It is typically easiest to use one of the GUI programs to burn a data or audio CD. These are typically graphical front ends to the command line programs cdrecord. My favorite for ease of use and creating / copying CD's is X-CdRoast. Data CD's require that a file system image be generated prior to burning. This is typically the ISO-9660 CD standard. (And there are many non-standard variants and extensions.) CD's can be burned in DAO (Disk At Once) or TAO (Track At Once) mode. The only reason to use DAO mode is when burning audio CD's. Audio CD's burned TAO will have 2 second gaps between tracks. If one is copying an entire CD, TAO mode will introduce these 2 second gaps if they do not already exist. DAO mode uses a raw CD access mode and can avoid these gaps between tracks. DVDs allow for greater storage and also support additional formats for video. This tutorial will cover audio and data CD and DVD copying, generation and burning software applications. Rip or burn a data backup CD or DVD on linux with ease.

TCDR è un frontend per la masterizzazione di CD.Main features: Configuration detection (device files, mount points, SCSI addresses), Medium detection (type, size, empty space, recording speed, etc.), Software detection / selection, CD-R / CD-RW support, Transparently compressed CD (ZISO) support, Directory to ISO/ZISO image, ISO/ZISO image to CD, Data CD to ISO image, Data CD to CD copy,