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Contents 1 CD/DVD Burning 2 Windows/Mac applications 3 GUI applications 4 Command line applications 5 Hints and Tips 6 See also 7 External links

CD/DVD Burning

If you are using the latest versions of the GNOME desktop environment, such as those provided with Fedora, you can perform CD burning by first placing a blank disk in the drive. Wait a few seconds and a file manager window (nautilus-cd-burner) should appear. Now drag the files and directories you want into it, and then hit burn.

You can burn ISO CD images by right-clicking on the image file and choosing "Write to CD".

Windows/Mac applications

A user that wants to try Linux for the first time may need to download an ISO file for a single-CD Distribution such as Knoppix and burn the ISO file to CDR or CD-RW media using a utility on his or her current system. Note that you have to use the function that burns an existing ISO file to CD, NOT the function that creates a temporary ISO file out of one or more files and burns the temporary file to CD. Applications that can do this include:

• Nero - How to do it with Nero
• Freeware utilities - Pick one that supports burning ISO images to CDR or CDRW.

GUI applications

• K3b - probably the most user-friendly CD/DVD burning application for the Linux desktop.
• XCDRoast
• gcombust
• Arson
• Eroaster
• Graveman! - Gnome

Command line applications

• cdrecord
• cdrdao
• mkisofs
• growisofs
• dd

Hints and Tips

• Burning a CDROM from an ISO file
• Burning a CDROM from a bin/cue file from the command line
• Burning Nero CD images

See also

• DVD

External links

• Coasterless CD Burning guide (www.troubleshooters.com)
• Various DVD Burning, Ripping and Audio Ripping Software DVD tools download (www.topvideopro.com)

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