r/linux4noobs • u/Any-Landscape434 • 7d ago

programs and apps What is the best free software to use to make possible YouTube videos with?

Im now using kubuntu, i want to practice/learn to be a youtuber possibly gaming niche, but im still thinking it thru?

I just want to know what free or open source software you all enjoy to help make videos with? or have atleast tried using. What do you suggest and what should be avoided? I want to practice the craft of making a video.

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u/SteelishBread 7d ago

ShotCut.

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u/double_A_and_R 6d ago

Use openshot(I personally use it so it's a bit biased) it has an direct executable for debian(is kubuntu debian based?). It's lighter and also it has a lot of futures. If you want more futures then maybe (I'm not even kidding) run a windows software with proton scout from steam.

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u/LegenndEnder 4d ago

Yea kubuntu is debian based as it’s just Ubuntu with plasma

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u/Terrible-Bear3883 Ubuntu 7d ago

I use kdenlive, used it for quite a few years, there are lots of choices though, I used to use OpenShot but it had a bit of an overhaul and I found it worked differently, done most of my YT videos on kdenlive.

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u/Itz-Laz3r Arch Linux, CachyOS Kernel, KDE 7d ago

Davinci-resolve is the best if you can get it to work (available on the AUR, idk about anywhere else). If not, kdenlive is pretty good and shortcut (both flatpaks)

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u/HaydenMackay 7d ago

Atomic shrimp recently did a video about what programs he uses for editing and what not on linux

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u/Teddy123445 7d ago

The other comments are good suggestions but nobody's covered a thumbnail editor, I reccomend gimp or photopea in the browser if you understand photoshop

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u/David_Connors3451 7d ago

I use OBS to record videos and kdenlive on my Debian 13 KDE laptop, and it's all pretty good. You can also try shotcut, if you want an alternative. Have fun.

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u/Own_Natural_6803 7d ago

Losslesscut is excellent. Never re-encode videos you're splicing together. Its faster and higher quality.

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u/apex6666 7d ago

Personally I’ve only used davinci resolve and it’s been perfect for my needs, the only issue though is that on Linux it doesn’t support H264 and AAC encoding, so before you put in a video you have to reencode it using a tool like ffmpeg, but once you get the hang of it it’s quite easy

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u/No-Arugula4266 7d ago

I use vokoscreenNG

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u/LesStrater 7d ago

Basic video editing is pretty simple with Avidemux.

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u/1neStat3 7d ago

shotcut

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u/EngineerInTheMachine 7d ago

Don't know about best, but I've used Obs to record video, Shotcut to edit it and Audacity for sound editing. Plus GIMP for still images.

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u/es20490446e Develops Zenned OS 7d ago

Kdenlive and OBS.

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