This README.TXT file was created to bring together several parts of several posts regarding how to get lightscribe functionality in Ubuntu. For the record I am now running Ubuntu 7.10, but I have tested this in Feisty as well. That is the limit of my testing thus far. I have not and probably will not test this in earlier versions.

There are basically 2 choices at this time for using lightscribe natively in linux. One is Lightscribe Simple Labeler from lightscribe.com and the other is Lacie Lightscribe Labeler for Linux - commonly referred to as "4L".

The difference between lightscribe.com's Simple Labeler and Lacie's 4L application is that the 4L application lets you choose an image for a full background of a disk. You don't type text into it. So you make an image and then you use that entire image as a background. These typically take longer to burn because it's the entire disk surface. Lightscribe drives burn to the media in concentric circles when labeling. So using lightscribe.com's Simple Labeler will normally result in faster burns since it is primarily burning a circle of text with minimal decorations onto a concentric circle on the media.

We are dealing with only 3 files to get this working:

lightscribe-1.10.13.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
lightscribeApplications-1.10.13.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
4l_1.0-r6_i386.deb

The first one is the lightscribe system files provided by lightscribe.com
The second is lightscribe.com's Simple Labeler
The third is Lacie Lighscribe Labeler for Linus ( 4L )

INSTALL THEM IN THE ORDER SHOWN - You have to have the system files installed in order for the labelers themselves to work.

Why did I not include the system files installer from Lacie?
Because first of all, Lacie's system files are not updated very often. And secondly, you only need one set of system files. I chose the most current ones from lightscribe.com.

Q: Now that I've installed them, how do I RUN them? They don't show up on my menu!
A: You need to create launchers for them. 
Lightscribe Simple Labelerruns when you create a launcher on your desktop or in your menu that uses this command:
/opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler

Lacie's 4L application can be started from a launcher that simply says:
4L-gui (yes, it's case sensitive and you CAN just open a terminal and type 4L-gui and it will run)

A fourth file named lightscribe_template.gif is a simple file to get you started if you want to do something in The Gimp to create an image for a label for 4L. You may have to play with it a bit so don't save over the original. Just make changes and/or experiment and save your work as a different file name.

Enjoy!