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- bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Ubuntu has one built in also. and has 7 different ones in their repository with a one click install for free.
Also one build in to ubuntu does more than windows cd burner right click on a iso file and click burn to cd to burn it to a cd it also allows you to do music cd's and create images. then again you are just a troll so i don't know why i am replying. - killerofkiller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14uhh i use k3b in gnome all the time
- kelvie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I think he means that k3b is not a GTK+ app, which would be different, and it's not, it's made using QT. Most systems have both already installed, so you should be able to run apps from each (and if not, your package manager pulls em in, the beauty of linux).
However, I am _still_ hard pressed to find any CD/DVD authoring program better than k3b, in Windows or Linux; I'd often boot into linux just to burn a CD in the past.
I have always found Nero to be unstable, also, and tried most of the free media authoring utilities in Linux. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Not true, I have ubuntu running and all I did was pop in a blank cd an this box automagically appeared on the screen. "Do you wan't to burn audio cd, data cd or ignore?" I didn't have to configure one single thing. Didn't even have to download burning software, it came pre-installed. It was insanely easy. In fact, burning cds with windows in more troublesome for noobs. When you put a blank cd into windows and click and drag file into windows explorer, it doesn't actually burn anything. It waits for you to tell it too. This confuses many noobs. In windows you can't even burn an ISO image without installing special software. uBuntu came with this functionally already built in and ready to go. So my CD burning experience has actually been better with linux.
- kill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12A window manager does not but Gnome is not a window manager it is a desktop environment which uses the metacity window manager. As a desktop environment it will try to have available applications that an average use will need for desktop use.
- Jorlwind, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14As good as GnomeBaker is I just can't take the name seriously. I'm stuck with the image of a bunch of fat little bearded men screaming inside of an oven.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10@protoman
Uh, no you don't. Most distros come with CD burning stuff pre-installed.
edit: beated by bobothn - ilobmirt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Being a gui zealot is for Noobs.
- jdwyckoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Its not...I put the cd/dvd in the damn computer and a thing pops up and says, "make cd or ignore." This is an article on finding new programs. Some work better than others, but Ubuntu 7.04 comes with a program.
- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13For those willing to try proprietary software (not that it's recommended), Nero has just released a Beta of version 3 for GNU/Linux ( http://www.nero.com/eng/NeroLinux3Beta.html ). It has feature parity wrt Windows.
- bigtrouble77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10He forgot a few... K3b, XCD Roast and probably a few others.
- trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Meh, Places -> CD/DVD creator in Gnome does everything I want it to, and it couldn't get much easier :)
- retrodavid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Yeah, next thing you know there'll be a "Use the Internet In Linux!" story on the front page.
- WUThad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10I didn't know burning CDs was hard.
- Eugenia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The guy forgot Graveman!
http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/graveman - dmason, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6GnomeBaker is pretty damn good. Made using DVD+-RWs (yeah, some people still use those) very, very easy.
- ExxonValdeez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I agree with kelvie. I recently discovered the wonders of k3b. Definitely the best CD/DVD authoring tool I have used. Very nice and intuitive.
- generalloy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"It isn't usually unless you try to make a VCD or DVD with free software."
There are program for that though, like DeVeDe, mandvd, and tovid. - combatchuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I LIKE CHEESE.
- Cherubim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4K3b is the best. Leaves crap like Nero for dead.
- retrodavid, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Digg Down.
- phuchead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yo, protoman, why don't you try installing a fresh copy of windows, if i remember correctly the "windows" cd burning stuff does not work unless you have first installed a separate cd burning package, this may have changed with XPsp2 but i know i had a problem with this on quite a few occasions in the past.
AND in linux you can even burn a disc from as low as the console with no graphical user interface, very useful if running a server with no monitor installed.
-phuc - bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2K3b, XCD Roast and what ever program gnome has installed by default are all awesome products. but as always in linux it is all about having choices and being able to find out what works best for your needs. witch is why articles like this are nice telling the strong points of each one. would be nice if it was more complete but i dont habe the time to write a completed article of every single burner do you?
- nickgarvey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom diskimage.iso
Gets the job done when you need iso's. - dudad, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It isn't usually unless you try to make a VCD or DVD with free software.
- acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for correcting the technical aspect of my post, but it still leaves the question - why does a *desktop environment* require its own specific CD-burning programs?
- Xenogis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah. Nautilus is the easiest cd burner i don't quite understand how this article got front page.
And to burn isos you just right click it and choose burn. The option is there for me. - Geaugan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I hated using Nero. No matter who was trying to burn who a CD on whatever computer, Nero always froze up around 99%. Sometimes that would mean the CD was complete, sometimes not.
- manstein01, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1It doesn't, at all. But it chooses to have them, based on who is mastering the particular Linux distro.
- manstein01, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1The Gnome burners are pretty good, but even those i know who hate KDE use KIIIB. It might be the best burning application on any platform, period.
- unspellable, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1After using K3B every CD burning software experience has been an utter disappointment.
Concerning Nero (5) and XCDRoast: they both require way too many hoops to jump through and are absolutely less than intuitive in their functionality. - acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Not trying to be a troll here, but why should a window manager need its own CD burning applications? I don't understand.
- tomwhughes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1hey so do I!
- BrokenBeta, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Acceptab1e and LenzM, you are both right. I dunno why you're getting dugg down for it. Open source products almost always have weird names - I know someone who is trying to get into Linux but having to work out that "e-mail" = "exim4", etc etc, is just driving him crazy! Then he comes and rants on us. :-D
- generalloy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1digg down
- LenzM, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4The other problem is that so many names are unintuitive and have nothing to do with what they do. WinAmp plays music, what does Amarok do?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2yay windows... oh wait... windows blows... sorry i must have forgotten for a second. sorry. Anyway ubuntu has lots of options as far as burning cd's goes.... I can't help but say have fun with synaptic. its great to have so many free options available. maybe windows has them, but synaptic makes it so easy. Windows is only installed because i love to game every once in a while.
- acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2This seems to plague free software in general. Names like 'The GIMP' and 'GnomeBaker' make it hard to take the programs seriously, especially from a PHB's point of view.
- strabes, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2yay k3b
- xfile087, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Great app!
- ArthurSucks, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3Uh, K3b is not a Gnome app.
- TheAssuager, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2GNOME is for NOOBS
- Protoman, on 10/12/2007, -29/+3My Windows came with A CD Burning program built in...
On Linux you need to waste time and download it, probably not a lot of selections either seeing as it's Linux.
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