> One of my next project is that my friend Kris and I would like to make 
> the "Open Source Oven", which is basically a stand alone computer with a 
> simple menu where you can pop in a blank cd and burn iso files of linux 
> distros or cds like gnuwinII.  I saw that someone in the slashdot 
> article about libraries was throwing around the same idea also.  We have 
> been throwing this idea around for about about two years now, but 
> neither of us are programmers and don't know how to tackle the 
> interface.  I am getting much better at shell scripting though so maybe 
> I can make a nice text menu based system.  The kicker is that I would 
> like to build this computer right inside of something like a toaster oven!

The interface would be relatively simple to put together in Tcl/Tk , 
Python / Tk, or perl / Tk.   The Tk widgets let you define windows, 
buttons, etc.   Then you just execute your cdrecord command line when a 
certain button is clicked.

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