nightmare of software dependencies and incompatibilities. Linux is definitely faster, more stable, more secure, and less memory hungry than Vista (which is all-around-awful), but it's also more difficult to maintain. Linux has great potential, if the developers can unify to overcome the installer dependency/device-driver-autoconfig/missing-media codec tower-of-babel. Everyone has their own idea of how to accomplish this, but none of those competing "solutions" work 100% on all distros. When I installed Freespire, it did a better job of configuring device drivers than Ubuntu, but did not install the accelerated nVidia driver automatically, and half of the following third-party software installation methods failed in cryptic ways (or failed with no error message at all, such as "Klik" -which, when it works, should be one of the easiest methods).* The installation methods that did work only worked half the time... and the Freespire CNR warehouse did not work at all. This sort of thing makes a bad first impression on those who desperately WANT to switch to Linux. I think many new Linux users really wish they could combine the best features of various distros such as Linspire/Freespire, PCLINUXOS and DreamLinux. _______________________ *SOFTWARE INSTALLATION METHODS CNR CNR Warehouse Apt-Get Package managers Debian .DEB Packages Klik Autopackage The Zero Install system RPM Packages LOKI Installer and Scripts http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Installing_programs I'm not picking on Freespire here, since it is based on Ubuntu like many others. kUbuntu could not even get the video driver working in 1024x768 for my geforce 6600 card. I know Linux developers are working furiously to overcome these obstacles, but they are often working at cross-purposes. Maybe it's time that people started voting things into some kind of unified distro on the basis of what works best, without regard for egos. Why can't Linux cater to both the power-user and the novice? -It's only for lack of vision and cooperation between developers. Yes, they really do need to "polish" Linux (pun!). It looks like PCLINUXOS and DreamLinux have a good idea of where to go with this... and best regards to them. In human society, the most popular "leaders" and the dominant paradigms rarely represent the greatest wisdom & talent. Maybe the same is true for Linux distros. _______________________ MacOS = good stable OS tied to overpriced, proprietary hardware (fascism) Windows = crappy, unstable OS shackled by proprietary software standards (fascism) Linux = good stable OS with no consensus, principles or constructive long-term strategy (failed democracy) That is an excellent point (and very important)… there is no substitute for TESTING & RESEARCH. I have not tried PCLINUXOS yet, but I have experienced the same problem with different package managers breaking the apps that were bundled with various distros. Even the experienced Windows user who migrates to Linux is lost in a nightmare of software dependencies and incompatibilities. Linux is definitely faster, more stable, more secure, and less memory hungry than Vista (which is all-around-awful), but it’s also more difficult to maintain. Linux has great potential, if the developers can unify to overcome the installer dependency/device-driver-autoconfig/missing-media codec tower-of-babel. Everyone has their own idea of how to accomplish this, but none of those competing “solutions” work 100% on all distros.

When I installed Freespire, it did a better job of configuring device drivers than Ubuntu, but did not install the accelerated nVidia driver automatically, and half of the following third-party software installation methods failed in cryptic ways (or failed with no error message at all, such as “Klik” -which, when it works, should be one of the easiest methods).* The installation methods that did work only worked half the time… and the Freespire CNR warehouse did not work at all. This sort of thing makes a bad first impression on those who desperately WANT to switch to Linux. I think many new Linux users really wish they could combine the best features of various distros such as Linspire/Freespire, PCLINUXOS and DreamLinux.
_______________________

*SOFTWARE INSTALLATION METHODS

CNR
CNR Warehouse
Apt-Get
Package managers
Debian .DEB Packages
Klik
Autopackage
The Zero Install system
RPM Packages
LOKI Installer and Scripts

http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Installing_programs

I’m not picking on Freespire here, since it is based on Ubuntu like many others. kUbuntu could not even get the video driver working in 1024×768 for my geforce 6600 card. I know Linux developers are working furiously to overcome these obstacles, but they are often working at cross-purposes. Maybe it’s time that people started voting things into some kind of unified distro on the basis of what works best, without regard for egos. Why can’t Linux cater to both the power-user and the novice? -It’s only for lack of vision and cooperation between developers. Yes, they really do need to “polish” Linux (pun!). It looks like PCLINUXOS and DreamLinux have a good idea of where to go with this… and best regards to them. In human society, the most popular “leaders” and the dominant paradigms rarely represent the greatest wisdom & talent. Maybe the same is true for Linux distros.
_______________________

MacOS = good stable OS tied to overpriced, proprietary hardware (fascism)

Windows = crappy, unstable OS shackled by proprietary software standards (fascism)

Linux = good stable OS with no consensus, principles or constructive long-term strategy (failed democracy)

]]> By: nonong http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-51654 nonong Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:02:44 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-51654 well, I tried different linux operating system,but only Dream Linux which I feel more satisfied with than using Suse linux & other linux o.s.,in suse linux you cannot play any movies either in VCD's & DVD format,unless you will need to hack it's system in order for it to work & also suse linux has a link website for installing it's driver for nvidia graphics card but if you try to install it from the internet nothing's happened,when I try dream Linux to update my graphics card driver it works already with out any problem,& I can play already so many Windows based games such as NBA 2007,Counter Strike & etc. which I cant do with suse linux,I think suse need's to improved their o.s. more better.about comparing Dream Linux to Ubuntu, I think ubuntu is very far in terms of graphical user interface & in terms of multimedia functiond,Thumbs up for dream linux Team. well, I tried different linux operating system,but only Dream Linux which I feel more satisfied with than using Suse linux &
other linux o.s.,in suse linux you cannot play any
movies either in VCD’s & DVD format,unless you will need to hack it’s system in order for it to work & also suse linux has
a link website for installing it’s driver for nvidia graphics card but if you try to install it from the internet nothing’s happened,when I try dream Linux to update my graphics card driver it works already with out any problem,& I can play already so many Windows based games such as NBA 2007,Counter Strike & etc. which I cant do with suse linux,I think suse need’s to improved their o.s. more better.about comparing Dream Linux to Ubuntu, I think ubuntu is very far in terms of graphical user interface & in terms of multimedia functiond,Thumbs up for dream linux Team.

]]> By: |||ate http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-50596 |||ate Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:09:26 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-50596 Best Linux distro for me. Glad to see the new release. Best Linux distro for me.
Glad to see the new release.

]]> By: William http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-24248 William Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:58:33 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-24248 I love this distro, but I sure wish they had more support for multiple MBR installs, for people that have more than one hard drive installed. I believe you can only boot from the Windows drive, or in most cases drive A. It will choose this drive by default, you are not given the option of booting from alternate hard drives, or in most cases from drive B. I love this distro, but I sure wish they had more support for multiple MBR installs, for people that have more than one hard drive installed. I believe you can only boot from the Windows drive, or in most cases drive A. It will choose this drive by default, you are not given the option of booting from alternate hard drives, or in most cases from drive B.

]]> By: riken http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-24087 riken Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:24:17 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-24087 I would like to try dreamlinux 2.2, was a fast download, but I also like to try linux mint 2.2 . I don't know if I can dual boot these two linux distro's? I would like to try dreamlinux 2.2, was a fast download, but I also like to try linux mint 2.2 . I don’t know if I can dual boot these two linux distro’s?

]]> By: peter http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-22251 peter Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:14:07 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/reviews/dreamlinux-22-mme-when-dreams-come-true/#comment-22251 I also have dreamlinux running. But im wondering how to save to the hard drive, im currently running off the CD. I also have dreamlinux running. But im wondering how to save to the hard drive, im currently running off the CD.

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