2:00 "It isn't the problem of Apple, it's just me being poor" No, it is Apple's fault for overcharging their customers on the most basic upgrades and marketing it as luxury.
they have their own os to maintain and develop too. alongside the different platfoms such as ios, ipados, applewatch, appletv... all that stuff that their users get for free each year doesn't come out of no where. neither does linux. if you want something exceptional, you'll probably have to ask someone who is industry leading in it. why would you expect them to do it for £12/hr? If you're the best in the world at something important, you're going to be getting paid for your time. and your time will cost far more, simply because you achieve far more in a given time or that you can do something others can't. that's why others achieved f all with their time meanwhile you are where you are. Imagine you were running a company at that scale and with that much responsibility. Where this is your whole life. Would you do it for pennies so that you can sell at the lowest possible price?
Yeah, wanted to say this. It might've been a joke in the video, but in case somebody seriously thinks this way - do not excuse corporations who have NO reasons to charge high prices other than being a recognized brand and the fact capitalism just allows this. It's hard to compare when there are no comparable products, but we have everything to compare Macs with. ARM computers are getting more popular. Hard numbers for RAM and storage are quite directly comparable. Because MacOS is related to BSD and otherwise the Unix way of building an OS, we can compare it to Linux distributions, and the system itself isn't any better, people tend to think that just because of software compatibility, but software compatibility comes with popularity, and it's obvious that MacOS is far more popular than any Linux system, of course in desktop use. I might have a different outlook than a usual user, but I am a computer nerd. The numbers don't lie to me, if I can compile my code faster on a fairly prices used ThinkPad than on a new Mac, then the new Mac is useless and not worth it to me. People only use their browsers anyways these days. Almost everything is a web app.
"Now that i am getting used to the reesponsiveness of Linux, it becomes a painful experience to go back to the sluggishness of Windows 10 or the smooth and slow MacOS." Welcome to the club yoyo. We're happy to have you happy
Wow this video only had 25 views in the first day but getting 6K in the second day. Many thanks! I will try my best to reply to your comments but 40 comments in one day is too many for me to handle.
I glad your getting the views you deserve now, but don't sweat it. You've got more coming. I've heard from a few different sources now, that the algorithm has changed so you should expect more views at least for now. So take advantage of it!
@@yoyosan999 Algorithm is changing for sure. Don't worry about the comments, please remain consistent with new videos schedule and it will pick you up 🔝
@@varenneriocha8712 yeah, it isn't. Now we can see an ugly trend of kernel-level anticheat pushed upon gamers. As you could know, Linux is very restricted OS if it comes to kernel access, thus publishers and developers are telling the same lie: we can't support Linux blah blah blah, cheaters blah blah blah. All the excuses. Valve is our only hope to have a linux-friendly universal anticheat (like VAC back in the days for the windows)
dude, @10:57 to fix the sleep on AMD Laptops, you need "amd_iommu=off" as a parameter for kernel boot, Ive been using this since Kernel 6.0 and it works just fine. Using a ThinkBook as well.
I think the bigger problem people have with snap is that you can't decide yourself what repo to use. also the software center is not open source which many people don't like. nevertheless, ubuntu is a decent distro if you just want things to work.
Snaps are self contained so it doesn't matter what repo you use. Normally a program is linked to your system's libraries. Snaps are linked to their own private set of libraries. That eliminates dependency issues but it is resource wasteful. Libraries are called shared objects but snaps aren't sharing anything. They should have named snaps selfish.
@@1pcfred I mean even if you install via apt install, ubuntu installs package from snap. so even if you want to install the deb package you can't easily do that. or that's what i've heard happens. not sure if it goes like that, I have never used ubuntu, but that seems to be the gripe all over the forums.
@@vaistoe I haven't run Ubuntu since they started using Snaps. I've been running Linux for close to 30 years now so I know how to do things the old fashioned way. So I don't need to use snaps or flatpaks. I wouldn't just on general principals. That stuff is garbage.
I remember Ubuntu, I remember distro hopping for quite a while before ended up with Ubuntu 6.04 LTS. Stayed with Ubuntu LTS version for years, until they fked somewhere with their version 19 (or 20) LTS version, it was somehow buggy at my old pc. Distro hopping again for a while, ended up with Manjaro, its somehow the most stable and fastest on my old system (which is something, since its Arc based). I don't have any need of any of these comercial advanced softwares so my transition to full linux was somewhat easy. I'm glad it worked out for you.
