Roy Schestowitz came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a moment
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
> __/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 27 March 2007 16:29 \__
>
>> Well, well. Score one up for Linux/OSS.
>>
>> brief: convert mp2 to mp3, use as many step as you like.
>>
>> XP: Nero to CDDA - eh what? Nero doesn't recognise the format, and
there's
>> no plugin available for it. Shot down.
>>
>> SuSE: k3b to CDDA: One minute. Rip to .wav: 15 seconds. Convert to mp3:
>> five seconds.
>>
>> Winner: Linux.
>
> Nero is coming to Linux with full feature parity, but it'll face an uphill
> battle to take the place of a program that's Free and Open Source. Nero v3
> would cost $20, IIRC. It does HDDVD... if only that was
actually /playable/
> on Linux...
>
I'll stick with what works. k3b works. It does exactly what it says on the
tin. Unlike another well-known and popular piece of software that fiddles
with common file formats. :)
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