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fre:ac is almost exactly like Exact Audio Copy.

I use whipper. It's a command-line application but it's easy to use and works great every single time. At first you should let it analyze your drive which is the only step more involved. Here's a mini tutorial for that I wrote for myself but you can also read it on the project page where it's probably more up to date:

2. Analyze the drive's caching behavior: $ sudo whipper drive analyze

3. Find the drive's offset. Consult the [[AccurateRip's CD Drive Offset database|http://www.accuraterip.com/driveoffsets.htm]] for your drive. Drive information can be retrieved with $ whipper drive list. $ sudo whipper offset find -o insert-numeric-value-here. If you omit the -o argument, whipper will try a long, popularity-sorted list of drive offsets. If you can't confirm your drive offset value but wish to set a default regardless, set read_offset = insert-numeric-value-here in whipper.conf. Offsets confirmed with $ whipper offset find are automatically written to the configuration file. If specifying the offset manually, please note that: if positive it must be written as a number without sign (ex: +102 -> 102), if negative it must include the sign.

4. After that you just rip any disc by running: $ whipper cd rip

And just as an example, here's my ~/.config/whipper/whipper.conf:

[main]
path_filter_fat = True
path_filter_special = False

[drive:<drive ID>]
vendor = <vendor>
model = <model>
release = <release>
read_offset = <my offset>

[whipper.cd.rip]
unknown = True
output_directory = ~/music/_ripped
track_template = new/%%A/%%y - %%d/%%t - %%n
disc_template = new/%%A/%%y - %%d/%%A - %%d

Have you tried Audex? It's a KDE CD rippper.

Are the kids not using cdparanoia these days?

Have you tried Picard? For tagging under Linux there's hardly a better easier app

Without a doubt your best solution is https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper

I used Asunder a lot when I was converting to digital and it handled tagging pretty well except for CDs I made from things like Napster files. It doesn't look like it is updated very frequently now, tho.

K3b maybe.

I've been buying and ripping CDs lately, because some things are simply not available for streaming, and I want FLAC level quality anyway.

My workflow is as follows: Asunder for ripping, then Picard to label and include the cover art.

I used cdparanoia for ripping CDs. This worked especially well with CDs with issues like scratches or early attempts to make CDs "rip-proof".

Rubyripper is what I used back in the day.

@perishthethought I'm only adding that I've faced the same conundrum without an adequate solution.