Can someone recommend Linux software for creating CD labels. I want to come up with a nice arty design I can print onto a CD label as easily as possible.

the gimp has built-in cd label capabilities...

If that's true, where in the hell is it? I've downloaded all of the gimp plugins and still cannot find anything that refers to CD labeling.

File | New... | From Template | CD Cover

there's an application called gtkcdlabel, never used it so can't comment on how good it is but it should do th ejob

the Gimp template is for a CD cover, not the label.

-myk

There's a cd label template for open office here.

Thanks for all the helpful info. I found and installed the gimp plugin for CD covers. Since I had to purchase labels anyway, I just purchased the Memorex CD & DVD Labelmaker for $14.95 at Best Buy. (For Windows & Mac only...sigh). Talk about hard to use and it doesn't even look up cddb information for you. I'm testing some linux CD tools called gtkcdlabel, kover, and kcdlabel, right now. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

There is Kbarcode with label designing capabilities. I have not yet used it to say something - good or bad - but the list or supported Avery templates looks impressive. Please, post the result of your CD label software search, because I am looking for the same thing. Good luck! :-)

How good is linux at buring multiple cds. In windows if you try to burn two cds at the same time the system hangs. How is it in linux.

KCDLabel seems the best to me as it will grab cddb info and it does the cover and label. For CD covers only, kover is fine. KCDLabel is lacking though. It will not automatically put your CDDB entries into a round label. And my biggest pet peeve is that no CD labeler will shape them to the CD. You have to do that manually which is very time-consuming. The best they do is shape them to a rectangular box. They should have some options such as 1. Shape cddb text to CD top; 2. Shape to CD left; 3. Shape text to CD Right; 4. Shape to CD bottom; 5. Shape to CD top; 6. Shape to CD top and right; 7. Shape to CD top and left; 8. Shape to CD right and left 9. Shape to CD top and bottom ... etc. You get the point.

I still end up using Windows Memorex CD Labeler because none of the Linux CD labelers are easy at calibrating the printer to the correct position.

I've had no problems burning CDs with Linux, but I haven't tried burning more than one CD at a time. Try GCDMaster, GCDToaster or XCDRoast. They are more advanced than k3b without the eye candy.

I just found gLabels (look it up on Sourceforge) and was surprised to see that I can not only get a lot of supported templates but also to design my own template. I think gLabels reminds me of Neato MediaFace CD-DVD labeling software, which I had on Windows not a long ago. However with gLabels, I was able to calibrate my printer (by adjusting my custom made template) to an extremely high level of precision, which I have been never able to acheave with MediaFace. I do not know how good your Memorex is but I am sure you should try gLabels out.

Thanks for mentioned that. However, I've tried gLabels already and find it too labor-intensive. Some of the linux programs that I previously mentioned use glabels I believe. Memorex CD labeling software calibrates perfectly for my printer. I'm a perfectionist, and I haven't seen any software, Windows or otherwise, that I think is excellent for CD labeling. Whenever I have time, maybe I'll write a CD labeling application in perl for linux, and turn it into an exe to sell for Windows. If I do, I'll give it away to linux users because I'm a firm believer that people that use Linux should get things Free but Windows users should have to pay.

let me... us know when you write one. :-)
By the way, have you tried installing your Memorex software using Crossover Office? If yes, how did it work? Do you use Crossover Office at all?