Nero announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been redesigned to offer ease of use, efficiency, and speed with next-generation disc formats.

In addition to offering Blu-ray and HD DVD burning capabilities enabled through full UDF support, Nero Linux 3 natively supports 64-bit systems. For worldwide usability, Unicode supports Nero Linux 3 in 26 languages. Nero Linux 3 is fully compatible with numerous Linux distributions including the following and any later versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, SuSE Linux 10.0, Fedora 4, Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, and Ubuntu 5.10.

Nero Linux 3 incorporates the same overall design as Nero Burning ROM 7. Featuring SmartDetect automatic drive support, Nero Linux 3 is quick and easy to set up.

In addition to offering a suite of CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and HD DVD recording tools, Nero Linux 3 boasts integrated audio capabilities such as high speed digital audio extraction. FreeDB automatically obtains disc information over the Internet. An embedded Ogg, Flac, Wav, and MP3 audio encoder/decoder/transcoder further allows users to take full control of their music collections.

Nero Linux 3 can be purchased in the Nero Online Shop as a downloadable version.