Mac feel in Dreamlinux

DREAM COME TRUE

Dream Linux is a Brazilian computer operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. It can boot as a live CD, from USB flash drive, or can be installed on a hard drive. The distribution's GUI aims to have a centered animated toolbar. The Current version is 5. The home page of the Linux is http://www.dreamlinux.info. This was started in 2007 with a version called 2.2 MM GL and in 2008 the version no. 3 was released. In 2009 they came up with Version 3.5 and this is their 4th Version.

My Opinion

Best Multimedia Support. The distro promises a lot. First, Dreamlinux 5 claims 100% multimedia support out of the box, something that any living being using computers will appreciate. Every one appreciates this for that and it stands No. 1 in handling Media from 2008.

Really a wonderful and beautiful Desktop Environment. Dream Linux comes with a very sexy Xfce desktop, adorned with the Avant desktop manager, offering Mac OS-X like looks with minimal hardware requirements. I have seen Mac OS environment in gOS Linux and Pin Guy OS. However Dream Linux aims to take the bar, one notch higher. I am amazed by the GUI of it and want to have it installed in my PC as I am bit lazy to back-up my data and change Fedora, I am not attempting it. You may see the Linux on this video at You Tube the link for the same is given below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS0nb4kXbCM

On Packages - Acrobat Reader is installed on default – this is the first Linux to have it on installation. This uses Softmaker a derivative of Open Office instead of Libreoffice. Generally Many do not like Softmaker as it looks pretty old similar to MS Office 1997. The other lists of applications are same like Mint. Pin-Guy is superb in this regard as it has all one needs. Except for Virtual Box & Chrome – I have not done anything on it.

Conclusions drawn on Expert's Opinions:

It is fast, smooth and beautiful after installation. XFCE is used as the default Desktop Environment, it is light, and the OSX-like theme is stimulating and is superbly dressed-up.

The multimedia support is phenomenal and should win over every single Windows user in a blink.

Dream Linux starts off modestly, drops low and then vaults high, emerging as a winner. This is not a bad way of leaving a solid, lasting impression, provided you can take the risk. Most users will not have the stamina to endure the horrors of the installation and wait for the post-installation paradise. This is the complete opposite of Sabayon, which begins with the absolute perfect live CD session and then somewhat disappoints with the package management.

Dream Linux has the potential of being a superb distro. It just requires some polishing. Fonts, Network Configuration, etc., are difficult. Hence an average user would lose his patience with this Linux.

(as told by Mr V Narayanan)

A brief history of Linux

Since 1969, the computing world is being revolutionized by the advent of various operating systems. UNIX (Uniplexed Information and Computing System) was found by AT&T Employees at Bell lab and kick-started the OS revolution.

Then Xerox invented a PC and an ideal Desktop OS but was shy to market it. On a friendly visit to Xerox, Mr. Jobs of Apple saw the project and wondered as to the GUI. He set the Mac Project on. It was a big hit in 1985 and revolutionized the Computer world.

Since Mac is a closed project in the sense is not available for all hardware, IBM tried to find an OS-2 to compete with OS-X of Mac and failed miserably in 1987.

Hence MS was called to develop a OS for all systems having OS-X features to the extent possible by all Computer Manufacturers. The reason is two :

a) MS have been working with Apple for 10 years at that time and

b) Excel & DOS designed by MS was incredible.

Thus windows was born and it was a Very Big Hit and Windows 1987 to 1995 became the standard for all OS Development.

People wanted to give OS Free, this is an idea borrowed from Hackers and Wazinok of Apple. Therefore two separate Open Source Project was born from Unix – BSD and Linux.

BSD stands for “Berkeley Software Distribution”. It is the name of distributions of source code from the University of California, Berkeley, which were originally extensions to AT&T's Research UNIX operating system. The BSD is being academic focused and is always used by closed group of persons, it is not known and I too despite a fact used it for a month, find it difficult to trace it back and use it.

Linus Torwalds of Finland invented the Linux Kernel and the platform on which all Linux Distros works. The word Linux stands for Linu's Unix. However again the Bell Lab guys put a case and the Linux no more represents Unix.

Then in 1991-4 Red Hat made a Binary Based Linux called Red-hat Enterprise Linux. They used Restricted Binary Package Manager – the concept found by themselves and as every one used the same concept and is made available free, they changed it to Red-Hat Package Management Concept to make it a proprietary one.

The Red-hat was forced to give some thing free to public as they are using GNU & Linux which are essentially open source. Hence they created two Projects – CENT-OS and Mandrakes Red-hat. Later on Mandrakes was spun off and it went to join a debian based linux company called Connectivia. The space was given to Fedora.

Debian came for academic purpose and then went on for Home and Office use.

From Red-hat and BSD some engineers moved and started a Gentoo Linux which have no per-compilers. Finally recently Arch Linux and few arch-based distributions have also come. (As told by Mr. Narayanan)

