Hi,
I bought a Samsung SH-S183L with SATA a few months ago for my new
linux desktop and it just worked. Admittedly I have only really used
it for burning DVDs and CDs using K3B but that works fine. I'm not
sure about lightscribe working with linux but thats just a lack of
software I believe.
Rich
On 10 Aug 2007, at 10:51, Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Philip Stubbs wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was thinking that it was about time that I bought a DVD writer. I
>> have in mind a Samsung SATA device with Lightscribe. Can anybody say
>> if I am likely to have any problems with a SATA Optical drive? I
>> have only used IDE drives in the past.
>>
>
> Hi Philip,
>
> I thought about buying one myself and have only heard positive things
> about Samsung - in particular how quiet they are. I am afraid that I
> can't comment on the Linux aspect or speak from experience, but given
> that they come in at less than 20 quid at ebuyer it's not a huge
> risk to
> take given that you will probably be able to flog it on to a Windows
> user for pretty much what you paid for it if it does fall short of
> requirements.
>
> Sean
>
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