Linux Video Production: No Adobe or Windows for 14 days

[@jakegwilliam]

With Microsoft making these idiotic changes to Windows I can see videos like this becoming a necessity come October 2025

[@touma-san91]

Sadly, it's not just Microsoft that is the problem. The problem is also the companies that create software, games and different peripherals and devices that only work on Windows. PCVR works poorly on Linux, my capture card does not work at all on Linux, lot of games do not work on Linux due to lack of compatibility or the game might have anticheat which lot of the time is not supported on Linux. I would gladly switch away from Microsoft, but it's just not feasible until companies start supporting Linux lot more.

[@farhanrejwan]

@@touma-san91 windows is where you go for gaming. for other software, you have cool linux alternatives.

[@Waifu4Life]

As someone who ran Linux for 2.5 months this year for everything that was not work related (dual booted with Windows 10 for my job), I don't find Linux fast, snappy or stable compared to modern Windows platform. I was reminded of the unstably of pre-Windows XP by running Linux, felt I could break the damn thing by looking at it funny. I'll stick with Windows 10 and just buy and commercial anti-malware and anti-virus after 2025.

[@zkntskr]

@@Waifu4Life I upgraded to Win 11. Just install explorerpatcher and you get good old Win 10 taskbar back.

[@100c0c]

​@@touma-san91 Chicken and Egg. Linux doesn't have enough Desktop users to make the investment worthwhile for many companies.

[@IgabodDobagi]

As an autistic person, I have to say thank you for having such a consistent format to every episode you produce. It's comforting that I can always watch an EC video and hear your greeting, intro, and outro and they will always be the same reliable and steady thing that has worked for years. I hate when a show I'm watching changes theme songs, or a youtuber completely changes up the intro and outro. If it worked for years why change it? But you have always been a youtuber I could count on to have those soothing and comforting norms that are always there for me. So thank you. And thanks for all the considerable work you put into these videos. This video does a great job of highlighting all the effort you go to when you make these videos and your audience appreciates it.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this, most appreciated.

[@ErCapoAlex]

Well said

[@brentsmithline3423]

Linux is getting closer every day.

[@ExplainingComputers]

And October 2025 is approaching!

[@GroovingPict]

yep, it's been "getting closer every day" for the last 25 years...

[@musicalneptunian]

@@GroovingPict I'd rather use Linux than the sheer arrogance of Apple who make an advert that wrecks prior creative efforts. Apple are such self absorbed twits that they forget that if those music sheets, physical trumpets etc had never existed, there would be no music for Apple to use.

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

​@@musicalneptunianthat wasn't the point of the ad at all

[@Beany2007FTW]

@@RoastBeefSandwich But that their PR arm didn't see it could - very easily, and by lots of people - be interpreted that way speaks volumes to their arrogance. Which is the point the commenter was making.

[@JeffGeerling]

It's great to see how far Linux apps have come, and especially companies like Blackmagic making Linux really feel like a 1st class OS for creative work. I still think there's a way to go, but if someone forced me to go full Linux for a month, I think I would still be at least 75% as productive. It also helps to not be married to one of the proprietary cloud environments like Adobe Creative Cloud storage!

[@animatewithdermot]

I had such an awful experience with DB that I canceled my cloud with them and fell back to the 2G free version for small stuff. They actually changed my sync settings and deleted all the files on my shared folder locally, then denied and denied and denied. It took me a week to redownload, and then 2 days to restore all my custom icons, which I actually do need. A back of $hameless ba$tards, avoid all cloud$!

[@d.barnette2687]

Astounding. What you do in 23 minutes winds up saving users days of spinning wheels, pulling out hair, and suffering bouts of sheer madness. Seriously.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support, most appreciated. :)

[@montecorbit8280]

Fairly certain it took him more than 23 minutes to do that....but that he can sum it up into 23 minutes, makes me wonder what he could do with an hour!! I think I remember he said he used to teach computer science at the University level, I think I would like to sit a class or two of his....

[@ted_van_loon]

@@montecorbit8280 yeah indeed when just looking at those timelines in those editors with the examples he showed you can see the insane amounts of steps and work in everything.

[@mastercrossing]

I should switch to Linux, honestly; it's just a way better and cleaner system than Microsoft Windows.

[@polymorphism1966]

I taught myself to use Linux, then I was working in a tech job where it was required. Best thing I ever did, Linux is a great stable os

[@abzer0gaming]

Which distro?

[@ampex189]

Linux mint is a great distro for beginners and experienced users alike. You don't have to spend a bunch of time customizing it like other distros.

