Burning optical platters can be frustrating and time-consuming. Show me a computer user who doesn’t have a trash bin filled with spent CDs and DVDs, and I will show you a user who doesn’t burn discs. Linux users have several good CD/DVD burning apps available — and a pile of not-so-good choices. This column featured several from both categories. Some of them have been constant companions to assist me in my optical storage needs. But I recently stumbled upon my new BFF in digital burning. Meet K3b, one of the easiest to use CD/DVD burning software packages available.
I think K3b can be credited at least partially for my migration from M$ to LINUX back around 2003. I discovered that when I wanted to burn a CD, it was easier to just load a Knoppix live cd and use K3b than it was to hope that the CD burner I was using was the one that had come with the version of Nero on my computer or that M$'s respect for DRM wouldn't halt my burn operation. K3b didn't care what I was using or where I got the source I was burning. Furthermore, it was so intuitive that I preferred it to any Windows burner. It's ironic that Knoppix has since removed it from their Live CD distro. It's also ironic that it's not the default in Ubuntu although it's one of the first apps I install.
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K3b Burns Hot, Burns Bright
Posted by: Jack M. Germain September 28, 2011 05:00 AMBurning optical platters can be frustrating and time-consuming. Show me a computer user who doesn’t have a trash bin filled with spent CDs and DVDs, and I will show you a user who doesn’t burn discs. Linux users have several good CD/DVD burning apps available — and a pile of not-so-good choices. This column featured several from both categories. Some of them have been constant companions to assist me in my optical storage needs. But I recently stumbled upon my new BFF in digital burning. Meet K3b, one of the easiest to use CD/DVD burning software packages available.