No apps are showing as installed by default, for burning CD or DVDs for document backup.
Would prefer to use Ubuntu software center to find things but nothing shows under the usual keyword search
There are a number of programs that write to cd/dvd, but most people no longer use them so their importance has gone.
I wracked my brain & finally remembered k3b
; did a search on Ubuntu Software & it was there. k3b uses Qt and is more a KDE program, but will work.
I looked at https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu and three programs are listed :-
Yes the tutorial concentrates on burning an ISO to dvd (probably the most common use), but the programs do more.. eg. page four shows Brasero offering
I expect 'data project' may fullfill your needs, and should use less resources than k3b
too with Unity 7 (being gtk+ based).
I do recall a lot of people telling me k3b was better for them, which is possibly why I remembered it, so it maybe worth a look if brasero
doesn't include what you need.
In comments the OP (original poster) asked "can I trust what ever source it gets the software from"
My reply was
Yes you can trust that (sudo apt-get install brasero
) command if you trust your sources. It will use only the sources you've added, so if you've not added any it's trustworthy.. If you've been careful with adding 3rd party sources - it should be okay, however if you go to sites that say "run this command" without any homework - your sources may contain something untrustworthy or risky...
Using the command apt-cache policy brasero
will show details about where brasero
would come from, ie. the sources you've added which include the official Ubuntu ones (that you can trust). This can provide some 'assurance' if you're not sure (it's a command, as CLI is where I prefer to operate, plus if you can do this via gui & wouldn't know where as commands are faster).
For me the source is listed as
guiverc@d960-ubu2:~$ apt-cache policy brasero
brasero:
Installed: 3.12.2-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 3.12.2-0ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 3.12.2-0ubuntu3 500
500 http://[redacted official mirror]/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I'm running 18.10 (cosmic) & the redacted-official-mirror is my chosen mirror; an official source too, ie. on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors)
The "Universe" tells me it's MOTU/Community supported; which I know can be trusted for a period of time ('main' for 5 years, 'universe' for at least two, usually three - but I need to check support for universe on a per package basis). For this program I'd trust the MOTU's for the full 3 years of support.
k3b
; did a search on Ubuntu Software & it was there. k3b uses Qt and is more a KDE program, but will work. I looked at tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu and three programs listed (brasero, k3b & xfburn). Yes the tutorial concentrates on burning an ISO to dvd (probably the most common use), but the programs do more...sudo apt-get brasero
- and yes you can trust that command if you trust your sources. It will use only the sources you've added, if you've not added any it's trustworthy. If you've been careful with adding 3rd party sources - it should be okay - however if you go to sites that say "run this command" without any homework - your sources may contain something untrustworthy or risky...apt-cache policy brasero
will show details about wherebrasero
would come from, ie. the sources you've added which include the official Ubuntu ones (that you can trust). This can provide some 'assurance' if you're not sure (it's a command, as CLI is where I prefer to operate, plus if you can do this via gui & wouldn't know where as commands are faster). For me the source is listed as500 http://[redacted official mirror]/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages
(i'm using 18.10 & redacted-mirror is my chosen mirror; an official source too)