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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How noob am I, huh? Ty for the advice mate

Edit: zero irony here

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The issue is that programs can’t directly use your gpu when using a virtual machine

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I guess you never heard of GPU Passthrough… https://github.com/bryansteiner/gpu-passthrough-tutorial/

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GPU passthrough requires two GPUs, a system with compatible components, a lot of caffeine and a lot of patience. Not something for someone who wants something that just works.

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Either he never heard of it or he decided he did not want to bother following the 200 page tutorial filled with fiddly bits.

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I know this exists but from what I understand, OP is using VirtualBox, which doesn’t support it and instead of going through the effort to set it up, you might as well just dual boot

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OP probably doesn’t have two GPUs in their computer.

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Very useful tip for a linux newbie with a laptop which has only igpu.

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He’s also very clearly going to be running the vm with a Windows host… More likely than not that means virtualbox, not spending money on software / hardware that does it well and easily on windows just to test out… Truly the best option here for OP is dual boot.

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Try to double your ram and if you don’t have ssd, get one. Your cpu and gpu is powerful enough for light video editing. Also amd drivers are shipped in the Linux Kernel so you don’t need to do anything for them.

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