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Re: K3b rocks!

__/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 08 September 2006 12:44 \__

> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>> Yesterday, I tried to back up my data files onto DVD.  Nero bombed out
>> with
>> only a partial burn on Windows XP.  I got tired of ruined DVD-R media,
>> which is not cheap like CD-R's.
>> 
>> Today, I booted up SuSE 10.1 Linux.  Next, I burned an ISO image to CD-R
>> in
>> K3b.  Burn is no different than in Nero 6 Xpress and seems smoother,
>> without the additional OS overhead.  Data verification was perfect.
>> 
>> After that, I selected all the files to burn off my Windows XP partition
>> on
>> the HD, 4.6 GB worth.  Menu was easy to navigate, I was able to adjust the
>> files, fullness indicator at the bottom of the window let me know when I
>> had too many files for a successful burn.  I removed some of the
>> directories (folders) until I was just a touch under full DVD disk
>> capacity.
>> 
>> Burn went uneventful, verify was successful.  Burn even succeeded through
>> the screen saver, monitor power down, which I must disable in XP for
>> success.
> 
> I routinely play QuakeX/UT/Wolf/SOF, transcode various video to MPEG2
> using mencoder, and burn DVDs with K3B, simultaneously, with no problem
> (although I do "nice +19" mencoder).
> 
>> I am a happy camper with SuSE 10.1 Open Linux and K3b.
> 
> I got past the K3B novelty long ago - now it's Amarok's turn. Last.fm,
> dynamic playlists, auto-tag, auto-cover, auto-lyrics, directory
> tracking, Wikipedia, and a MySQL backend ... gives me a hard on.

Careful. The flatfish is around and he likes that.

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