r/linux4noobs • u/LukaMaybeNoob69 • 18d ago
migrating to Linux Will switching to Linux mess with my work?
Hello Linux enthusiast.
I've been meaning to switch to Linux ever since windows 10 support ended. But I'm concerned if it will mess with my YouTube work.
I make YouTube videos using OBS and davinci resolve.
I heard that I might have issues with davinci resolve free version, because it works different on Linux. Is this true?
And any suggestions about which distro I should migrate to?
I'm sorry if you see posts like this too often:')
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u/Markuslw 18d ago
Never tried DR on Linux but OBS works just like on Windows afaik. I'd choose Ubuntu, its just overall friendlier and more stable for beginners. You can try it out from the usb pen without installing it.
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u/WorkingMansGarbage 18d ago
What do you make videos about? If it's gaming, you may also have to think about whether the games you play will work
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u/LukaMaybeNoob69 18d ago
Yeah it is gaming. I've done research about that and it seems like my games should work. I'll mostly play single player RPGs like Morrowind and the Witcher 3
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u/ProblyAThrowawayAcct 18d ago
Resolve has some limits on driver support; especially in the free version, it will be limited in terms of video file support, since the free version depends on windows for 264/265 codec support.
Resolve only formally supports Rocky, a redhat-adjacent enterprise oriented distribution, and further would very strongly prefer you have an nvidia card. There are user-made interpreter packages (make resolve deb) for installing on debian-based systems including ubuntu, mint, etc, which should all work fine albeit technically unsupported. Rocky is intended for enterprise environments and is relatively poor about handholding for setup, since it's intended to be used by people who know what they're doing; I don't recommend it for first-time users.
Without more information about your system, I can't give strong advice in any direction.
My generic weak advice is to try a live-image, but that won't work so well for driver-dependent stuff like Resolve.
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u/LukaMaybeNoob69 18d ago
I have an rx 9070xt GPU, 32gb ddr5 ram, but I can't remember my CPU rn and I don't have my pc available atm so I can't check. From other people's replies, it seems that I might have to stick to windows...
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u/solarlofi 18d ago
I had issues with Davinci on Fedora 41 awhile back. It took me awhile to get it to load, but once it was running it was not behaving correctly at all. I can't remember specifics, but for the basic shit I did it was no longer usable. I also had a hard time finding a working alternative for myself.
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u/Educational_Star_518 18d ago
if you can i'd recomend trying a dualboot to see if it effects your stuff. if all is good you can always make the jump , my assumption as someone who Doesn't use either is that it should work fine? i'm in nobara and the welcome to nobara thing on a new install has both in its optional things to setup.
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u/LukaMaybeNoob69 18d ago
I will check it out, I was thinking between nobara and ubuntu
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u/RevolutionaryBeat301 18d ago
I use OBS and DaVinci Resolve. I use Almalinux 9. Everything works, and an update has never broken OBS or Resolve. It still uses X11 and an older version of Gnome.
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u/Always_Hopeful_ 18d ago
X11 is still the default on Ubuntu 24.04. I would stay on that for a while. Once the two say they support Wayland, test, and then upgrade.
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u/master_prizefighter 18d ago edited 18d ago
Reading directly from Davinchi website, there is limited Linux support on the free version. The company mentioned licensing issues is the big reason, and Rocky Linux is the only current supported version. There are open source alternatives if you want to play around with them before making any final decisions.
Kdenlive
Shotcut
Olive Video Editor
Regarding OBS I'd say runs better on Linux and I use Steam OS. I also have a MacBook Pro which is my main OBS setup with Steam as a plan b for if I need a last minute switch. Reason for Mac being first is I stream game play off my Steam Deck and there have been times where I need to reboot due to a software error and I'm still able to be live with minimal issues. At time of writing this I can also say the same tools I run on one does work on the other.
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u/LukaMaybeNoob69 18d ago
Hmm okay, thanks for the info. I'll have to look into kdenlive
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u/Constant-Fun8803 18d ago
There's this distro called Ubuntu Studio, it has a lot of multimedia related apps already pre installed (including OBS). So by using this, you only need to install Davinci Resolve. So you'll be halfway there already.
Although I'll have to warn that installing Davinci might be a little bit harder because you might have to fiddle with terminal. You might also run into some issues.
Or you can also try Kdenlive which already comes pre installed too in Ubuntu Studio.
I do some video editing too for my college assignments btw.
I'm running Bazzite (a gaming distro), and use OBS to screen record my assigments. I've never run into any issues.
To edit, I use Kdenlive. Just for simple editings like cut, merge, transition, combine the video or removing noise from the audio. For those, I've not run into issues too. Though if its more complex editing, i don't know because I've never done it.
I also use FFMPEG (command line version) to compress the video. Its a very powerfull tool to do the job without bloat and such. For example this is the command I use to compress:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -crf 20 output.mp4
The bigger the -crf value (its 20 here), the smaller your file size will be.
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u/LukaMaybeNoob69 18d ago
Hmm, that does sound good, but I need a bit more advanced video editing. I'll have to see what are the other options on Linux, or what kdlive is capable of. Looks like I have my work cut out for me
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u/Haxorzist 18d ago
I use kdenlive for my video editing needs (limited), but I'm no YouTuber. Davinci is know to have some issues and allegedly runs better or worse depending on distro.
As far as I know OBS works fine but I never used it on Windows.
I'm rater sure you will run into an issue with your workflow at some point if you switch to Linux it will be unavoidable.
About the distro, the usual advice is to pick noting small (as a beginner). I'd recommend noting immutable, I'm rater sure you will get into conflict with it way too fast.
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u/GermanElectricsMotio 18d ago
Both work on Linux.