> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:22:13AM -0500, Andrew Dabrowski wrote:
> > I was over at Best Buy last night checking out the internal DVD-R
> > drives. I saw Pioneer, Sony, and LG (?). Does anyone have advice about
> > which will work best with Ubuntu Intrepid? Thanks.
>
> Just follow the usual precautions:
> 1. Make sure the drive you get fits your available drive bay
> 2. Make sure the drive you get connects to the proper interface
> 3. Make sure a proper cable is included, or get a new one
>
> These things can cause issues, however if you have those covered then
> you should be fine. They're all using the same protocols these days, so
> there is no reason to have separate drivers for them.
>
> It is nothing like the early days of the CD-Rom drives, if that's the
> sort of thing you're worried about. Also, the DVD format improved
> significantly upon the CD-Audio format. There's always a real
> filesystem, and the data is always transferred in data mode.
>
> If you're an old-timer like me, you'd have every reason to be concerned.
> If you're used to the Windows "every stinking device needs a separate
> driver" mantra, then you'd also have reason to be concerned. However I
> can tell you none of that is a concern. Things really are quite easy.
>
> Cheers,
One thing I have heard and this could be fixed by now is if your buying a sata
dvd burner that it can be hit or miss. I know someone who had some issue
with it but I think that got fixed in kernel update.
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