The Dreamlinux team announced, on the 28th of February, the release of Dreamlinux 3.5. Based on the latest stable Debian 5.0 (Lenny), this version focuses mainly on portable devices, having out-of-the box wireless drivers and special installs for netbooks, notebooks or USB flash drives. Custom scripts and applications are also included for a smoother installation and initial setup.

Along with the popular Remaster solutions - MkDistro Easy Remaster and Live Remaster, an OEM installer is also available. Dreamlinux 3.5 comes in an Xfce 4.4.2 edition on a CD ISO and a GNOME edition hosted on a DVD image.

Highlights of Dreamlinux 3.5:

· Linux kernel 2.6.28.5-1
· New init script in initrd
· Redesigned icons and a new default "Go_Indigo" GTK theme
· LiveDream
· PersisteDream
· Compiz is included for 3D effects
· Firefox 3.0.6
· Thunderbird 2.0.0.16
· Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.6
· Inkscape 0.46 for graphics
· Gthumb
· Xsane
· Avidemux for easy video editing
· Totem multimedia player
· Rhythmbox audio player
· Brasero CD/DVD Burning
· Easy-Tag
· SoundConverter
· SoundJuicer
· OpenOffice 2.4
· Engage Dock
· Avant Window Navigator (AWN)

Many applications that aren't available in the repositories can be installed via "Easy-install", such as Firefox 3.1, Midori Webkit Browser, Google-Gadgets, Wine-Doors and Wine, MPlayer, XMMS, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Azureus, Deluge BitTorrent client, Opera 9.6, Songbird 1.0, Skype for voice/video chat, Picasa 3, Google Earth 5, XaraLX, W32 codecs and DVD support with libdvdcss.

Other features in this release include Bluetooth support, WICD for both wired and wireless connections, a rewritten Conky script and a better Dreamlinux Classical Installer. The developers expect the system to boot in 35 seconds on a Core 2 Duo machine with 2 GB of RAM.

Download Dreamlinux 3.5 Xfce and GNOME editions right now from Softpedia.