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In your opinion, which distro should I try to edit videos stably? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm feeling more tired about Windows, and the reason I haven't switched yet to Linux is because I need some programs that only exist on Windows. But, at this point, I'm focusing on ditching these programs and finding alternatives for them..

Last year, I experienced Linux Mint, but, at least on my PC, it feels clunky when I need to do some little video editions and I found it more stable on Windows.

However, I'm going to try again Linux distros with a virtual box, but I'm a little """scared""" to move on again to Linux Mint since my last experience with editing videos.

I don't need an extremely powerful program to make these editions. Olive, or something like that, suits me perfectly. So, in your opinion, which distro should I try on one virtual box for my daily use for these purposes?

Making a dual boot, from your point of view, is problematic? I see so many different opinions about dual boot, but at this time, I don't know what to think.

My pc

Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2100GE with Radeon veja graphics
RAM: 8gb

Edit : ty for the replys so far, mates

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[–] atzanteol 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The chasm between "possible" and "click this option to enable" is vast.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

That's the case with proper hardware passthrough either way. Just wanted to make it clear that running a VM doesn't automatically bring the need for two GPUs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My experience with single GPU passthrough on Proxmox to a media VM was pretty positive, especially for it being an old Nvidia card. Even as someone doing it for the first time, it just took about 10 minutes to figure out the passthrough itself and another ~15 to figure out some driver issues. And it's worked perfectly since then. All in all much better than what I'd expected.

[–] atzanteol 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And your hardware supports it. It's still a recent-enough thing that not all hardware does. My old laptop with a 1070 nVidia does not, for example. Sure it's not a new machine, but it's also not that old and is the sort of thing a self-hoster would typically be using as a makeshift server. My other systems are even older...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The GPU I used is actually a 1080, with a (rapidly declining in usefulness) Intel 4690k. But I suppose laptop vs desktop can certainly make all the difference. What I really want is GPU virtualization, which I've heard AMD supports, but I'm not about to buy a new GPU when what I've got works fine.

[–] atzanteol 1 points 6 months ago

My understanding is that it's a combination of GPU and motherboard. It'll be great once this has been done long enough that 10yr old hardware supports it though.

GPU virtualization I haven't heard of - thanks! I'll look into that.