Adding data files to a multisession CD using Brasero

[kpfuser]

I tried the above using an existing multisession CD where data files were previously burned in a different pc using K3b. However, when the burning was completed successfully, the CD could not be read at all. I repeated the process with a blank CD choosing to leave it open in order to add more data later. All went well and the CD was readable but when I tried to add data to the same CD I got the message
Appending new files to a multisession disc is not advised.

Already burnt files will be invisible (though still readable).
Do you want to continue anyway?I opted not to continue despite the temptation to see how invisible files can be read.

To sum it up, I find this turn of events absolutely appalling given that Brasero is the default software for CD burning in my system (Xubuntu 9.10). Can anyone tell me how to resolve this glaring shortcoming of Brasero so as to keep all my data files easily accessible in multisession CDs?

[mutex023]

Use only K3B ?
Brasero always ends up screwing up my cd's too.

[kpfuser]

mutex023,

Thanks for the input! In fact I downloaded K3b and gave it a try but to my dismay an older perfectly self-explanatory GUI has mutated into an incomprehensible variant. In the old version, after declaring my intentions (continue a multisession project), a popup would ask me to insert the multisession CD and then click OK. The OK would be grayed-out and would stay so until the inserted multisession CD was read successfully. Then the OK would become functional, indicating incidentally that all was well up to that point, I would click it, and the contents of the multisession CD would appear in the appropriate window allowing me to append additional files or folders prior to clicking 'burn' and choosing some burn parameters to complete the task. In the new version of K3b when I moved along these lines I got a request to 'import a session!!!' Well, I got no clue what this means and thus refocused my attention on Brasero until your post hinted that further refocusing may be in order. Well, never mind the frustration at the endemic woeful shortage of info re matters Linux, but what about the statement that Ubuntu is a serious contender for a Windows desktop replacement, which brought me back to the fold after a lengthy absence? How credible is it?

[mutex023]

As of now I would say ubuntu still has catching up to do with windows and mac. Too many quirks and bugs.
(some like the slow transfer rate to usb sticks, are still to be fixed, even though this problem has been there for around the past 3 releases)

Dont mistake me, i use ubuntu as a primary OS, but i would say that ubuntu becomes a pleasure to use only if all your hardware is recognised while installing or if the proprietary drivers work straight away without any messing with commands.
But it certainly is getting there...
In my opinion things will improve much faster, if there some standardisation among distro's, such as a common way of installing drivers without compiling for each and every distro.