Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4054 mails)

[Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 08:59 -0500, Frank Bax wrote:
> At 08:48 AM 1/1/06, Donald D Henson wrote:
> >I've been searching high and low for Linux software that allows the
> >creation and printing of labels for a CD/DVD. There's dozens of them for
> >Windows but I can't seem to find any for Linux. Any leads will be
> >appreciated.
> 
> 
> Are you talking about self-adhesive labels to "attach" to the disk itself?
> 
> Perhaps you should read this (especially "Quick Reference"):
>          http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/contents.html
> 
> Apparently this type of label is not good for the data on your disk. 
> 
> 
What I here is that labels are OK for short life CD for longer life
storage about 10 years stick to the pens.  Unless someone reinvents 
the label any time soon.

Then again there are the kind you can lazer on the label side.  Perhaps
someone here is working on doing that with normal CDRW.

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