Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 10th May 2007 13:33 UTC, submitted by AdamW
"k3b is one of the most important applications for many Linux users. The immensely popular and fully-featured CD/DVD writing application has been a mainstay of the standard Linux desktop since its early releases. Since last year, Sebastian Trüg, the initial author and present lead developer of k3b, has been employed by Mandriva both to work on k3b and to work on the Nepomuk desktop project. We asked Sebastian a few questions about k3b, Mandriva and Nepomuk."
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Member since:2005-07-07
It's the primary reason why Nero hasn't got a snowball in hell's chance on desktop Linux...
Actually I think the primary reason Nero hasn't a change on desktop Linux is the fact that it "isn't" Nero, i.e. the Linux version is just a shadow of the Windows version.
Nero is one of the products where a feature set is almost identical to the name, i.e. people associate the feature set with the product's name.
Since Nero for Linux fails to deliver this feature set, people who have bought it feel ripped off.
Member since:2006-11-19
Actually I think the primary reason Nero hasn't a change on desktop Linux is the fact that it "isn't" Nero, i.e. the Linux version is just a shadow of the Windows version.
I'd suggest you try Nero 3 Beta version. While K3B still has better ground on Linux, Nero is no longer a "mere shadow". They've replicated the Nero 6 interface with almost all the feature available on Windows. (And this time it uses GTK+2).
You can check the screenshots or downloads at http://www.nero.com/eng/NeroLinux3Beta.html .
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2005-07-06
Of all the applications around, K3B is really the one that stands out in terms of "can't do without out". It's the primary reason why Nero hasn't got a snowball in hell's chance on desktop Linux - it has less features than K3B, is actually less straightforward (now that I go back to the Windows version), looks worse and has far less integration with surrounding components.
Goodness, K3B is supposed to burn discs, but it is the first CD ripper I feel that is actually easy to use, and has straightforward but powerful options to rip as you like.