The majority of those DVD burners work fine. I got a BENQ writer and bought it cheap. It turned out to be as good as any of the high end writers out there. i installed it into a USB 2 Enclosure and it works great on XP and Linux. Other than some LG drives with flakey firmwire porblems in the past , I would suggest you get one with just works instead of going with the name-brands. Had HP, TDK, Pioneer and they all did the job. Bought the Benq to replace a TDK DVD burner. The TDK died after a four foot drop in a USB enclosure.. Adam -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Shanahan Subj: [SLE] what dvd+-rw to buy, was: SONY DRU-800A DVD+-RW oppinions Date: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:19 pm Size: 714 bytes To: suse-linux-e@suse.com * Sunny [10-27-05 11:18]:

Ok, lets change the question then: which manufacturer is most linux friendly (i.e. supports the community, has a firmware updates, which can be run under linux, etc.)

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