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Review on πŸ“€ Apiker External CD DVD Drive, USB 3.0 DVD +/-RW Burner for Laptop, Optical Disk Drive with Type C Cord and Protective Carrying Case, Multi-Functional, for PC Desktop Mac Book Windows 10/8/7 Linux OS by Rob Dixon

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works great on Linux Ubuntu! Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and it was plug and play. Just plug in.

Works great on Linux Ubuntu! Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and it was plug and play. No problem, just plug it in. I used a USB 3.0 port on my PC and it had enough power to run properly. If you are having power issues, try the following: Plug it into a USB 3.0 port, NOT a USB 2.0 port. , as 3.0 ports can deliver 2x more power, and/or: Connect an optional micro-USB power cable to the back of the device. Connect the main end to a cell phone charger or similar and the other end to the back of the CD/DVD drive. I ripped a 3GB data DVD in 17.5 minutes at an average of 2.83MB/s using rsync. like this: `time rsync -rah --info=progress2 --stats '/media/USER NAME/DVD NAME' /destination/dir` Sample stats output screen at the end: ```$ time rsync -rah -- info= progress2 --stats '/media/USERNAME/DVD NAME' /destination/dir 2.98G 100% 2.71MB/s 0:17:29 (xfr#3920, to-chk=0/4944) Number of files: 4944 (reg: 3920, directory: 1024) Number of files created: 4944 (reg: 3920, directory: 1024) Number of files deleted: 0 Number of files transferred normally: 3920 Total file size: 2.98 GB Total file size transferred: 2.98 GB Letter data : 2, 98 GB Matched data: 0 bytes File list size: 65.53 KB File list generation time: 0.001 seconds File list transmission time: 0.000 seconds Total bytes sent: 2.98 GB Total bytes received: 81.34 KB Sent 2.98 GB bytes received 81.34 KB 2.83 MB / total section size is 2.98 G Acceleration 1 .00real 17m31.650suser 0m41.922ssys 0m19.801s See my answer to Ask Ubuntu titled How to show move and transfer speed when copying files with cp?". Search for "Gabriel staples ask Ubuntu how to show progress and transfer speed when copying files with cp" and find my answer.

Pros
  • External components
Cons
  • Crumpled packaging