[@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature]

I switched to Ubuntu a couple years ago. It doesn't have intrusive ads, it hasn't taken all the controls away, I have found wayy more free software. Moreover, that I would happily pay to contribute to.

[@catto-from-heaven]

​@@abzer0gaming Fedora or Ubuntu

[@daveginboav]

usual high standard vid Chris - now I appeciate even more the effort you put in to give us all our weekly dose.

[@Aruneh]

One can hope that the perpetual licensed programs don't change their minds. It's been seen before. "Oh you can keep using the old version with your license, but if you want to use the NEW version, you have to pay again. And this time it's a subscription only"

[@ExplainingComputers]

True. And especially true with Autograph, as even with the perpetual license, as I understand it, you need to be online once every 45 days for it to continue activation.

[@chfr]

Autograph's lifetime license is "pay once a year to get updates" kind of deal, but I think it's very well worth the price, especially since the "renewal" price is 1/6th of the initial license price

[@chfr]

As for Davinci resolve, the perpetual license, is indeed perpetual, and not even necessary since the free version has almost no limitation. The only issue with Davinci is that the company behind it, BlackMagic, does not only make software, they also sell lots of cameras and other pieces of hardware, as a result, it may sometimes feel like Resolve is an afterthought for them, this is particularly true when it comes to the Node Compositor "Fusion", it is extremely powerful, but also very tedious to work with because of very basic User Experience errors.

[@MarkColemanRules]

@@chfr I bought a blackmagic cinema 6k pro camera on the strength of their software, which is kind of opposite to why they give resolve away free. I got the pro licenses and have never looked back.

[@Reziac]

@@ExplainingComputers So, it's "perpetual" so long as their mothership still responds to the phone-home. If the company goes tits-up, goodbye license.

[@WindowsAurora]

Im trying to depend less on Microsoft. So very useful video

[@mihajlocolic01]

We need a windows 7 remaster

[@JoussefJouda]

Hi Chris, pro videographer here. At work in Windows we already switched from Adobe creative cloud to Davinci Resolve and we are not the only ones. We do almost everything in Davinci Resolve. Premiere replaced by Davinci Resolve. After Effects replaced by Davinci Resolve Fusion. We do in Fusion everything what we did in After Effects like camera tracking, motion graphics, info graphics etc sometimes in together with Blender for 3d work. Audition replaced by Fairlight. We do almost all the video production in one app. Sometimes we use Krita, Gimp and Inkscape. At home I use Davinci Resolve on Linux Mint. I shoot on Blackmagic Pocket 6k G2 and my Sony Xperia 1 III and 1 IV. For audio codecs, on Linux Mint someone made an addon in Context Action Menu additions that convert the audio from AAC to PCM with just right click on the video and from the context menu choose 'Davinci audio adjusment' and done! Yes, I do all my video production at home with Linux Mint.

[@seguramlk]

Awesome news 🎉

[@musicalneptunian]

As an alternative to Adobe Audition, I prefer Reaper over Audacity, Reaper is so much better. I have never used Fairlight. Studio One having a beta version in Linux is also worth keeping an eye on.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Great to hear!

[@Beany2007FTW]

"For audio codecs, on Linux Mint someone made an addon in Context Action Menu additions that convert the audio from AAC to PCM with just right click on the video and from the context menu choose 'Davinci audio adjusment' and done!" One of the nice things about the Linux/FOSS community in general, is that even when they're working with non FOSS software, they still have that 'This is annoying. Sod it, I'll fix it myself' attitude. Usually once an app reaches a degree of critical mass, there are enough people with enough of an interest to just spend the few hours fixing something, and then releasing it to the world.

[@klaustrussel]

I would love to see your process!

[@Bassquake76]

Will definitely be looking into this when Win 10 support ends because I'm not "downgrading" to 11 or the upcoming ultra-spyware 12 version!!

[@musicalneptunian]

No one escapes Windows 13! - Colonel Klink

[@patrickt4279]

I like the review of non open source software that's available on linux. Just because you use Linux does not mean you can't use paid software.

[@ichauch110]

why only go half way? why then use Linux at all if one does not care about using open source?

[@MrDasfried]

​@@ichauch110couse for most people its more important to get their stuff instead of fighting some idioligalfight

[@ichauch110]

@@MrDasfried I think copyprotected software is a mess and I only had issues on Linux.

[@ronnyb5890]

hey Christopher, there's also handbrake if you want too transcode video/audio to another format there's also kdenlive and for 3D you have blender

[@ExplainingComputers]

Indeed so! :) Often useful for those using DaVinci Resolve in Linux.

