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12-15-2008, 06:44 AM
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DLteam
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Dreamlinux 3.5rc4
Posts: 36
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Originally Posted by chal
chal> Thanks for the tips. Am I understanding correctly that Xfce will be installed (by default) and then the script will add/change/overwrite??? the Xfce to/with??? Gnome (you should have heard that before I said it)? I'm doing okay with Xfce installed and not using it, but if I can avoid having something I don't really need installed, or remove/replace it.... umm, maybe I should kinda of errrumah...turns into a mumble and fades out slowly
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Sorry for the confusion, chal.
As of right now, we have a 3.5rc4 Xfce .iso that's under 700MB for download. This is the standard Live CD.
You don't really need to install it. Running that as a Live CD, you can then run a provided shell script that generates a new DL3.5rc4-GNOME.iso
This GNOME .iso can then be burned to a DVD as the GNOME package itself is kinda large.
It's actually around 753MB and could fit on a 8cm 1.4GB DVD or on a regular-sized dvd.
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12-15-2008, 06:48 AM
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DLteam
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Germany
Distribution: Dreamlinux, Lenny, LFS
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Hi chal;
Due to the fact that we do not have our own maintained repos those scripts basically download required packages and build a new .iso file. This works even from Live CD.
As you all seem to like changing desks: final release will consist of the MKDistro remaster-tools, allowing you to burn your self-configured DL onto a Live CD.
cu,
@nno
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12-15-2008, 07:55 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Wisconsin USA
Posts: 185
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Any Dreamlinux users here ?
I received the LQ newletter and discovered this, a DL forum here now... congratulations !
In DreamLinux land I am known as BakUp.
I know it won't last long, but I have more post here than Rich or Sg put together, can you imagine that ?
Welcome to the LQ forums
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12-15-2008, 09:06 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2006
Posts: 25
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Originally Posted by silenceGL
Hi chal;
Due to the fact that we do not have our own maintained repos those scripts basically download required packages and build a new .iso file. This works even from Live CD.
As you all seem to like changing desks: final release will consist of the MKDistro remaster-tools, allowing you to burn your self-configured DL onto a Live CD.
cu,
@nno
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chal> Thanks again. That sounds good to me.
edit: Whoops! Got too enthusiastic. I don't have a DVD burner, so I may have to go with the default. That's actually working out pretty good. I was just trying to make it even better.
Last edited by chal; 12-15-2008 at 09:10 AM.
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12-15-2008, 09:18 AM
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DLteam
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Dreamlinux 3.5rc4
Posts: 36
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Originally Posted by obnascar
I received the LQ newletter and discovered this, a DL forum here now... congratulations !
In DreamLinux land I am known as BakUp.
I know it won't last long, but I have more post here than Rich or Sg put together, can you imagine that ?
Welcome to the LQ forums
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Hey man! Do you run backups here as well?
What do you call yourself over in Nascar land? 
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12-15-2008, 11:13 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2008
Posts: 2
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Using Dreamlinux 3.5-rc4 for several months now
and I'm very happy with it. The only problem is my PIII Coppermine laptop with its paltry 192MB of RAM. I selected Dreamlinux and Linux Mint based on these hardware constraints and both are performing admirably.
However, (and this is a big however) browsing is slow and crashes (with either Firefox or Opera) happen if I open too many (10 to 30) tabs. I'll probably trying bumping the RAM up to 768MB with three 256MB SoDIMMs from ebay.
I can't figure out how to switch Firefox profiles on Dreamlinux so I started a new topic here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-3.1b1-690724/
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12-15-2008, 02:16 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 2
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The notebook I use as a primary box has had a dedicated DL partition since version 2-something and I think it's a terrific laptop OS. If I ever fire up the tower for anything but an occasional bout of updating I'll put DL on it, too. My wife, everybody's Grandma, is still resisting a change on her laptop from PCLOS '07 but I'll convert her sooner or later.
I'll do what I can to be of service here, however, although I've been using Linux since the mid-90's, I could honestly still post "useResa's" little newbie smilies as my own.
Glad to see you getting established with this forum, guys. Thanks for a very, very good distro. Juzme
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12-16-2008, 12:19 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2008
Distribution: Fedora 10, DSL, Zenwalk
Posts: 27
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I found Dreamlinux while searching for an alternative to Damn Small Linux.
The 3.2 Desktop Live CD booted an ran without any problems. The Xfce desktop was great.
I am looking forward to the 3.5 final release which I will install to HDD and USB stick.
Being able to customize the distro and install it to USB with file persistance will be a dream come true.
I see a real future with Dreamlinux.
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12-16-2008, 02:03 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Sweden
Distribution: Testing just about everything.....Debian still a favourite and now Dreamlinux!!
Posts: 320
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Hi guys  I like you Laserman can't wait for the 3.5 version to be released....not long now.
I am not the best Xfce fan but created my Gnome iso as SgDreamer explains and it works great.
Only found Dreamlinux a short while ago...but was already certain that Dreamlinux is going places....
It is nice to be right about something occasionally...LOL
bookie
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12-16-2008, 05:16 AM
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DLteam
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Dreamlinux 3.5rc4
Posts: 36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by juzme
The notebook I use as a primary box has had a dedicated DL partition since version 2-something and I think it's a terrific laptop OS. If I ever fire up the tower for anything but an occasional bout of updating I'll put DL on it, too. My wife, everybody's Grandma, is still resisting a change on her laptop from PCLOS '07 but I'll convert her sooner or later.
I'll do what I can to be of service here, however, although I've been using Linux since the mid-90's, I could honestly still post "useResa's" little newbie smilies as my own.
Glad to see you getting established with this forum, guys. Thanks for a very, very good distro. Juzme
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Great to meet a long-time DL Fan!
I'm sure you'd be able to convince your wife one day.
Thank you very much, Juzme for your offer to help out over here on DL's LQ home.
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12-16-2008, 05:28 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Farnborough, UK
Distribution: Zenwalk
Posts: 288
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Evening all, nice to see DL gets it's own forum on LQ. Well deserved!
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12-16-2008, 08:28 PM
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DLteam
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Dreamlinux 3.5rc4
Posts: 36
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Originally Posted by Chris H
Evening all, nice to see DL gets it's own forum on LQ. Well deserved!
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Thanks Chris!
p.s. I took a quick lookaround in your blog. Nice! ...especially the epic-epo_fail
Last edited by SgDreamer; 12-16-2008 at 08:43 PM.
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01-17-2009, 04:29 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 1
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andre here (andluifercam)
Its the only linux distro I ever used since downloading it last year it's a winner.I really don't care to try the other ones.This distro plus the support from its forum members made easy for me,so newbie, to learn linux.thanks.
Andre.
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01-18-2009, 02:08 AM
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DLteam
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Dreamlinux 3.5rc4
Posts: 36
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Hey there! andluifercam!!
Nice of you to drop by over here as well
Oh, btw there's a 'message' waiting for you over at
http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.ph....html#msg27295
See ya soon...
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01-24-2009, 01:00 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 28
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Hi Evreyone, I am a new Dream linux user. I especially like that it runs without problems on my older machines. Even my wife is not afraid to use it. Good Job. just one problem, how come I can not get openvpn to work. I have used openvpn in several other Debian based Distro's without problems.
Problem I have tried launching openvpn from the terminal as well as from within Network manager and still no go.. I have looked at the error logs and nothing looks out of the ordinary, no errors thrown. Just failed to continue working apparently.
Any advice out there.
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