-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 11, 2003 04:01 pm, Northwest Marmot wrote: > OK, I'll start off with the disclaimer, I've been running Mdk 9.1 for > oh, about (checks watch) a few hours now on a laptop from the office. > This is my first journey into Linux (well, aside from multiple > attempts with Red Hat years ago, each aborted when I couldn't get an > install to successfully complete).
That was then and this is now. You'll get used to it, Mandrake is, in my opinion, the most user friendly distribution around. If you count not having to chase drivers for hardware that means it very well could be easier than Windows. > I'm considering putting Mdk on my home system, if I can convince the > boss..er..wife (maybe her playing with the laptop while I undertake > the ceaseless winders patchtes and updates this weekend). My > question is this, what is a good application for burning CDs? Depends what she'd use it for. If she uses MS Office or other proprietary specialized app she may not easily make the adjustment to the way things work, look, and "feel" in Mandrake Linux. That said you could always find ways to make it look and act as much like Windows as possible without compromising stability, flexibility, and security. Don't forget that, for a lot of recent converts, ease of personalization and customization are the biggest draw toward GNU/Linux on "the home desktop." > I am looking for something that supports both CD-R and CD-RW (if any > programs still make any distinction). Should be easy to use as well > (my wife does most of the burning, and while she's pretty savvy, she > does not want to spend time figuring out how to use programs, hence > the requirement for easy to use). Unlike that other operating system what you seek is built in. You don't have to "find" anything except which GUI (the front-end) fits your taste. Many of us prefer to record CDs from the command line in a terminal just because we find it easier. For the "drag 'n' drop" set people prefer different interfaces. I've always been comfortable with k3b simply 'cause it's moderately simpler in function and control placement. That's for the (seldom) times I don't run cdrecord from a terminal. > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > The Northwest Marmot Maybe the first place (other than here of course ;->) to look for tutorials is the community "TWiki." Link below. http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome Final words for now, please lose the "Reply To:" from your mail client. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk 16:18:12 up 2:37, 1 user, load average: 0.24, 0.40, 0.34 I distrust a man who says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink too much, it's because he's not to be trusted when he does. -- Sidney Greenstreet, "The Maltese Falcon" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YPfTG11CaRuZZSIRAlexAJ9w++P0FLz9uYU8ha1xXN1QUDfJ2QCbBqFg LJa7n+FpSswkWkQL6VyIQho= =2OHQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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