[@montecorbit8280]

At 7:51 "....editing the video you are currently watching...." That reminds me of the scene in Spaceballs where are they start watching the movie to try to find the people they're chasing.... Great movie!! Good video so far....now I'll go back to it.

[@edwardharding5677]

It is really great to see all of this creative software running in Linux. I personally think there should be more campaigns to get this type of software supported by the mainstream linux distros as you outlined in you linux manifesto. This would allow more people to move away from Microsoft and start using software like you have shown.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Agreed!

[@vincei4252]

After decades of using Windows it's really amazing that now I can't wait for it to go the way of the dodo. It is well past its use by day.

[@volvo09]

I loved windows from 3.1 to 7. It has gone downhill since.

[@keithhoughton4308]

@volvo09 I think the reason for that is th​at the focus moved from "what can we give to the user" to "what can we take from them."

[@hermanwooster8944]

@@keithhoughton4308 This. They are actively trying to make life harder for their users just to find ways to monetize them.

[@CptDallas]

Microsoft has crossed the privacy line with the forced introduction of COPILOT. Sick, scary and very intrusive.

[@jasm817]

I am gonna try this on 2011 imac 27" with i7 3.8ghz, 16gb ram, and upgraded Nvidia k4100m gpu, ssd 512. Thanks for all work you did putting this together.

[@ExplainingComputers]

On that spec I imagine you will be fine -- good luck! :) The biggest challenge is getting DaVinci Resolve working.

[@volvo09]

Good way to keep a perfectly fine (and nice) computer up to date.

[@danilaros]

Hi there. I install Fedora on my 2013 intel iMac with integrated graphics and it have gain another life this computer🙂 my experience with Linux has been good so far.

[@Sunlight91]

If Adobe turns off the activation server for old versions it is your moral obligation to use a cracked version. Purchasing something means a transfer of ownership and not using something at the discretion of the creator.

[@ExplainingComputers]

This is a very good point.

[@musicalneptunian]

At the very least Adobe has some obligation to give something in exchange for turning the server off. But being Adobe...collapses on the floor laughing. I wonder if there are enough people left for a class action who use CS6 or earlier. You would be surprised; there are people using CS2 or earlier.

[@Reziac]

That's why software is "licensed" not "sold". A license is _temporary permission_ to do or possess something that would otherwise _not be permitted,_ either by law or by contract. The license issuer may revoke it at any time, for any reason, so long as the "contract" so states. And it's a very one-sided contract.

[@jamesphillips2285]

@@Reziac Except when you go to "license" the software the button on the website says "buy" not "rent".

[@Grandwigg]

​@@jamesphillips2285yep. I noticed in my Kindle the other day, when redownloading a book i bought last year or said "You own this book", the button that said "Read now" then under that, "you've borrowed this title" , showing two contradictory states of ownership in three square inches on a page.

[@lesliedeana5142]

As always, thank you for the in-depth coverage of multiple ways of doing something, giving your viewers a way to accomplish tasks, and allowing us to not be constrained to a single way of thinking.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greeting Leslie! :)

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Good stuff Chris. Other alternatives, not for video editing.... Darktable, Aftershot pro, NUKE, Bitwig Studio, Reaper, Re-noise, Studio one 6...

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

Your channel is one of the very few channels that I turn on the notification bell for. Please review ultramarine Linux.

[@andygardiner6526]

Given the rather scary vision of future MSWindows, if Linux compatible versions of apps have some energy directed towards them I think there may be a huge market to be tapped into.

[@paulwarner5395]

Most likely the reason why M$ won't port Office 365 to Linux. Business will leave in their droves. They port it to MAC but I haven't seen in the past 20 years any normal businesses using MAC OS.

[@KTSpeedruns]

If I won the lottery, the greatest public good I could do is look at the software I love and offer to fund the development of native Linux versions of them.

[@ahmad-murery]

AS a developer I really can do most my of daily works on a Linux machine especially that all the tools I'm using are available for free on both Windows/Linux systems, Unfortunately one part of my job is to create Windows Desktop apps, and another part is that 99% of the people where I live are windows users, so it's hard to completely move to Linux while still need to provide support for Windows related software. Thanks Chris!

[@legojenn]

Thanks. I have been making videos that capture the screen and I run a voiceover. Kdenlive has been meeting my needs, but it's good to know about other tools and their capacities. As usual, you're great over-explaining computers, but it's also great to have back-pocket information if I'm asked to do more.