Linux on the AMD Framework Motherboard has been wonderful for me over the past few months! I still need to figure out the quirks of Davinci Resolve studio in distrobox tho.
@@yoyosan999 While its a decent laptop, I have many issues with my AMD Framework 13: It drains a lot of battery when turned off and needs to charge for a few minutes if the battery empties overnight before turning on. Sometimes the screen wont turn on when booting aswell. The build is such that when you hold the laptop in your right hand or balance it on your lap in the wrong way, the trackpad clicks. Also the keyboard scratched more on the screen than on most other laptops I've used, forcing me to put a microfiber cloth on the keyboard when closed. Sometimes the lid closing sensor will be bugged, turning the screen on while the laptop is closed, leading to heat and even more battery drain. And a friend of mine had a problem where two displays of his broke in the span of 2 weeks, persumably due to the chassis pressing onto the display cable wrong. Yet despite all these issues I still like my laptop. I just dont want anyone to think that all is great with framework. Especially not for the price.
@@yoyosan999 Framework regularly puts their items on permanent discount when something behind the scenes becomes cheaper and in this year alone a lot of their things have gotten refurbished options, the ram was half the price of what it used to be so that should give you a great idea of what to expect! I love this company and I will get anyone I know to support them because they deserve some serious market share!
we should see computers as we see shoes. There is no shoes that fits all places, needs and occasions. We need different kinds of shoes to different situations and needs... So use your M1 to DaVinci and Ubuntu to games and web.
I just use a shoe stretcher to make the shoe fit. Linux comes with a complete set of cobblers tools. A lot of them are in the binutils package. So what we should do is learn how to work with computers. Because a computer is really a general purpose device that can be made to do anything. You just have to know how to make it do it.
@@timfd.w.4163 the computers we use are general purpose programmable devices. Cost has nothing to do with it. That's just what they are. A worthless and obsolete PC on the curb is the same in that respect as a current top of the line machine.
Ubuntu was the first linux distro that I ever tried too, and I also have a special place in my heart for KDE and Linux in general. I used to be a huge fan of Gnome, but ever since the Steam Deck I never felt the need to go back to Gnome on my desktop. I currently use Nobara Linux on my primary gaming setup, and I was surprised to hear that davinci resolve didn't work right out of the box with all the necessary tweaks and optimizations in place, especially using an AMD graphics card. I personally don't use DaVinci resolve, but I am surprised nevertheless.
DaVinci Resolve is made to run on Red Hat. Which is the only commercial Linux distro that exists. So it makes sense that's what commercial software targets. I don't use Resolve either but I explored it once when I ran into someone on IRC that was having troubles getting it to run. So I gave it a look to see what was going on. The installer wouldn't run for me either so I ran it through strace and saw it couldn't find a library. I found the library it needed in Red Hat. My distro didn't even have it. So I downloaded it and fed the shared object to the program with a LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. That's how you do that. You don't put the foreign library on your system's library path. That's just bad form. Thou shalt not taint the system! But in your home directory you can do whatever you please.
@@yoyosan999 I wish Linux users had basic skills. Resolving binary dependencies is something everyone that runs Linux should know how to do. It's not even hard. I know 4 ways of doing it and it only takes one of those. If people knew we wouldn't need flatpaks or snaps or anything. We'd just do it the right way. Once a program is compiled it gets linked. When you run a program it needs to find all of the libraries it is linked to. I think understanding all of this stuff is fascinating. It's also useful. Let's peer into the beating heart of Linux $ nm -D --defined-only /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 | less It's full of symbols!
@1pcfred I thought the same. Canonical does it their way and Red Hat does it different. I settled down for while now with Fedora after using AlmaLinux for Severs and I like it a lot. Nice video. I try to get more people into Linux, but it's hard to convince people of something they don't want to hear. Linux drives me crazy sometimes, but I totally agree with the light and snappy general workflow. And also consider the choice of freedom for people from people instead of control from multinationals over unconscious customers. Enjoy.
@@1pcfred elitist bullshit. Easily solvable by using the right packaging. Computers must by accesible by default and keep only advanced features for advanced users, not gatekeep installing a video editor.
