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What DVD/CD writers work best with Linux? I have heard one report of a user having trouble with a Plextor on serial ATA.
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Take a look to the unsponsored, untrusted, unchecked "linux incompatibility list":
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langleymass
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Should I really look at it if it's untrusted?
I do know from experience that you can't always trust hardware vendors.
I do know from experience that you can't always trust hardware vendors.
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It is an [red]in[/red]compatibility list. How must trust is required?
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Most standard IDE CD-ROMs, CD-RWs, DVD-ROMs and DVD-RWs are supported. Newer versions of dcdrecord/dvdrecord may also support DVD+RWs. I know that some SATA optical drives work, but I don't know how well supported they are.
Check the incompatibility list for the one your intrested in, if it's not there, google a little and see if anyone mentions having trouble with it... If you don't find anything, you *SHOULD* be alright.
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Check the incompatibility list for the one your intrested in, if it's not there, google a little and see if anyone mentions having trouble with it... If you don't find anything, you *SHOULD* be alright.
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SHOULD is a very over-used word in this business. There are lots of things that should work that don't.
Those were nice web sites.
Those were nice web sites.
Indeed, hence the "*SHOULD*", it was my way of saying that there might be some special drives that weren't found to be incompatible yet. I've never had a problem with any optical drive, my biggest problem is always the sound and graphics drivers taking a while to get out.
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I have heard even the most brilliant Linux people admit to having trouble with sound drivers.
I haven't had any trouble with them in a long while, then again, I am using a card that's been out for a few years.
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