[K12OSN] Squeakers DVD backup - hardware?

[Burke Almquist <balmquist mindphyre com>]

Either DVD-R(W) or DVD+R(W) will work with linux.  Just make sure your 
drive is compatable with whichever media you are using.
The is a package called DVD+RW tools (growisofs is the name of the 
program iirc) that lets you burn things to DVD-+R(W).
I know that it's bundled with the latest version of Slackware Linux, so 
I'm sure that K12LTSP/Redhat has either it or something similar bundled 
in.  The tools are commandline though, much like cdrecord is, so I'm not 
sure how friendly the front end programs are yet.