[@RoboNuggie]

Very impressive to see how far things have come for users of Linux - with changes coming down the line for Windows 10 & 11 users in terms of supported hardware, it may well be that more users will change to Linux for their creative tasks- then I can convert them to FreeBSD...ahem 🙂 Cheers Chris, take care - see you next week!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings my friend. :)

[@grofffamilyprojects]

I run pop os, and use the free version of lightworks!! Works great. This is the setup I use for all of my KZbin stuff. I am still learning with it all, but easy to use. Chris, I love your videos, keep up the awesome work!!

[@jimlynch9390]

Hi, Chris, Thanks for another great video. I'm very happy that decent apps are now available for Linux and I hope that will encourage more people to move away from the evil Windows and Macs. 😏

[@EpicLPer]

The main problem I have switching entirely to Linux is that a lot of tools or odd things I sometimes use are only available for Windows, including a tool called "Royal TS" which is a suite for managing SSH, RDP, passwords and many more things which I religiously use for my homelab. I could switch to alternatives but it'd mean I either switch ALL my PCs and laptops to Linux or I use a mix of both, which sucks for consistency. I'm also way too used by now to the Premiere Pro workflow and use it for work too, so it's not too easy for me to say bye bye to Windows.

[@Reziac]

Chris: creates video with PC Paintbrush and Windows Movie Maker, using a pinhole camera and for the mic, a tin can, string, and a pie plate. Audience: Can't tell the difference, because Chris has godlike editing powers and has empowered simplicity and clarity in every frame.

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@KinksKomments]

I still love PC Paintbrush, wish I could get it to run from the archive copy I have but no luck so far

[@Reziac]

@@KinksKomments It needs DOS or a 16bit emulator, like WinXP had. Should run in XP's console. IIRC it had a couple functions not seen elsewhere, one was a font outline doodad.

[@KinksKomments]

@@Reziac any recommendations?

[@Reziac]

@@KinksKomments Only what I said -- you'll have to run it in a virtual machine.

[@loginregional]

Psst, new invention to make titles: it's called LETRASET and you can get real HELVETICA!. Waitaminute, what century is this? ERNIE, FIRE UP THE LINOTYPE!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Oh, I spent so much of my life creating camera ready artwork using ink and Letraset for printing. :)

[@DylanWilsonYT]

It's great that we can do all this stuff on Linux now, eventually alot of us will be using Linux as our main systems if Microsoft continue along the path they are going along.

[@Antti_Nannimus]

This video demonstrates very well how much expertise you have acquired in using so many of these very complex and sophisticated graphics, video, and audio software products in order to produce your always high-quality, production-value, videos. Of course they are only a corner of the many technologies you need to accomplish that, but I continue to be awed by your impressive expert knowledge and accomplishments with all of them. Studios need entire teams of experts to accomplish what you regularly achieve on schedule EVERY week!

[@grantschilb8019]

I do hope i can get into Linux again. I ran it on a 2400g system with no issues. However, i got a gaming laptop with a 30 series nvidia card, high DPI display, and proprietary fan system. The fan system unfortunately does not work well on Linux (I tried many distros, kernels, command line utilities). Plus, things like youtube still have no hardware acceleration on Linux. When more laptop manufacturers support Linux officially, that will make the experience so much better for average consumers looking to switch to Linux. Me personally, my next laptop will either be from a Linux manufacturer or Apple. Copilot makes Windows hard to use, and I'm saying this as someone that likes a lot of the design choices of Windows NT based OSes. Great video Chris!

[@PS_Tube]

Greetings Chris B. These challenge videos are such a great insight into the usability of Linux for new and prospective users. It's really appreciated.

[@LMacNeill]

Before Windows 10 reaches EOL I plan to migrate to Linux. The one app I cannot find a replacement for, yet, is Parsec. You cannot host a Parsec server on Linux yet. I work remotely, and I need low-latency remote-desktop access to my main PC for a variety of reasons (not just gaming, which, it seems, is the reason most people use Parsec). As soon as Parsec has a stable server available on a Linux machine, I will be making the switch to Linux. I just hope they manage it before October of 2025, because I absolutely *do not* want to run Windows 11 under any circumstances.

[@montecorbit8280]

Just finished watching your video.... I must say the last couple videos, I haven't noticed any differences in quality or "signature", so that is something pretty big as well. That didn't make as much sense as it did when it was still in my head....I I've been awake over 24 hours, so some things are little foggy. Highly interesting, thank you for making it. Good night!!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for watching!

[@montecorbit8280]

@@ExplainingComputers I had intended to go to sleep, and I noticed your video was up....just had to ignore everything and watch it!!

