[CS-FSLUG] Nero [NeroLINUX]
Timothy R. Butler
tbutler at ofb.biz
Mon Mar 14 13:02:58 CST 2005
>
> I just think they ought to let users choose whether they want a
> multi-OS distro. If so, that's fine. If not, don't make 'em purchase
> the one just to get the other. If they have decided to bundle 'em all
> together, at one low price, great.
Sounds like what they are doing to me, save that the GNU/Linux version
must be downloaded after purchase. Presuming the GNU/Linux version
would cost the same as the Windows version, I think the bundle is
ideal... at any rate, many people already own the Windows version, so
this works even better than including the GNU/Linux version in the
box... you don't have to go out and buy another copy of Nero. :-)
> Someone mentioned Roxio. Frankly, Roxio was one of the reasons I no
> longer use Windows - or proprietary software. Their CD Burning
> software bombed on me when I upgraded from Win98 --> WinXP. They
> fixed it so you couldn't re-install the basic version after a certain
> date because they expected you to upgrade by then.
If it makes you feel any better, the versions that came out pre-XP
were incompatible with XP anyway, in my experience.
> The only alternative I could find at the time didn't work with my
> burner. I finally figured out how to burn CDs in X-CDRoast under SUS
> 8.0, which is about when I began seriously focusing on GNU/Linux.
> Come to think of it, I should probably shoot off an e-mail thanking
> Roxio for helping me finally put my heart into learning GNU/Linux!
Hehe. That is interesting. Outlook was what did it for me.
-Tim
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