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
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Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2100GE with Radeon veja graphics
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RAM: 8gb
Edit : ty for the replys so far, mates
I wouldn’t recommend editing videos using a virtual machine, the performance will probably be quite miserable.
How noob am I, huh? Ty for the advice mate
Edit: zero irony here
The issue is that programs can’t directly use your gpu when using a virtual machine
I guess you never heard of GPU Passthrough… https://github.com/bryansteiner/gpu-passthrough-tutorial/
OP probably doesn’t have two GPUs in their computer.
I’m probably wrong, but isn’t supposed to work if my CPU have a iGPU and I have a GPU? I genuinely ask, I’m not sure.
An iGPU counts as a GPU.
You don’t need two.
His CPU has integrated graphics. He can do full passthrough.
Now, if he’s doing that with a Type 2 hypervisor, I suspect the performance will still be lackluster for video editing, if it’s even supported.
Which means he’s also going to have to learn to use KVM.
Did OP mention a dedicated GPU? I’d assume a rather low end 2100GE wouldn’t likely be paired with a dGPU.
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
Very useful tip for a linux newbie with a laptop which has only igpu.
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.
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.