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The ASUS webpage only lists Win versions XP and up for compatibility. Considering that range, I hope that this drive will be compatible.
Can I use this with Linux?
Thanks in advance!
The drive will probably be detected by Linux. The question will be whether Linux burning software can make use of all its capabilities.
Probably, but no guarantees. [In other words, if it doesn't don't look to me for compensation].
See this post, https://drauh.typepad.com/blog/2019/11/ ... rives.html. Bionicpup64 is 'binary compatible' with Ubuntu 18.04. Use the stock kernel as drivers are 'kernel specific'.
Puppies run as root so you don't need to use the 'sudo' argument mentioned. And it's Menu>setup>quickpet, A&V tab will provide VLC, albeit, combined with Kdenlive Video creator. There may be another version available in the Additional Software Section.
per https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions ... for_linux/ five years ago:
valdyrburr: "all internal optical drives use the same basic protocol to talk to the computer that has been around for decades (ATA/AHCI), so as far as I know pretty much any optical drive of any kind (CD/DVD/BluRay) should just work."
To which wired-one responded "The Blu-Ray drive will work fine. Even for burning of discs of all types. That is all supported. Where you may run into issues is with Blu-ray playback."
While Arch linux's wiki --a trusted source-- discusses the complication involved in order to watch Blu-ray DVDs, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Blu-ray, as a mere User you probably just want to know how to play them. Turns out, it's should --take note I didn't say will-- be easy if VLC has access to a library named libdvdcss. https://www.howtogeek.com/240487/how-to ... -on-linux/. That library is already built into (comes as part of your operating system) Bionicpup64.
By the way, you didn't tell us which Puppy you are using/considering. Always tell us. 'Puppy' is actually a family of operating system which have been developed for 17 years. As one of the objectives of its devs, testers and fans is to provide an operating system EVEN for 'old computers', none of the over 5000 versions some dev or fan has published is ever discarded. All have some (often a lot) of its 'infra-structure' in common. But each is somewhat unique. As a practical matter, about a couple dozen of the latest builds are actively supported.
There are a number of reasons why I would usually recommend Bionicpup64 as your 'first' Puppy. But without knowing your hardware, that's just a guess based on what usually will be adequate. If you follow bigpup's advice, viewtopic.php?p=816#p816 we'll be in a better position to guide you toward getting the most out of your equipment while you avoid potential stumbling blocks.