[@bw6378]

That whole monthly ransom thing isn't for me. Ill just stick with kdenlive. Thanks for the video.

[@ExplainingComputers]

But there is no "monthly ransom" with DaVinci Resolve. It is free like Kdenlive! :)

[@jddes]

I've been compiling a list of linux alternatives and wine compatibility for all my windows apps, so this video is very serendipitous. I have a feeling a lot of people are in my boat are planning on moving to Linux as Windows 10 sunsets. Very informative and entertaining as always!

[@seguramlk]

Go Linux Go Go 🐧

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

GO LINUX!!! 🐧❤️

[@musicalneptunian]

"Go Linux!" - Mr Scissors and Stanley the Knife

[@technoWZ5598]

All of my video production is done in Linux! I use Shotcut to assemble the videos, TTS for narration (usually Ivona or Amazon voices), I use Audacity to record the TTS voice speaking, and voila! I have no need for web based video editors, or more advanced ones, as Shotcut does more than enough for what I do!

[@erlinglorentsen4262]

Greetings on this fine Sunday. I really love these Linux workflow alternatives even though I do absolutely no video editing myself. No criticism towards Ubuntu but I'm curious why you chose that particular distro?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. :) As noted early in the video, I chose Ubuntu because Autograph is only officially supported for Ubuntu or Red Hat. The hacks to make DaVinci Resolve work in non-supported distros are also most widely available for Ubuntu (although should work fine in most Debian based distros).

[@notjustforhackers4252]

If you want to use corporate software, use a corporate distro that supports it. Basically. Makes life easy, or easier.

[@alanthornton3530]

The culmination of your two week experiment shows just what’s available for Linux with the odd workaround to get things working smoothly. Thank you for an informative & interesting video it's always an education & I've learnt a lot. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with paying for software as long as it runs well on that particular Linux OS, hopefully the future for Linux users will be a lot brighter, escape the clutches of MS. I get really good results from Photopea & have enjoyed using it, I get the odd freeze from some of the effects but it sorts itself out. Take care Chris :)

[@Pallidus_Rider]

Thanks for covering DaVinci Resolve, as I was curious about it on Linux

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

A very interesting experiment indeed! It was nice to see how one can put together a video with all sorts of stuff using Linux and the software available for it. Autograph looks to be a great piece of software, but good grief, is it pricey? As a wise person said to me, "they're proud of their [redacted]!" Also, I spotted a goof-up at 9:28. I think it's meant to read "No h.264 or h.265 in Linux free version" instead of "No h.264 or h.264 in Linux free version". Please don't worry about that too much. With all that said, here is a small contribution to the tea fund! Love you, Chris. 🤗

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your support. :)

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

@@ExplainingComputers You're welcome! ☺️

[@Dante-420]

Awesome content, and very relevant! It seems Microsoft gives us more and more reasons to stop using Windows every day!

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

Chrome for the less demanding and linux for the more demanding. Chrome os flex is going to get rather popular.

[@techofebd]

Thank you very much Chris.

[@loudtrexx]

Once again entertaining video full of useful information. Thanks again Chris! ps. I'd like you to also talk about the ipfire open source firewall at some point if you could :)

[@tinto278]

Great video -- which I watched on an IBM Quantum system running Qiskit. 👽

[@ExplainingComputers]

Cool! :)

[@Sithhy]

I'm not a very power user so Linux is already reaady for me to use, the only issue being is that I need to unlearn Windows first

[@emntbj]

I've been doing design and video production in Linux for 8 years, open-source and free version like davinci resolve, Blender, Inkscape and more are my main ones and I never looked back to Adobe. Great video

[@jpmyers6950]

Another great video Chris. We are so far down the road that very technical applications are working on Linux. That's really great news. Any consumer can now have a great experience using Linux for basic use. Why anyone would use Windows is beyond me, it's become something that can harm you as you can see this week in the Microsoft news. We are inching toward Linux being mainstream. Thanks Chris!

[@bernardthooft8329]

Very interesting, so much solid possibilities. Thanks!

[@JureRepinc]

Kdenlive is more then enough of advanced for me and it is completely free (as in freedom and opensource)

[@CCoburn3]

It's nice to have alternatives. It's too bad so many companies have adopted a subscription model. Most people don't mind paying for software. But we do object to paying FOREVER for the software we use. And since there are now alternatives to Adobe that work, they may have to rethink their model. (Though I doubt they will anytime soon.)

