On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Kenneth Lynes <kenlynes at usa.net> wrote:

> In response to the difficulty of burning disks on linux, I found a version
> of
> Nerolinux and got a license for using it from Nero. The download was still
> available and it works fine so far burning dual layer dvd disks. I have
> only
> recently obtained a bluray burner and do not know if it will burn those
> yet,
> but I will try soon.
> I used the Nero version of burning software because I was familiar with it.
> I agree it is one of the main complaints I have with using linux OS that I
> can
> do these things easier on windows os. This is not a good thing to show new
> users. Most just want to do the usual things on linux they did on windows
> but
> not have to deal with all the stuff that tended to mess up their normal use
> such as the malware etc.
> I dont think most of the linux users would mind paying a small fee to use
> the
> OS if it would help get things like burning bluray disks resolved. No one
> wants to do all that work for nothing. Say a $10 fee to use a distro and
> get
> all the updates and free software compared to the cheapest version of
> windows
> 7 which is useful at all costing about $100 and virtually no free software
> to
> use on the OS.
> Until something like this happens and users can find an easy painless way
> to
> migrate to linux it will continue to be hard to convince someone it is in
> their best interest to do so.
> Ken
>

Greetings Ken

You can save yourself your $10.

I just posted a howto on the list for burning bluray discs.

Its not straight forward but it works! (If I can get it working most anyone
else should be able to make it too!!)

Thanks for those with suggestions!

Hope you find my response useful.

Darald
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