Tuesday, May 21, 7:52 pm

Dreamlinux is no more :(

Written by Bill Toulas on October 4, 2012. Posted in Linux distributions

Dreamlinux has been added to the sad list of the dead distributions today. The Brazilian distribution had released version 1.0 in 2006 and version 5.0 that was released this January was apparently the last one to exist.

Dreamlinux was not just another Linux distribution. I know it very well cause I was a Dreamlinux user for over a year. It was an XFCE fast and beautiful distribution based on Debian, using the testing repositories, providing the cool blend of relatively latest with relatively stable packages that only Debian testing repos offer.

This is not any kind of exclusiveness of course as there are many distributions that use Debian testing. What made Dreamlinux stand apart was its serious persistence to develop technologies that will make the system more user friendly. It was a distribution that offered a fantastic one-click install system at times when other now-famous distributions didn’t even thought of anything similar yet.

Dreamlinux offered codecs, video drivers, flash plugins and many development libraries pre-installed making it ideal for use on offline computers, or just very fast to install and use right away.

Download YouTube Video | YouTube Converter

Beauty? You bet! Dreamlinux was maybe the most beautiful XFCE distribution out there. It used its own icon theme, window manager and gtk theme to offer the optical coherence and beauty that should come with every operating system that wants its users happy and pleased. These are the only things that are still available for download on Dreamlinux website…

So what happened? I don’t know but I suppose that the decision to discontinue Dreamlinux was the resultant of the usual reasons that include lack of user interest, lack of developers and contributors, lack of resources, lack of free time etc.

We are surely going from the period of distribution plethora to a period of a great cleanup where only the distributions that have something really different to offer will stay alive. The case here is that I believe Dreamlinux had something to offer. It was a fast, beautiful Debian based distribution that showed to the user it cared about him/her and the user felt this on every click. Of course you can get almost the same results with a Debian XFCE install where you would add the testing repos and the Dreamlinux themes and install the drivers and codecs etc, but Dreamlinux was ready to get and use right away. Everything was tailord and carefully chosen for you the user. This is the first time ever, I feel I am going to really miss a distribution :(

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

dreamlinux

21 Comment(s)

Bill Toulas

Contact: billytoulas (at) gmail (dot) com

Lintux

RIP :(
aiphee

No shame, people shall stop making new distributions, made 100 times before and start making existing ones better, no matter if they will fix bugs, make software or transformation scripts.
Douglas Jenkins

I used Dreamlinux for while between elivecd and pclinuxos in my first two years of Linux use. It was fast and light, but like I discovered later also with pclinuxos it lagged behind other distros with the latest updates/features. I still prefer the hideable dock it provided out-of-the-box for interaction with apps and the system.
Chris Kari

It’s a genuine shame because DL did put in the effort to create improvements.

730 Linux distributions.. 320 still active.. utter madness.
So much waste of resources.
Think how great Linux could be if all that talent & effort was focused.
(source : http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121001)

Is it any wonder Linux is actually contracting in usage :(
Chris Kari

It’s a genuine shame because DL did put in the effort to create improvements.

730 Linux distributions.. 320 still active.. utter madness.
So much waste of resources.
Think how great Linux could be if all that talent & effort was focused.
(source : http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121001)

Is it any wonder Linux is actually contracting in usage :(
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActionParsnip ActionParsnip
  
  I’d say it was growing and fast
  - Schwim
    
    Not for people like me. Every time I try to immerse myself more in the world of linux, I’m stymied by the sheer wall of half-ass distros and fragmentation caused by the hundreds of groups going out on their own to reroll the same old parent distributions because they just know you’re going to like having Amarok as your default media player instead of Banshee.
    
    I remember a lot of linux zealots making fun of Microsoft because of the number of OS choices in 7 and 8 which made me giggle. Choosing between and then testing from hundreds of barely different operating systems to find something that works for you is a fool’s task and an incredible waste of time. Some people(like myself) are no longer willing to invest that kind of time.
    - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActionParsnip ActionParsnip
      
      Its not a waste of time. If you read between the lines, if more users can run Linux then bugs will be (hopefully) upstream. This makes the parent distro better and so forth. Fixes make more software more stable, faster and so forth.
      - Schwim
        
        I use my OS to make a living, not to be a beta tester.
      - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActionParsnip ActionParsnip
        
        Never said you were.
      - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActionParsnip ActionParsnip
        
        Never said you were.
Bruce_Mc

“Everything was tailord and carefully chosen for you the user. This is the first time ever, I feel I am going to really miss a distribution.” Linux Mint 13 Xfce might be worth a look for you. It doesn’t need much setup but it does have that extra Ubuntu layer, which may be more than you want.
me

It is a shame. I used it for a while – more like testing it. It looked good.
shannon

Sad,I was DreamLinux user too,I have yet to find one feature which let the user change different icon colors for all folders,in any other distros,apart from KDE ones I guess. This was just one of many cool things it provided. RIP. I hope someone will pickup the project and continue DL.
Pingback: پایان یک رویا: خداحافظی با دریم لینوکس- آزادراه
Pingback: This Week in Linux: Mageia, openSUSE, Dreamlinux | PHP World
http://www.facebook.com/takler.tamas Takler Tamás

Oh! What a pity!!! Last year I thought, I should switch to Dream from Crunchbang… And now the Dream is over… :-(
Pingback: Episode 052 – Season Finale? : Sunday Morning Linux Review
sven

As a designer, I strong believe Dreamlinux was streets ahead of other distros in terms of a desktop that was viable for a professional designer. No other linux distro (and I include Openartist in this) have any real focus or professional insight into the needs of the design industry. A very sad loss.
linuxlover

Dreamlinux Themes and Icons page can be found at: http://www.dreamlinuxblog.blogspot.com
Djsroknrol

As the administrator for DLF, there is a sad day ahead; the day that the forum goes down in January….We all have worked so hard on it and it will all be a memory soon. It is a loss for all “Dreamers” out there……

Like us on Facebook

This week Top Posts

Top Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’ : Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail final is almost out. The final release it scheduled for release on Apri...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
Install lamp with 1 command in Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04 Raring Ringtail & LinuxMint13 : Updated: 10/09/2012 :LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform ...0 comment(s) | by Mel Kham
Howto: Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail from 12.04, 12,10 | Desktop & Server : Updated 05-04-2013: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will be released Soon, If you have ubuntu 12,10, 12...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
How to use Remote Desktop in Ubuntu : Sometimes, we need to access our computer from other locations when we’re not at home and such. This...0 comment(s) | by Mel Kham
Configure conky-Lua in Ubuntu (12.10 & 13.04 Raring Ringtail), Fedora, debian and LinuxMint | Howto Conky : Updated 05-04-2013: Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any informatio...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
Unix/Linux File Recognition. Did You Know? : Did you know that Unix and Linux has no concept of a file extension? What is a file name extension? ...1 comment(s) | by Ambition