If you are looking to get into DVD authoring and are not prepared to drop hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars on software, looking to freely available Linux tools is worth your time.

If you don’t know where to start, this article on Linux.com: A Quick Guide To DVD Authoring will get you started. It gives a great overview of the programs you can use for what, including a “flow chart” of each of the steps of DVD authoring as well as your software choices.

Keep in mind all the software listed here is open source and freely available, so odds are it will not have the polish and help documentation many commercial packages offer. Either way, if you are looking to get started, this is a great place to start.