[@kevinrineer5356]

I feel conflicted about subscription models to software. On one hand, there is a stronger financial incentive for software companies to continue to improve their software under a subscription model. On the other hand, subscription models are often the only choice and can be very expensive (often more expensive than lifetime licenses).

[@CCoburn3]

@@kevinrineer5356 And there are companies which put people on a subscription, but don’t improve the product. Microsoft comes to mind. Many of their “improvements” make the software worse.

[@judsonleach5248]

Permission to speak freely, Sir?! I wish I could afford to buy a raspberry Pi 5, like you "Fancy People" - but I'm busy trying to figure out how to afford dog food! Just sayin' - Much respect though! May we watch you play with yours?! Lol

[@threewheeler624]

Thank you for a good video. Very informative and interesting. Linux is the future and will continue to gain market share. Windows "critical" security update from January 2024 still not installing😬. The future for Linux is so bright I have to wear shades. Have a great week.

[@animatewithdermot]

Like you I"m also using CS5.5 (Premiere, AE, PS in CS6). But it's great to know that when the time comes (and it will be WHEN, as my hardware won't last forever), that Linux / FOSS / non-Adobe is good enough for the job. Thanks also for the Photopea reminder! Adobe Delenda Est.

[@archibald_haddock]

I agree with the earlier comment about exploring the entire suite of tools in Davinci Resolve. Fusion is node based, not layer based, so there is a transition for AE users. But no shortage of how to videos on YT. Fairlight is a powerful audio editor, and DR's color correcting is the industry standard. H.264 aside, it's amazing what you can get for free. And it's performance in Linux is remarkable.

[@davepikleyeh]

Hell yes mate! Best of luck, and thanks for the continued education through the years!

[@animatewithdermot]

My brother is in the audio end of things (unlike me, the visual). He swears by Reaper (can't get it to work on my Linux laptop as it's too old), but FYI.

[@World_of_OSes]

17:14 "To produce something that looks like PowerPoint" I actually do make a lot of the graphics for my videos using MS PowerPoint. Even some of my thumbnails I make on a PowerPoint slide.

[@paaao]

Hopefully you see this comment. Use Reaper for video/audio production in linux. I use it on windows and MAC, and it destroys most other DAWs. I primarily use it for audio recording and editing after ditching pro tools years ago. Anyways, it also has a linux native version, and it works great with my focusrite sound card and such in linux mint. **edit** There's a great youtube channel called reaper madness to learn and see reaper's abilities in action.

[@ExplainingComputers]

This is the second comment I've read about Reaper here today -- I must take a look at it. Thanks. :)

[@pivotkraner8627]

Wish I could make the switch to Linux given Microsoft's increasingly inane changes they've been bringing to Windows, but unfortunately, unlike video editing programs, Krita isn't a satisfactory replacement for my digital painting apps on windows. Great video as always Chris.

[@zetectic7968]

Good to see this went well; 7 or 8 out of 10. I don't need to use Linux for these kinds of projects but good to see that you can do more & more in Linux with every passing year.

[@edwardharding5677]

I would have thought that a video like this would have been more popular compared to some of your other ones. There are a lot of people that I think would have benefited from a video like this, because there are a lot of people who don't like using Windows and Adobe for their creative work. The algorithm really needs to push this video out to more people.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I can only agree! :)

[@xard64]

Video editing has been one of the remaining areas of Linux desktop frontier which has been lacking reliable and versatile tools production for a very long time now. It's nice to see that the situation with the Video editing tools has slowly gotten better since the last time I checked!

[@nls3081]

Its CAD that is lacking on Linux, not video editing. For video, you have Resolve, KdenLive, Flowblade, Blender, Reaper, and at least 3 another entry level options. For CAD, there was the great NX, but the last version for Linux was v12. FreeCAD is a joke. It has a very strange workflow, you simply cant't be productive or even remain calm working in that software.. It also crashes often.

[@p_mouse8676]

The only issue with this comparison, is that it might work well when you operate as an individual. As soon as you you have clients or a company to deal with, certain default programs and standards are just being expected. So practically speaking, this is the biggest problem for choosing Linux, because most of those professional tools just are not compatible with Linux. Not even with Wine.

[@ExplainingComputers]

This is very, very true.

[@TimoNoko]

Blender is already becoming Industry Standard. Younger generation learned with Blender and most are more comfortable within Linux.

