[ILUG] 2x[Q] Samsung DVD+/-R(W), and cleaning PC internals

[Chris Woods]

I don't understand, why do you have the 'beef' with Sony ?
I've heard that they've been pretty good, their PS2/PS3 sdk's are all Linux
based, and even their PS3 will ship with a version of linux preinstalled.
Although at €599 / €499 I think might give it a miss.

On 5/11/06, Brian Foster <blf at blf.utvinternet.ie> wrote:
>
> thanks everyone for the suggestions.
> two or three quick replies to various points raised:
>
>   1.  I have no issue with the quality of Sony's drives.
>      my issue is with Sony.  (but to be fair, I should
>      re-verify there is still a reason to boycott.)
>
>   2.  the only printable DVD/CD media I _had_ ever heard of
>      was the spray-on ink kind (which I have seen).  I now
>      know that kind is nominally only printed on in certain
>      inkjet printers (which I've never seen), and that there
>      is a second kind, which is thermal (also never seen).
>      the third unit I mentioned does indeed use the thermal
>      kind, so spraying ink around inside the PC is clearly
>      not an issue.   (out of curiosity, is there support
>      for printing on either kind with Linux/FLOSS?)
>
>   3.  it's useful to know Philips may not send the good
>      products off-continent.  but since I am on-continent,
>      this isn't too much help as a quality guide.  ;-)
>
> cheers!
>         -blf-
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