I made the same Transition, from a Macbook Pro M1 to a Lenovo Thinkbook 13x Gen4, because I was bored. I settled with Fedora and I don't produce Media, I just consume. Sadly my Camera doesn't work and after tens of hours of troubleshooting, I couldn't get it to work either. The rest works flawlessly and with Fedora 41, my Battery life was better than Windows! Suspend also works perfectly. I am however a MS Office PowerUser and even though I tried LibreOffice on Mac for years, it doesn't provide all the Features that I use on MS Office. So I set up a VM for Office only. I also miss Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and 4K Netflix or AppleTV streaming. But since that's proprietary, I simply gave up on those Features. I miss them for sure but having a reliable, fast and lightweight OS outweighs their use. Overall great Video! Really well made and enjoyable to watch! Also nice to see how you handled your Problems and how you looked for solutions! Great stuff!
Nice journey of yours! I used to be a distro hopper during my late teenage years and always used Windows as well. I don't play games anymore (except for some Genesis and arcade emulators sometimes) and my workflow consists of videocalls, text docs and spreadsheets. Now, in my 40's, I did give a try to the M1 MacBook air and just settle down: MacOs is perfect for me and is a pleasure to use. These little machines (Mac mini M4 and MacBook air) are incredible.
Tried twice to put my steps to getting Davinci Resolve to work in Kubuntu in the comments here but RUclips keeps removing it. My desktop system is an AMD 5950x CPU and an AMD 7900XT. I had to use Ubuntu's package repo site to search for the missing dependencies and extract the Debian files to manually insert them into the Resolve's library folder. As far as the audio/video problems, I use FFMPEG to convert all the files to '.mov' so that both audio and video work. Everything works so far, just fine!
Just a note about color calibration, its an important thing to me. So I've done the work to get it working, you would use a tool called DisplayCAL to make a color profile, then KDE has built in color management that works great to install the ICC profile. If you rely on profiles provided by the manufacturer, I'd just mention those are not perfect. Its better to have a calibration tool and software. With regards to DaVinci Resolve, it definitely is half baked software on Linux. They are always behind in library updates, which means you have to basically use an older OS to use it. Yes, Distrobox can be used to help. But I haven't really tried it myself, so I can't provide good suggestions. For me, I just started to use Kdenlive as its a more native tool.
I run Linux Mint on my MacBookPro. You could install Linux without changing your laptop. In fact you could even dual boot Linux and Mac OS and update to latest MacOS with Opencore Legacy Patcher.
personally I like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS simply because the newer versions have removed many great features. For example - if I press the printscr button on the keyboard, it directly takes a screenshot but on the newer version it opens a pop up asking what type of ss you need and then clicks. Again the switch from x org to wayland is horrible and you cannot share your screen with it. With 20.04 it simply works with no problems at all.
I've been asked many times why I don't switch from macOS to Linux. The struggles you had with Davinci Resolve is one of the reasons. I use an m1 mac mini, this is the computer in which I record and edit my videos, I also use a lot of paid applications, and honestly, don't want to spend even 1 hour troubleshooting stuff that works out of the box and without me doing anything in macOS. I use Linux, I love Debian, but only on servers, I'm not ready for the desktop rabbit hole yet.
It may break DaVinci Resolve, and then requires upgrading every six months which may also break it. The problem is that Resolve is closed source and is dependent on the developers for building it with compatible libraries.
I've seen dozens of videos like this one. Also videos of people leaving Windows for Linux. Even people leaving Linux for Windows or even Mac. I personally just left Linux for Mac. And at the end I think the thing is, people get tired of things and want to try something new. In my case, I "need" Windows but I despise it. And I love Linux but it always feels like beta software to me. Feels like it's gonna be ready for the desktop, but it never gets ready. Mac is kinda becoming my sweet spot. It's like Linux but with some more market share and real attention to the desktop space.
I just use all 3, plus other unix-like OSs. Granted, I work in IT, and music production/guitar is a lifelong hobby, I need Windows for work and music, Arch Linux for daily-driving and most of my coding, and MacOS for any graphics or video editing. FreeBSD and Kubuntu for fun or studying Linux stuff. SSDs are cheap as hell nowadays, I have 4tb of storage, and can collext all the OSs like infinity stones.
Regarding the kernel version I don't believe that 22.04 will receive 6.11, but 24.04.02 will, probably in February. I watched your entire video so I understand that you will, most probably, not be switching to 24.04 again unless DaVinci releases a new version that is compatible with newer libs. So here is hoping for that to happen for you. Personally I use Kdenlive, but I can see a couple of reasons why you would wish to stick with Resolve. This is one fantastic video, I loved every minute of your presentation.
