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Review: DreamLinux 3.5
Overview:
I got interested in the new release of Dream Linux (3.5) because it is supposed to make it easy to create your own customised ISO boot image. I thought that if I could get it set up and configured on the HP 2133, and then make an ISO of that, that would be really useful.
Of course, the first step is to get it installed. I downloaded the LiveCD, which is their Xfce-based desktop. For some reason they can't fit their Gnome release on a CD, and I didn't feel like fooling around with downloading and burning a DVD just to see if it was going to work - especially because, based on my experience until now with the 2133, I wasn't terribly optimistic that it would work.
Dream Linux takes a very different approach than most of the other
Linux distributions. They concentrate on functionality, and don't put a
tremendous amount of effort into hand-holding and making their
distribution "easy for beginners". You can see that from the first boot
and installation screens; the only options are "boot" and "memory
test", no long list of various display modes, different LiveCD or boot
directly to installer, or anything else. Just boot and get on with it.
That is what I did, and I got my first really big, really positive
impression from Dream Linux. The LiveCD booted on the HP Mini-Note with
no problem, it figured out the display and brought it up in 1280x768
resolution (the ONLY Linux distribution so far that has been able to do
that). This was looking very promising already.
The desktop of the LiveCD is equally "terse" - everything is there, but
even an experienced user is likely to need some time to look it all
over, figure out what is what, and decide that "DL Installer" is what
you want (as opposed to "OEM Installer", "Live Dream", "Persistent
Dream" or whatever). From that point, however, things get really
interesting. They have managed to create an entire installation dialog
in one window for Dream Linux. The essentials are all there - root
password, user account disk partition selection, GRUB - in one screen,
rather than the three to ten or more that other distributions have.
Obviously, there are a few things which are not there - time set
setting, keyboard, and so on - but again, the idea seems to be, if you
know what you are doing you can take care of all of that after the
installation is finished, so why clutter things with them here?
Read Full Review at Source Web Site: community.zdnet.co.uk
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