> 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,
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