This worked out of the box with both my Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 and Intrepid Ibex 9.04 desktops. For data DVDs, just drag and drop files, then burn it. For video DVDs, I did have to install DeVeDe to create the video DVD iso. That was easy enough (though it took forever to reencode) and played fine in my regular DVD player with a menu and everything. I don't have any blank dual layer DVDs yet, but I'm really looking forward to getting some and using them with this burner.