[dude87]

BTW, I didn't mention but I'm using the Sony NEC drive on a Ubuntu 6.10 box. I've thought about "upgrading" to Ubuntu Studio but I'm not sure I want to go through the hassle when 6.10 is working well for me. But in any event, the Sony NEC drives work fine with Ubuntu, I've had mine about three weeks and burned probably 100 or so assorted discs (CD, DVD Videos, DVD Audio, DVD Data and dual layer DVD).