[@treshanremolano159]

Final Cut Pro's good too (but full purchase for Mac or subscription for iPad), but it's best that DaVinci Resolve is free alternative for Mac or iPad (since latest iPad Air/Pro have same M-series chips)... P.S. I'm here for free video editing software 🎬❤

[@philroo1]

Thanks for dipping into your pocket to evaluate this software 👍

[@rectify2003]

Companies are getting greedy Davinci Resolve is the way to go, and come across as honest Free or Paid The Free does 99.9% of what paid does

[@ShamoKwok]

i bombed my windows installation by deleting the boot partition but i can't reinstall windows. Gota use linux now :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck!

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Interesting, I’m watching on my Zorin 17 workstation. So many options. Thanks as always.

[@ExplainingComputers]

This says it all!

[@soloflo]

2024 could really be the Year of Linux (Mint)

[@Sparky_Otter]

Let's go Linux, this is going to be awesome, and possibly might be the year of Linux, I can't wait!

[@chfr]

I was thrilled to see autograph in the thumbnail, I'm an early adopter and fervently believe that it's got huge potential, it's nice to see a video about linux that does not shy away from proprietary software

[@ExplainingComputers]

Agreed!

[@chfr]

@@ExplainingComputers Out of curiosity, what version have you been editing on with Autograph? The recent v2024.04 apparently fixes some of the crashes I've had before (though I haven't updated yet), which were very easy to come by.

[@cinecyberpunk]

Kills the point of Linux. If proprietary software is truly free i.e free as in freedom, it won’t be for Linux.

[@chfr]

@@cinecyberpunk debatable, there are a lot of things I prefer linux for BESIDES its core philosophy. I do not use it as my daily driver just to "make a statement". More software supporting Linux is a literal net positive, there is no downside for people who aren't gonna use them. Right now you are just acting like the Apple fans who threw a fit when sideloading was allowed and gave users more choice.

[@animatewithdermot]

Ditto. FOSS is great, but also good to know how to escape the Adobe deathgrip.

[@ralfbauerfeind8236]

You can make basic video editings with Blender VSE, which sure has a steep learning curve. Advantage: If you want to do some 3D-intros and the like, blender can be the program for you as well. All in one place. Blender is a very mature and stable product. It has its own way to get used, but as soon as you have understand the philosophy of handling the software....

[@ExplainingComputers]

Blender is indeed great software (as I have covered in videos here). But as you say, for video editing it is "basic" -- to put it mildly. I cannot believe that anybody would edit video in Blender for 30+ hours a week when free applications like DaVinci Resolve, and even Kdenlive, are available. You can dig a large hold in the ground with a teaspoon. But it's not the best tool to do it with! :) Blender is indeed mature and stable. But it also has a terrible UI (even today), and a focus on adding features, rather than usability (a common FOSS problem). There is no advantage to doing everything in one place if lots of other, better free places are available. If people like to edit video in Blender, cool. Each to their own. But when running a very time constrained weekly pipeline for my business, it is simply not an option, at least for me.

[@musicalneptunian]

I come more from a desktop publishing perspective. Pains me to say it but Adobe Indesign doesn't have an equal; its "pre-flight" tools to find problems, it's use of the Pantone colour system, and other features, are unbeatable. Scribus is the main FOSS alternative but it's not ready for serious printing. I did a Diploma in graphics design so I know all these programs well. I hate alot of what Adobe did. Even before Creative Cloud Adobe CS5 had sliders that allowed people to make their own tools. Then Adobe removed them despite people wanting them to stay. I am no Adobe apologist I can assure you.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I agree -- for DTP, Linux is limited. :(

[@piotrc966]

Windows is better. Why? Because there is a lot more software on Windows and I choose what I use, not what the system forces me to use. Linux makes me a slave to programs I don't want, but have to use. Plus much more problems. It's the codecs that don't work. Any other time a program will stop working after an update on my Manjaro. On windows everything works as expected.

[@doigt6590]

There are hundreds of thousands of things on linux for many things. But because you only care about 3 windows applications that hold you enthralled forever under the dominion of an unkind slave master known as m$ you would rather not explore those hundreds of thousands of options. It's silly. Just say "windows has my shit" instead of your bs about being a slave. Linux is all about freedom and you won't find greater freedom in linux if you actually try.

[@gloiloidn5752]

This was a brilliant video! Thanks for showcasing the power of Linux.

[@VeryUsMumblings]

It's hard to walk away when there's that little bit of license time left... it's like that last slice of pie. Of course, your videos are probably the best and most realistic reviews of switching over to Linux. 👍

[@DerekFrampton]

I have a GT1030 in a Game Server (server machine that runs dedicated gaming servers for my gaming clan with multiple games etc). of mine and I enjoy it as well. I'm using it with an older HP EliteDesk 705 G5 with NVMe support, 32GB DDR4, Ryzen 5 2400G. 2.5GB PCIex1 NIC with a 10G switch/network Good stuff! THANK YOU FOR THIS!

