Proposal: include Brasero by default

[Bryan Haskins]

Very similar, but a VERY clean interface. And very straitforward. I mean
when it comes down to it, they all do the same thing, so it's all about
preference. But brasero sticks with the keep-it-simple philosophy we like to
show on the live CD, and entry environment.

On Jan 6, 2008 8:04 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like I need to try this program (when my optical drive stops
> playing dead).  How does it compare to GnomeBaker?
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 7:20 PM, Bryan Haskins < kingofallhearts999 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > A agree too, I'm a k3b guy myself. But for a strictly GTK desktop, I
> > love Brasero.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2008 3:11 PM, Evan <eapache at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > It already ships with Xubuntu, and I quite like it. I second this
> > > motion.
> > >
> > > The only thing that needs to be changed is that it needs to depend on
> > > cdrdao or else certain functions crash. I'm not sure why this isn't already
> > > a dependency.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 6, 2008 10:16 AM, Wouter Stomp <wouterstomp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to propose including Brasero in the default Ubuntu
> > > > installation. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD's for the
> > > > Gnome
> > > > Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some
> > > > unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and
> > > > quickly. Brasero is actively being developed and is maintained in
> > > > Ubuntu by one of its developers, Luis Medinas.
> > > >
> > > > Currently Ubuntu relies on nautilus-cd-burner and serpentine for
> > > > cd/dvd burning. Both are nice and simple programs, but both N-c-b
> > > > and
> > > > serpentine have several limitations that Brasero does not have which
> > > > are listed below:
> > > >
> > > > Nautilus cd burner:
> > > > - Lack of multisession support!
> > > > - Does not inhibit Gnome Power Manager from suspending while burning
> > > > - Doesn't do on the fly burning (dvd to dvd or disk to dvd), severly
> > > > limiting burning possibilities when low on disk space (a situation
> > > > in
> > > > which you might want to move files to cd/dvd)
> > > > - Does not show the amount of space left
> > > > - Does not show the progress while burning
> > > > - Has no option to verify burned cd
> > > > - Can't copy/write video DVDs
> > > > - Has no option to erase cdrw's withouth burning new content to them
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Serpentine:
> > > > - Doesn't do on the fly writing (mp3/ogg to wav conversion)
> > > > - Doesn't detect the size of the inserted disc
> > > > - Has several open bugs on program crashes, both on launchpad and in
> > > > gnome bugzilla
> > > > - Lacks audio track preview
> > > > - Doesn't support cue files
> > > >
> > > > Additionally, Brasero has features such as automatic filtering for
> > > > unwanted files, beagle file search (tracker support planned) and
> > > > saving/loading of projects, allowing them to be burned later.
> > > >
> > > > It would be good to provide users one common interface to burn cd's.
> > > > Brasero is already in the main repository and installed and tested
> > > > by
> > > > many users, so it should not be a problem to include it on the cd.
> > > > Of
> > > > the other distro's, opensuse already ships it. Therefore, I would
> > > > like
> > > > to propose including it by default in Hardy.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Wouter
> > > >
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Cheers,
Bryan

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