The message 1070365541.3547.11.camel@localhost from Nick Heppleston nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk contains these words:
Starting to get into the world of creating my own CD's and as my new laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, I need to start writing data CD's. Can anybody recommend CD-writing software (and CD-RW software if there is a difference) for Linux? I run Gentoo over a blistering 56k dial-up modem so am looking for a few recommendations before I unleash the power of the modem ;-)
Good aftermorning Nick.
You could think of getting an external rack which will take a number of different types of drives - ViPowER (http://www.vipower.com) make a range, and you can get them in IDE and Wide SCSI.
USB; hub; TV/FM capture; Trays for 2·5" and 3·5" HDDs and other storage devices; IDE to PCMCIA/ATA card reader; smart cable; digital film reader; LS 120; Zip; MO; TR-4 tape - to name but a few.
I use an external burner on my Winbox and I hope soon to be able to move it to the Penguinbox.
There are a lot of solutions other than burning your data CDs when something smaller might be more flexible - in addition, of course.
However, as to a writer to run in Linux, I wouldn't like to say. Yet.