[@Maisonier]

Now we have stable diffusion and image generations with Krita ( krita-ai-diffusion ) to compare with Photoshop.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. Krita-AI-diffusion is new to me -- I will check it out. :)

[@ScottDuensing]

Another bonus is you don't have Adobe breaking things in new and exciting ways every other month. And Lightwave seems to run under WINE.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Agreed! I've never had success with Lightwave under WINE (due to its need for GPU access). But will try again!

[@ScreenNameLoretta]

Thanks! Wonderful video, even though there was the tiniest little typo in about 9:30 to about 9:50. (In written words: system has neither h.264 nor h.264.) Fortunately, I could hear your voice (neither h.264 nor h.265), and you have a very good teaching voice. Looking forward to your videos.

[@slomotrainwreck]

Thank you for the video! I've installed the stable version of Debian Linux on my backup machine just to see how Linux runs on bare metal. Debian with the KDE desktop environment has been incredibly stable for me, I've installed all of the work and games apps so that this machine mirrors my main Windows 10 machine that don't have the TPM chip. When MS turns off support for Win 10 I have options now instead of being forced to upgrade my hardware to run software that I didn't want to run in the first place.

[@thewatcher5271]

Hey Professor, You Did It Again! Since You Mentioned Mint Was Your Daily Driver, I Would've Thought You Used It The Most, I Was Wrong. I Still Say, You're The Real Life British Version Of The Fictional Character, Harold Finch! Thank You. (Like #603)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings! I do use Mint most, but here I went for a distro that was officially supported by Autograph. :)

[@gwheregwhizz]

I installed Ubuntu 24.04 on an ancient Gigabyte Brix and everything installed sweet first time. Wi-fi, Bluetooth keyboard, horrid HP printer the lot. Hopefully I will get a few more years from it instead of sending it to an early death.

[@nls3081]

What CPU on that Brix?

[@gwheregwhizz]

​@@nls3081Celeron N2807.

[@gwheregwhizz]

​@@nls3081 Celeron n2807

[@janvangorp6918]

I believe that many software companies have to stop neglecting Linux, I'm more in to music, If Serato Dj would create a Linux version, then i would seriously consider to buy that software. i stopt using windows long time, and work with Mixxx on Debian. If there where more companies producing for Linux, there will be more migration from windows to Linux.

[@kboussa]

Linux is be coming very attractive for professional users outside of the IT branch. That's great and I hope it will attract casual users too. Anyway great video, thank YOU!

[@mmpsp693]

20:27 makes complete sense for your workflow

[@bpavuk]

there is... something about your video editing style. I'm glad that toolkit swap didn't impact it. I would like to migrate to Linux as a main OS as well, but Arc Browser has transformed my workflow too much.

[@hermanwooster8944]

I remember when a new version of Windows was exciting. What features did they add now? Currently every new addition of Windows produces groans. What features did they remove/break/affects my privacy?

[@Kw1161]

Thanks Chris : for this timely information video, I not happy with the changes to Windows 11 and great to see there are now practical alternatives.😊! Question did you have to go through the five step process to avoid going back to the Windows programs during your test?….😂! Have a great day!

[@Nick_Lavigne]

Resolve kinda has everything. And Fusion (standalone or in Resolve) is a better compositor, but if you absolutely need layer based i can understand not using Nuke or Fusion. A great software for video and audio converting is Shutter Encoder.

[@ThomasBrisco]

I made the cutover to Linux about ... 15 years ago? There were one or two applications that were troublesome (but microsoft made that easier by dropping support ...). Happily on Fedora and Ubuntu now, nad have never regretted it.

[@brentsummers7377]

Not pleased with Microsoft either with simple video editing being included in Win 11 but on Windows 10 there is no video editor included. Instead you have to jump through some hoops & install another older version of Photos using the ms store. All this nonsense is being done to to encourage use of Win 11. Microsoft Movie Maker on Win XP was wonderful and EASY to use.

[@thynamesq]

Hi Chris loved the video, I've now been using Linux mint on my main PC now for a month and also switched my laptop to also use Linux mint about 3 weeks ago. All your linux videos have been super informative and very helpful. A massive thank you for all the awesome content and keep up the great work dude.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this positive feedback, appreciated. :)

[@SkyFly19853]

What about games from GOG platform on Linux ? games are from GOG are DRM FREE...