Thank you so much! I am sticking with Resolve because it has many more tutorial videos on RUclips and some of the plugins just make my life easier. For example I need to create animated subtitles for clients' TikTok content and there is a plugin called Snap Caption which can automate animated subtitles in a few seconds. I have no idea if there is similar features in Kdenlive. Also for some interview work I rely on Resolve's 'create subtitles from audio' feature which works really well even for some of my hour-long interview videos.
It always concerns me in the various RUclips videos about Linux like something couldn't be done like your issues with DaVinci, it can be done! But most likely you have to spend 2 weeks debugging it and have some enlightenment along the way, beauty of Linux. You should try normal Arch or Nix as these distors are the best equipped with fixes for various things
There is no other hardware that is so much capable as M processors. In terms of TDP, battery time, commercial support and build quality - Macs are the best hardware to work. It’s not the cheapest hardware just to buy for web surfing, but as a tool for work, they are one of the best.
@ Apple Care is the solution. To be honest most of today’s hardware is design to work in warranty time - laptops especially (they have glued or soldered parts as well). You may buy a laptop and do BGA after warranty, because CPU lost connection with motherboard - just after warranty (true story). I’m using Macs almost a decade - it’s a hardware, sure. It can possibly broke with time. But in Apple, with price there is some durability. I think there are two ways - to buy affordable hardware and buy another after 3-4 years. It’s not the best, but it’s affordable, home budget will survive that. Or to buy expensive, but use it next 10 years. It’s not an easy choice to be honest. With some luck, Macs are the second way (it can broke, yes, but with price they have nice durability over years).
@@KicksonAcapulco13-no5rdI don't think you heard of the new Ryzen ai max series. The top of the line 100 ish watt 16 core 32 thread slightly overclocked and undervolted beats the m4 max (the best config) in a multicore benchmark, consuming similar power. My main issue with maca is most of them are translated via Rosetta 2, which makes the performance 20-50% expected Really kills the M4 series
For hibernation to work you need to have a swap configured. I guess ubuntu doesn't configure it on install since there's tutorials everywhere to configure it. The laptop lid behaviour can be configured through the KDE configs after you have a swap for hibernation to work. Davinci Resolve has a list of dependencies you need to install separately and the GPU usage depends on having the proper drivers and libraries required for the app to work with, on arch the package will list the required packages at the install script for proper functionality and you can install it afterwards, on debian distros like ubuntu you can search for the proper package names, there are many packages it doesn't list as required but it won't work properly without so do google them for your distro. I hope this helps on settling down with your new OS.
Suspend isn't very good on most distros since most likely you want to for example close the laptop lid, unplug stuff and leave, this will wake the machine while closed. Hibernate is slower but saves a bit more power while being better handled by the distro most of the time, had mine wasted a battery while going to college a lot back then. You can make suspend work, but I don't think it'll behave well with Ubuntu's many apps and daemons on the background waking it.
@@varenneriocha8712 you can't suspend to disk if there's no disk to suspend to. But I think you might be able to write a temp file too? I don't run a swap anymore myself. I used to. I have double the RAM today as I'll ever use though. So I'm in no danger of running out. Running out of RAM in Linux is bad. You don't want to do that.
I was in the seminary where computers were windows and very old, but they have cd-rom...I then got my ubuntu cd, it was then I fell in love with Linux. it was around 2005.
i don't think not having h264 or h265 are minor inconveniences and I'm not sure how you would find a workaround for that. Leaving the shops with juice instead of milk isn't a workaround. Its a failure. if you just wanted something to drink then thats fine. But the same can't be said for when you put your hard work and hopes into a project. If it comes out like juice or custard, then it's quite sad. But I recognise and appreciate your positive and accepting attitude. In the end, its what you're happy with because you're still willing and happy with linux and how it fits with everything. If it makes us happy, then we can live with it.
Regarding the H264 and H265 issue, there is a plugin on Blackmagic Design Forum which enables the x264 and x265 exports. It works really well and I also noticed a slight image quality improvement over the stock option from Davinci Resolve.
Using Davinci under Ubuntu is a nightmare. I never had it working and always end with a Graphic memory is full error. And that's after playing with installing additional packages, copying and replacing obsolete libraries. What a disaster in Linux ☹️
I just run DaVinci resolve on my T2 Intel iMac. Worked great, installation was easy and it can use the hardware accelerators in the T2 for H264 and H265. I do have an old Intel Mac Book Pro which can no longer run a supported version of MacOS. That I did convert to Ubuntu which works pretty well (NVidia driver support is an issue). I don’t get the Ubuntu hate. It is widely supported and installs easily on old hardware.
