[Herts] Interesting debate

Cyberesque cyberesque at softhome.net
Mon Jan 26 22:23:58 GMT 2004


On Monday, January 26, 2004 10:13 PM,
Steve Davies <steve at one47.co.uk> was rumoured to have said:

> Cyberesque wrote:
>  > Samsung quotes:
>  > >"Almost no CD writer available in the market is compatible with
>  Linux/Unix. > >The only recommended operating systems for using CD
>  writers are Windows > >95/98/2000/XP and NT. The recording programs
>  do not support most of the > >other operating systems. In other
>  words: under Linux/Unix etc. CD writers > >will work like a normal
> CD-ROM drive." 
> 
> [snip]


2) I have never seen a "special" Linux driver for a CD writer.
Yup, that's basically the general concensus

> Am I missing something here, or is the original Samsung quote just a
> pile of Sh*te ?
I think that was much the guist of the debate

:o)





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