Forum Moderator and Reviewer Dee-27 has just finished an objective and very interesting look at this brand new Nero burning application suite for Linux, called NeroLINUX. As we all know, Linux is a very popular OS that can offer us among other things, great stability and security, not to mention it's one of the most hopeful challenges to the Microsoft Empire. Linux has come so far, that it's no longer just for those that prefer the command line, many distros out there now are quite polished and easy to use, such as the one Dee prefers at the moment, SuSE 9.3.
We all realize as well, that in order to accelerate improvement in any product, competition is key. Without it, we see that developers can become complacent and insensitive to users needs. A classic example is of the recent announcement by Microsoft, that they did not intend to continue development of Internet Explorer, in their eyes, it was "done" and they rested on their laurels with an impressive 90%+ share. Then along came the bombshell Firefox. We can see from our own stats, that a full 25% that visit this website are using Firefox now instead of IE. This is consistent with the statistics found around the web and it was enough to make Redmond get off their duffs and start writing to IE again. In fact, MS intends to debut IE7 this summer!
The good
news does not stop there, because any of us out there that already own the great burning app, Nero Ultra Edition or greater for Windows, can point Firefox (or Internet Explorer) to the Nero site and download NeroLINUX for free! So, if you are interested in learning a new way to burn your discs, using an alternative and stable OS, check out Dee's review of this exciting new software.
Here's a quick rundown of the feature list:
- Copy CD or DVD as under Windows
- Image Recorder is available
- Digital Audio Extraction for audio tracks
- Data CDs/DVDs (ISO9660, UDF and UDF/ISO9660 Bridge)
- Bootable CDs/DVDs using the El-Torito standard
- Audio CDs (CD TEXT Info can be added)
- Mix Mode CDs
- Enhanced CDs (CD EXTRA)
- CD and DVD Images (ISO, NRG and Cue Sheets)
- Ability to burn multisession CD/DVD
- Double Layer DVDs
Did I mention it was free?
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Nero, leaders in digital media technology, have announced the release of NeroLINUX, the Linux OS Solution for CD/DVD Burning. This newest member of Nero's award-winning product family is now available for free to registered Nero 6 full version owners. NeroLINUX is a comprehensive and flexible application available to LINUX users that want the power and quality of Nero's award-winning burning engine to perform all essential optical burning tasks. 'LINUX and Nero are both synonymous with stability and reliability," said Jim Corbett, Executive Director of Nero AG. NeroLINUX is a breakthrough for Nero and we are happy to provide a powerful and reliable optical burning solution to the loyal LINUX community." NeroLINUX provides LINUX users with the essential tools to effectively perform optical recording tasks. The application supports burning data and disc images to CDs/DVDs (ISO9660, UDF and UDF/ISO9660 Bridge), Bootable CDs/DVDs, Audio CDs with CD text, Mixed Mode CDs, CD-EXTRA, Multisession CD/DVDs and Double Layer DVDs. It is provided as a standard Linux package in RPM or DEB. Supported 32-bit platforms include Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 and Enterprise Linux 3.0, SuSE 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2, Debian 3.0 and future 3.1. Nero for PC compatible systems has sold over 180 million copies worldwide and has established itself as a leader in the growing audio and video software recording marketplace.
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We think you will be very pleased with the job that Dee has done in this article as it takes us step by step through the process of installation and use of this product. This includes showing us how to create Data CD/DVD's, along with Audio and Video discs. In addition, if you have any questions you can always leave them here in the comments section, or better yet, join the discussion in the CD Freaks Forum. Dee has already set up a thread there for all you Linux users and especially for those that wish to join the crowd. You can be sure to get polite and friendly help there from Dee and other CD Freaks!
With free downloads of Linux distributions all over the Internet and now with a free application to serve our burning needs, maybe it is time to give Linux a try. At least we should show Nero we are interested by downloading and installing their app so that they will continue to develop this important product. You can find the review here, thanks Dee - this is a good one!
Source: CD Freaks
