[newbie] TDK CD burner and Linux Mandrake 8.0

I finally got rid of my old parallel port external CD writer and picked up fast new toy. My question is that Linux should recognize it and I can burn whatever I want on it, right? Any thoughts are welcomed even if they are criticism about this particular brand which I picked up for $100

Re: [newbie] TDK CD burner and Linux Mandrake 8.0

Robert wrote: I finally got rid of my old parallel port external CD writer and picked up fast new toy. My question is that Linux should recognize it and I can burn whatever I want on it, right? Any thoughts are welcomed even if they are criticism about this particular brand which I