For burning CDs GCombust works well for me, it does have an erase CDRW 
function.  DVD I dunno, don't own one so I never had a reason to make 
one work.

Clint_L_Hegney at gelco.com wrote:

> I just received both for Christmas.  Any tips for me when I try to get
> these setup in Linux?
> Are DVD drives supported and is there software out their for them?
> What is the best GUI CDRW software for Linux.  Does it have the "erase"
> CDRW function?


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