NeroLINUX Review


 





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Review: NeroLINUX

Version: 2.0.0.1
Reviewers: Dee-27
Provided by: Nero
AG
Review Date: June 2005


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Introduction:






Nero is a long established name in the field
of CD/DVD burning, with the Nero Burning Rom name becoming
synonymous with this type of application on the Windows PC platform.


More recently, the LINUX operating system is
becoming more popular, as more people look for an alternative to Windows.
However, an operating system is only as good as the software applications
available. This of course is where Windows scores highly, but things are slowly
changing and more and more applications are being ported to the LINUX operating
system.

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NeroLINUX is Nero's first application to run
on the LINUX operating system and Nero AG was kind enough to supply us
with a serial number so we could fully test this application.


In this review we will be putting NeroLinux
through its paces and seeing what this application has to offer to the LINUX
user with CD/DVD burning in mind. 


Company
Information:


Nero
AG
is a leading
provider in the digital media technology sector and member of the MPEG-4
Industry Forum (MPEGIF).


Nero Digital™
currently provides the most readily available MPEG-4 audio and video compression
technology '“ in particular state-of-the-art audio with MPEG-4 High Efficiency
AAC.


In the
meantime,
Nero AG
has developed its award-winning Nero Burning ROM product, the
world's leading CD/DVD application software, into the
comprehensive multimedia complete solution.


Since its
release in 1995, the application has attracted a loyal customer base of over 180
million satisfied users. 


The company with its
headquarters in Karlsbad-Ittersbach, Germany and branches in Glendale,
California and Yokohama, Japan, has a global direct online sales customer base '“
including manufacturers, OEMs, distributors, trade partners and end
customers.


Program Features:






A run down of the features of this burning
application immediately tells us the feature list is nowhere near as complete as
the Windows version of Nero Burning Rom. But everything is there:



  • Copy CD or
    DVD as under Windows

  • Image
    Recorder is available

  • Digital
    Audio Extraction for audio tracks

  • Data
    CDs/DVDs (ISO9660, UDF and UDF/ISO9660 Bridge)

  • Bootable
    CDs/DVDs using the El-Torito standard

  • Audio CDs
    (CD TEXT Info can be added)

  • Mix Mode
    CDs

  • Enhanced
    CDs (CD EXTRA)

  • CD and DVD
    Images (ISO, NRG and Cue Sheets)

  • Ability to
    burn multisession CD/DVD

  • Double
    Layer DVDs

In Nero's Own
Words:


Nero, leaders in
digital media technology, have announced the release of NeroLINUX, the Linux OS
Solution for CD/DVD Burning.


This newest
member of Nero's award-winning product family is now available for free to
registered Nero 6 full version owners.


NeroLINUX is a
comprehensive and flexible application available to LINUX users that want the
power and quality of Nero's award-winning burning engine to perform all
essential optical burning tasks.


'LINUX and Nero are
both synonymous with stability and reliability," said Jim Corbett, Executive
Director of Nero AG. NeroLINUX is a breakthrough for Nero and we are happy to
provide a powerful and reliable optical burning solution to the loyal LINUX
community."


NeroLINUX provides
LINUX users with the essential tools to effectively perform optical recording
tasks. The application supports burning data and disc images to CDs/DVDs
(ISO9660, UDF and UDF/ISO9660 Bridge), Bootable CDs/DVDs, Audio CDs with CD
text, Mixed Mode CDs, CD-EXTRA, Multisession CD/DVDs and Double Layer DVDs. It
is provided as a standard Linux package in RPM or DEB. Supported 32-bit
platforms include Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 and Enterprise Linux 3.0, SuSE 8.0,
8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2, Debian 3.0 and future 3.1.


Nero for PC compatible
systems has sold over 180 million copies worldwide and has established itself as
a leader in the growing audio and video software recording
marketplace.


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