what burning sofware can I use on my aspire one

Invasion · 22 Oct 2008 at 17:53

Just got a LG dvd re writer drive for my Aspire one, now what software can I use with it that is free and will work on linux ??

thanks

craptakular · 22 Oct 2008 at 17:59

theres k3b. and theres one for gnome but i cant remember what its called lol

craptakular · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:02

brasero is another.

from what i understand k3b uses the KDE style, but it can still work under gnome.

I would try brasero

Outcast · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:06

Oxy.. Indeed

But K3B is more in depth although you have to go a googling for all the plugins.

Brasero will do for most things anyway.

brummie · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:13

brasero \o/

craptakular · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:14

brummie said:
brasero \o/

What do you suggest? I use brasero as I only need to do basic things. Is there anything better than k3b/brasero?

brummie · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:18

gnomebaker is pretty good but k3b is the most in depth i feel.

Invasion · 22 Oct 2008 at 18:34

sorry for the newbie question, first week of Linux and I haven't touched my other system with vista

Will Brasero run ok linpus Linux??

thanks

craptakular · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:33

Invasion said:
sorry for the newbie question, first week of Linux and I haven't touched my other system with vista Will Brasero run ok linpus Linux??

thanks

cant see a reason why it would not. Have you found the package manager in linpus yet?

(I haven't used linpus btw) to install it you go into your package manager and search for the prgram.

Invasion · 25 Oct 2008 at 09:11

Ok well I managed to install K3B using Yum

I went to terminal typed in su- to become Root. Then just typed Yum install K3B and away she went program installed no problems

now the only thing is it will not finish burning a disc it starts ok then at about 50% the disc pops out of the drive and it comes up Error ?? any help on this please and was the way I installed this ok ?

craptakular · 25 Oct 2008 at 09:33

Invasion said:
Ok well I managed to install K3B using Yum

I went to terminal typed in su- to become Root. Then just typed Yum install K3B and away she went program installed no problems

now the only thing is it will not finish burning a disc it starts ok then at about 50% the disc pops out of the drive and it comes up Error ?? any help on this please and was the way I installed this ok ?

if you launch k3b in terminal does it come up with any error messages either during launch or when your copying a disk?

Invasion · 25 Oct 2008 at 09:37

Oxy said:
if you launch k3b in terminal does it come up with any error messages either during launch or when your copying a disk?

I havent launched K3b in terminal,I right click on desktop and then select from multimedia
the program itself runs ok just error when copying to disc?? although I think it burns it then on finalizing ?? it fails

craptakular · 25 Oct 2008 at 10:52

Invasion said:
I havent launched K3b in terminal,I right click on desktop and then select from multimedia
the program itself runs ok just error when copying to disc?? although I think it burns it then on finalizing ?? it fails

if u launch it in terminal and try copying again it should display any error messages in the terminal window and we can work it out from there using google searches.

Im a noob too but used linux for a bit longer

Invasion · 25 Oct 2008 at 11:21

Oxy said:
if u launch it in terminal and try copying again it should display any error messages in the terminal window and we can work it out from there using google searches.

Im a noob too but used linux for a bit longer

ok well I have learnt how to launch the program in terminal

so now do I go to the program and try to burn again or do I instruct it to do so from terminal ? can that even been done?

I think it is the first option then it will list faults in the terminal ?

craptakular · 25 Oct 2008 at 11:33

I think you can use the prgram as u did, but any output will be displayed in the terminal. So if there are any errors it should show on the terminal

Outcast · 25 Oct 2008 at 11:56

I'mpretty sure you didn't need to sudo install... That would install it into root. I installed google earth that way on my mates laptop.. It works like crap so he decided to remove it.. except he can't find where it installed to !! (ubuntu)

He's bringing his laptop round today so I might have a play.. see if I can nuke it.

brummie · 25 Oct 2008 at 12:05

If you dont 'sudo' then you cant install software

Outcast · 25 Oct 2008 at 12:16

hmm.. my bad
Your right.

Hey .. I just dragged myself out of the pit after working nightshift last night.
Brain .. Subroutine > Common sense hasn't finished loading yet.

Invasion · 1 Nov 2008 at 08:43

just installed Gnomebaker and it works yipeee

I gave up on K3b :eek:

does anyone use gnombaker ?

Tony Williams · 3 Nov 2008 at 20:17

K3B is great.