I just recently installed fedora core 3 but am wondering if there is a burning program for linux that actually installs. I heard k3b is good but when I downloaded it, it just came with a bunch of files that I have no idea what to do with them. Please help me.

Fedora Core 3 will have k3b either already installed or on the installation disc. You shouldn't need to download it. Have a look in the "Add/Remove Programs" app in the menu.

You can also install it using yum or apt, which will automatically resolve any dependencies.

I went to add/remove and updated everything so everything was installed but I cant find any k3b

To find something on a Linux box you can allways use whereis. Open a Konsole or terminal and type
whereis k3b
Should be at /usr/bin/k3b

To read the manual page for a program type man followed by the name. For ex.
man ls
or
man mkdir

That is if the program has a manual page.

The launch icon in KDE for K3B is in Sound and Video. I don't have gnome up, look around the menus for it.

yum install k3b

To burn cds you can use cdrdao direct from the command line for audio cds, but there is no nice fontend, just a console. I find it often less trouble, if you just want to copy a cd.
Just read the man page cdrdao. Oh yes, my version of Fedora 3 didn´t bring cdrdao with it, I had to download it. It had readcd and cdrecord, and mkisofs for making images.
Once you get the hang of it, you´ll find cdrdao really handy. Even my wife can handle it, if you only knew what that meant!! (Don´t tell her I said that!)

I got k3b installed but when I try to burn k3b cant detect my cd burner. Is thier anything I can do to fix this?

did you run k3bsetup?

If by the setup you mean the installer then yes I did.

Try, as root, chmod 777 /dev/hdd if that´s your burner drive. My version of Fedora keeps setting the permissions to something wrong. Think that needs setting in /etc/fstab but not sure and am not at home to try.
After that cdrdao can burn cds ok.

run k3bsetup from a term

Ped and Doral I have know idea what you just said Lol. I installed cdrdao but when I try to open it it wont open. Anyone know why?

Ha, you can´t open cdrdao, you can only run it from a terminal. To start a terminal, right click the desk top, then open terminal. Enter
man cdrdao
, try reading that first.
Then try
cdrdao read-cd --device /dev/hdd --read-raw --driver generic-mmc -v 3 /home/music/aCD.bin aCD.toc
Something like that, it will soon complain if you got it wrong. I´m not at home so I can´t get at my comp to help you out more.
But like I said, my version of Fedora always resets the permissions for /dev/hdd to something unworkable. Reset them like I said then it should work. I like cdrdao myself!

i know a good burning process... add gasoline, light a match actually, i use gcombust which is a frontend for cdrecord, mkisofs, etc..