Nice video. There may be some other codec packages needed to run some of the H364/H265 for DaVinci resolve. Personally I usually use Shotcut which works fine as a Flatpak, Deb or Snap - but I understand it is no where near as powerful as DaVinci resolve. I will say that an Ideapad or Thinkbook is still not a Thinkpad because the Thinkpad firmware is uploaded to the FWUPD repos so the Linux firmware management can grab it. Getting a second-hand Thinkpad still seems like one of the best options IMO. If you want 22.04 with a slightly newer kernel, PopOS 22.04 is on 6.9.3+ at the moment - but again the kernel version might be part of the issue with DaVinci resolve). One other issue you might be experiencing is X11 vs Wayland. It might be possibel to run DaVinci resolve with X11 (that is a choice in the lower right-hand side when you first log in) and this could be why Ubuntu or Kubuntu 22.04 worked because they just recently switched to Wayland Shell for display. DaVinci might still be a bit behind in the Wayland support since Wayland is more strict on the permissions. Some more info on the suspend issue: askubuntu.com/questions/2455/how-to-make-suspend-option-work This again works really well on my very old Thinkpad X280 with Intel + Gnome (X11) + PopOS 22.04, but I can't say about hte AMD + KDE stack. Every now and then I do notice things start to get sluggish and usually a system update and a restart is enough to make it snappy again. Good luck!
Yeah I thought all Lenovo laptops have good Linux support. Now I regret not going with a used Thinkpad, especially the ones with older CPUs and have Nvidia dGPUs. Would be a better machine for video editing.
Why can't you just learn how to resolve dependencies? Lousy lazy user. It took me 10 seconds to get Resolve running. The installer wouldn't run so I ran it through strace to find out why. It didn't take the powers of deduction of Sherlock Holmes to figure it out. Least they named the program right. Resolve those dependencies!
Because they're a business and not a non profit and also the only Linux distro used in the post production industry is Cent Os and now Rocky Linux so they don't feel the need to spend money on something that's gonna benifit less than 1% of their userbase. Why do Linux users are so entitled like they think every other companies need to bend over their standards even tho they a small minority of users. This is the same reason why so many game companies don't spend time on Linux support simply because linux users aree less than 5% of the userbase yet generate more than 50% of the support tickets.
@@rano12321 It's rare I ever seek support. If I can't figure something out that's that. Nothing is so pressing as far as I'm concerned. Companies that deal in closed source are making their own problems though. Then how much we can figure out is limited. So it is trouble they've signed up for. Nvidia understands it. Nvidia has a special tool you use if you wish to submit a bug report. /usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh That's a human readable text file so you can read what it does. It is quite invasive. It's on github too. So you can view it there. But that's an example of doing it right.
You don't have problem with Davinci Resolve while using Kubuntu 22.04 and have for 24.04. I noticed that you're using KDE with X11. As I know, by default Ubuntu 24.04(GNOME) uses Wayland. Probably the problem is difference between X11 and Wayland.
thinkpad with ubuntu or fedora is basically flawless. The only problem I've had is occasional Zoom bugs; even with this, is it ~much~ better than Windows (I see my son struggling with his Windows laptop).
Great video, and no apple being overpriced is their problem, but there are still some good deals on refurbished macbooks, i just don't like macbooks in general because of lack of upgradeability and repairability. I recently bought a Thinkpad P16 gen 2 and installed Ubuntu on it. Everything works, nvidia, wayland... Its officially supported on this machine from lenovo. I love ubuntu as well, i avoided it like the plague but when i used it for the first time it was the best distro, snaps aren't that bad but i don't use them a lot only the default ones.
@yoyosan999 there's actually a crazy deal on eBay right now directly from lenovo, around $1440 that comes with an RTX 3500 GPU with 12gb of ECC vram, i7-14700HX, plenty of ram as well. My unit has the same CPU but with the RTX 2000 ADA instead which is exactly like the 4060 except its clocked slightly higher and uses quadro drivers on windows. All the units they're selling come with a gorgeous UHD IPS panel, so don't worry about that. I highly recommend getting one if you can because of the crazy build quality and price, keyboard is not fused and you can easily remove it to reveal another ssd slot and 2 other ram slots. My only gripe is the weird decision to not include an Ethernet port on a tank laptop, they have them on nearly all the other thinkpad models except for the small X and Z series.