Linux OS reviews - an insight

I AM ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU

List of Open Source OS Tried by me

S. No.	Linux OS	Pros	Cons
1	Ubuntu V. 10.04. 10.10, 11.04 & 11.10 Debian	Ease of Use, Great Screen Resolution and have more windows compatibility Least in Size – CD & USB Supported The default applications are sufficient for home & office use.	Not Stable. Initial Speed is lost over a period of time
2	Mandriva V 10.2 Debian	Windows 7 Like Desktop Environment, Ease of use The default applications are sufficient for office use. Plug-ins needed for home use	Not windows compatible like Ubuntu. Updating & Upgrading is a problem 1.6 GB – downloading the OS itself is a problem
3	Fedora 15 & 16 Red Hat	Gnome – Look & Feel is great KDE – Windows 7 Like Look Easy to use	Not Windows compatible. Except for the programs in repositories, installing from other sources is cumbersome. Default Applications are not sufficient like Ubuntu or Mandriva
4	BOSS V. 4 Debian	Windows Like Look Mandriva Like Operating Environment	4.5 GB Size – Downloading is a big problem. Not compatible for all laptops
5	YLMF Debian	Windows XP Environment Easy to use	Unstable Not compatible for all laptops
6	MEPIS Debian	Same like Mandriva – but the graphics are not good	Same as Mandriva
7	CENTOS Red Hat	Simple, Safe, Secure & Stable OS.	Default Applications are not sufficient Not windows compatible
8	Open Suse Suse	Gnome Environment Look & Feel is highly professional Default Applications are sufficient for home and office use	All drivers are not supported. Not sure of windows compatibility 4.5 GB – Downloading is a problem
9	Sabayon Gentoo	Soothing Desktop Environment The default applications are sufficient for office use.	Not windows compatible. Updating & Upgrading is a problem Further installation of apps is a great problem. 1.6 GB – downloading the OS itself is a problem
10	Linux Mint V 11 & 12 Debian	Perfect Windows Replacement.	Have the same issues as Ubuntu in terms of stability
11	Backtrack V5	Speed, Secure and Stable OS Has the best Wine Has 12 sets of audit tools - one can learn CISA & CEH practically	Not for newbie
12	Fubuntu Fedora + Ubuntu Mix	Easy to use Google Focused and hence easy on-line usage. Has VLC and hence plays MP3 and MP4, DVD, etc.,	Not having off-line productivity
13	g-OS Debian	Google Apps focused. Easy to use and is better than Fubuntu theoretically	I could not install and use
14	Chromium OS Gentoo	Highly resourceful OS, theoretically most superior	I could not install and use

My Personal Ranking:

Rank	OS	Remarks
1	Linux Mint	Easy to use, Speedy and best Linux Distribution with all needed applications and plug-ins. Perfect Windows Replacement
2	Fedora	Secure and Stable OS. Easy to use and has the best Hardware Support. However windows applications will not run on it and if one tries he would go mad. Fit for those who are disciplined and want to go out of Windows completely
3	Fubuntu	Easy to install and use. Best for those who want Google based OS
4	Ubuntu	Best for those who want support and windows compatibility
5	Back Track	Best of IT Professionals and System Auditors. Difficult to use for a newbie. Yet I consider this to be best in terms of speed and stability. Of course the security is the best
6	Open Suse	Best of Networking and allied functions. Stable and Secure OS but 100% not friendly with windows applications
7	Sabayon	Best OS with perfect set of default applications for home and office use. However the number of applications is not like Linux Mint. Theoretically a strong and better OS but my test did not produced the results
8	BOSS	For those who want to be Truly Indian, otherwise same as Ubuntu

Click here to see the OS Sheet ratings
 (as told by Mr. V Narayanan)

Linux Distributions

Some of the Linux distributions are given in here. Based on my experience and its performance, I have rated them.

Among the Debian Distros my Top 5 are as below:

1) Linux Mint 13 Maya MATE Edition

2) Pin Guy OS 12.04 LTS

3) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

4) Mandriva 2012

5) PC Linux

Among the RPMs my top 5 are as below:

1) Fedora 17

2) OpenSuse 12

3) Fuduntu 2012.3

4) Oracle Linux 6.3

5) CentOS 6.3

Among Pacman Based Linux My Top 5 are

1) Sabayon 7

2) Google Chromium - OS

3) Kahel OS

4) Chakra Linux

5) Funtoo Linux

 

I would say, if a guy is not trained in Linux, he should not go for Pacman Releases

Ideal is RPM; workable is Debian.

(As told by Mr. V Narayanan)

Linux

Yet again, I am gathering information from one of my well known technical geeks, Mr. V Narayanan, whose ideas shall be put forth by me in this blog. Mr. Narayanan is a Chartered Accountant and Information Systems Auditor, who has a keen interest in testing and building Linux based OS. He along with few more friends will be throwing some insight on Linux and I hope you will get benefited by it.

You can find all the articles relating to Linux in a separate label called "Linux" itself.

Let the Penguin jump out of the Windows!!

Health and Medicine

I often find that health and medicine are somehow related to each other. In this age of 21st century, with advancement of medical science, our longevity has also increased considerably. But we must also ask ourselves whether, we are living a QUALITY LIFE or not.

Here comes the question, WHAT IS QUALITY LIFE? Just think upon the following and you will understand what it is.

• Having a tablet for common cold or leaving it to our immune system to cure it in a day or two.
• Having diet supplements apart from normal diet to get the extra proteins, vitamins or whatever.
• Living with medicine till the age of 85 or 90 and claiming longevity.

Are these instances of quality life? If you still disagree with me then unfortunately, it has become the order of the day. 

We always go for unwanted medications and thereby we do not allow the God given immunity to do its role. Or to put it in other words, we are impairing it and we are making our body dependent on medicines, which is a pity.

Proper balanced diet with all nutrition and exercise should keep the troubles for our body at bay. But we also have to admit the fact that everyday some new disease is also cropping, which is mainly because of our lifestyle.

Before turning to medicines directly, it is always worth trying the nature’s therapy for they don’t have any side effects and cure for some of the frequently occurring health problems are well established in it. In the upcoming topics, I’ll be giving maximum remedies for small health issues from various medicinal plants.

I hope everybody will be benefited and suggestions and criticisms are always welcome.

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