However, that makes for a very, very, slow process. I thought my little Atom 1.6 based netbook had died. For some reason, Linux rippers seem to take several times longer than what I am used to in Windows Media Player, and Ruby Ripper at least doubled the already slow Linux ripper times.

That’s okay when you’re just adding to your library, but downright annoying when you are trying to rip about 100 CD’s. I know it’s heresey to suggest software that’s not free, but I plunked down the $19.95 for Nero for Linux and I don’t regret it. It’s a lot faster than any Linux ripper that I have tried, and you don’t need to tinker endlessly with gstreamer parameters. That alone is worth $19.95 to me.

It rips tracks twice and compares them to make sure they are identical. If there are bad sectors it rips them again, trying to get a perfect rip. It’s the only ripper in Linux to do this. It got the concept from EAC, which is the most accurate ripper in Windows.

It rips tracks twice and compares them to make sure they are identical. If there are bad sectors it rips them again, trying to get a perfect rip. It’s the only ripper in Linux to do this. It got the concept from EAC, which is the most accurate ripper in Windows.