Hi, what your friend was making reference to is that Easy Cd creator creates a play list so the mp3 player knows which order to play the mp3 files in. However, it is my understanding that you only require a play list if you intend to keep the original file names such as:listen-to-my-heart.mp3, joy-ride.mp3, and so on. They only way I can figure on making an mp3 cd under Linux would be to rename the mp3 tracks to track01.mp3, track02.mp3, and so on. I've never tried iit, but it is certainly a thought. Unfortunately, Linux's burner tools are somewhat limitted so I do almost all my cd backups on a Win98 machine.