Tidying up after Linux 16775
I think that's the key difference. Read on and this will make more sense. The...
Perhaps this is why I ask questions. If you don't want to answer them then don't. But don't waste bandwidth, my time and everyone elses time with one line responses consisting of "you don't know because you're an idiot." News flash - Not everyone knows Linux.
Now we're making some progress....
Multiple questions but what the hell.
I'm not sure what it means to open an audio CD as a "virtual CD" in explorer. I don't normally use FLAC and prefer to use the OGG and MP3 formats. For starters a standard audio CD doesn't contain flac-ogg-mp3 data so I'm buttuming this has something to do with the "virtual CD" that you mention and quote.
For starters you need to calm down a bit. This isn't some rest-match compebreastion. It's supposed to be a civilized discussion. Read contents via soundcard...
If I want to rip a CD I normally use Cdex - available from sourceforge. Windows launches it automatically whenever I insert an audio CD. If I don't CD. With Cdex I can save the tracks in any format I want. I can grab either the entire CD or any tracks I want. I used to have something called "Easy CD Extractor" that integrates with the Windows explorer. Using this I could select tracks from the audio CD using explorer and then "Paste As..." into a directory. The "Paste As..." would let me select mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, etc.
Appears just like another hard-drive to me. Media player detects the device and will re-encode the files if I want it to and automaticall copy them onto the device.
Not familiar with K3B. I'm guessing it's some software that burns audio CDs. I can create audio CD's using a variety of apps - I use Nero Burning ROM. It lets me create various "play-lists" of favorites and I can open multiple play-lists and drag and drop between them if that's what you're asking.
Unfortunately the topic has drifted off course. The orignal question was how the KDE desktop compares with the Windows desktop. Nowhere did you mention anything about either desktop. Instead we're talking about ripping audio CD's and converting them into different formats. Windows Explorer and Konqueror are not the desktop. I don't see what ripping Audio CD's, resampling a DVDs at a lower bitrate or re-encoding a jpg file has anything to do with the desktop. The desktop does none of this. That's why we have applications.
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