Bug 781825

Summary: RFE -- In Windows burn iso using imgburn (Freeware)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Documentation Reporter: Frank Murphy <frankly3d>
Component: install-guideAssignee: Jack Reed <jreed>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Ruediger Landmann <rlandman+disabled>
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Description Frank Murphy 2012-01-15 13:48:30 UTC 
Description of problem:  Maybe for F17
As Nero can be prohibitive to purchase,  if not pre-instaled.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 16

How reproducible: It's online


Steps to Reproduce:
Chapter 3.1. Making an installation DVD

"In your disc burning program, select the option to burn a DVD from an image file. For example, in Nero Burning ROM, this option is called Burn Image and is located on the File menu"
  

Change to: Imgburn http://www.imgburn.com/ (Freeware)

Has easy mode for burning:
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots#isowrite

Might be a suitable alternative to send windows users to?
Comment 1 Jack Reed 2012-03-26 03:54:39 UTC 
Hi Frank,

Thanks for lodging this. Imgburn would certainly do the job, but the Installation Guide does not recommend Nero, per se. 

"Therefore, if your computer has a Windows operating system prior to Windows 7 installed on it, you need a separate piece of software for this task. Examples of popular disc burning software for Windows that you might already have on your computer include Nero Burning ROM and Roxio Creator."

It actually avoids recommending a specific burning program, and instead cites popular ones that Windows users are most likely to have heard of or already have installed. If they need burning software, they can then seek out one of their choice, open-source or otherwise.

So because we are not advocating Nero and RoxioCreator but merely use them to point the reader in the right direction, recommending Imgburn would be inconsistent with that approach.

Thanks anyway,

Jack