EAC works flawlessly but you will need to read the basic FAQ or so to set it up. By set up, I mean setting all your desired parameters for ripping. flac is easier than MP3 as you might have to mess with the field where text parameters are handed of to Lame or whatever other MP3 encoder you use. Lame, etc. is a separate download unless you have it already. I think you also have to download the separate FLAC encoder as well. EAC is really just a gui front end for these encoders.
Hope that doesn't sound intimidating. The faqs guide you through it pretty well well and once it's done, it's done.
