DVD Burning: so much better (Kudos)

[Brian Fahrlander]

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    I burn DVDs frequently; back when I was burning CDs (almost always
ISOs of distros) the process was kinda delicate. I was always worried
about running out of CPU or memory and spitting out a coaster.

    Last night I burned one through Nautilus, and while it was burning I
grabbed the ISO from /tmp (local drive) and saved it on the NFS server.
At 4G, it took some time, even on a 100-base network.

    Today I started burning that ISO over the NFS (previously considered
a feat in itself) and out of boredom, started a game. It took over a
minute for the game, also on NFS to get loaded, but I played it right
through. The DVD, of course, took longer to burn, but that's expected.
What I didn't expect is that *it*actually*worked*fine*.

    I'm downloading via BitTorrent, listening to the radio over the net,
been answering mails, even pulled up a game of Mahjongg for a bit.  The
system isn't outrageous- a single-P4 at 1.xG, and it never used more than
512M. The write speed just slowed down, and stayed there until it was done.

    When we talk about why we like Linux, this is a big part of it: the
parts that are rock-solid. Run out of both ram AND swap? Not a problem-
just wait for it to complete and all will be well. The execution of
software on this platform is *superb*. Linux is no gimmick; it's no
trick- all the arguments [which both inform and irritate us from time to
time] all the hard work...it's paying off.

    I can't claim a single atom of the glory- you guys did it all. And
people like you in the kernel, networking, and other parts. Everyone who
writes code, or helps find bugs in it, you rock.
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 Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
 Evansville, IN                              http://Fahrlander.net/brian
 ICQ: 5119262                         AOL/Yahoo/GoogleTalk: WheelDweller
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