I'm running davinci with rocky linux 9.2. On a lenovo legion, without issues. Have you tried that distribution? It's the recommended distribution from Blackmagic.
It is a great misfortune most of games are historically written for windows. We need opensource gaming linux distro. I believe steamOs is gettin close.
The suspend issue is likely easily solvable. But it's hard to say what exactly it is without knowing what you have already tried, and what you currently have set up with it. What you have installed. Etc. Generally just setting it in your loginctl file with systemd, putting it on suspend, or even just putting it on lock screen. Will take care of it. Or looking in your other systemd files, making sure your suspend setting are correct for what the system is doing for suspend. But again hard to say without actually seeing it in person.
I have already tried the loginctl file, no luck. My laptop somehow lacks the other sleep modes as it only supports s2idle, I wonder if that's the problem. There is no related settings in BIOS as well.
actually it's quite normal but unfortunate that Laptops don't support s3 these days anymore. Sometimes the functionality is there but dormant but can be patched. In my case I was able to patch it in so s3 was available but it didn't work. For the desktop for me it's the opposite, i would like s2idle there but that's also not available.
@@yoyosan999 Write “s2idle” to /sys/power/mem_sleep to associate S2idle with the “mem” string in /sys/power/state is what I found in a quick search. also configuring the kernel to do that by default is an option. though compiling your own kernel can be a bit intimidating for people if they haven't done it before. though it's not as hard as it seems. Especially if you use something like "sudo make xconfig" then you can just search for the setting you need to change and just adjust that. generally the compile time for me on a kernel, though stripped down for specifically my computer, and with only what I need is about 20 minutes. on a thinkpad e495. I do all that because I'm running gentoo on it though. I would need to look into the options for sleep.conf , and system.conf again. because you might just be able to define it in one of those. so suspend in logind.conf uses that, and at least works.
@@yoyosan999 i had a really long reply going over a bunch of options. but I don't see it here. So it might have gotten caught up by youtube. But it looks like you can set in the sleep.conf to use s2idle. The arch wiki specifically goes over it (generally my go to for finding any info linux related, along with the gentoo wiki. even if you aren't running those distros). So you should be able to set those. And have maybe slightly less power efficient, but still basically suspend.
I have been running windows 11 heavily modified with micrrosoft edge removed because it start up on default and consumed too much cpu and ram for it to be wort using webapps over and a-lot of background services turned off on a snapdragon 8cx gen 2 laptop and I treat my laptop like a smartphone. I get like a day of battery life out of it and it only uses 3-7 watts of power. Honestly x86 cpus are kinda bad when it comes to power consumption. I can close the laptop and open it whenever I want and its pretty great. My samsung galaxy book go only cost me 200 dollars and can easily scrub through 1080p video and edit 1080p video and export in minutes to seconds just using the CPU and using no hardware acceleration. Drivers are hell to deal with though and do not attempt to reinstall windows 10 or 11 because you can't without some insane nonsense.
Interesting. I never consider snapdragon Windows laptops and I thought they are in very early stage so maybe many software aren't compatible yet. Guess I am wrong. How is gaming though?
I have a similar problem. Long time Linux Mint Thinkpad T series user but now I need a new laptop capable of video editing. Macs are expensive and I prefer native Linux anyway. Was thinking to get an IdeaPad Gaming. I don't need to use DaVinci Resolve but your compatibility issues concern me.
4:44 Ubuntu absolutely does NOT have the best community support for third party software or “drivers and stuff”. That would be arch Linux generally speaking. I appreciate the video, but I also would refrain from comments sharing misinformation cuz it’s a red flag. 🚩
Sorry didn't mean to misguide. I mean whenever I encounter some Linux problem and I Google about it, usually I would see solutions for Ubuntu in the first page of Google results. Arch Linux has an amazing Wiki though.
I think nVidia has better compatibility with video editing (rendering times) but you can't go wrong with either and it's always nice to support the """""""""""underdog"""""""""""
CONS : - Worse Battery - Lack of softwares - Hibernation/Sleep crash system PROS : - Better performance - GPU work there - FOSS & Devtools - Customizations Everything seem great when I first migrate from Mac, before I realize a lot of softwares I need didn't work there 😂 Also hibernation/sleep never fail to crash my system.
Bro install cachyOS it has the latest kernel and the software will feel more snappy. And I heard vinci works great there. Will wait for you to make a video about it.
@@yoyosan999 This matches my experience on desktop Nvidia, I can literally just `pacman -S davinci-resolve` and it gives me a working Resolve install. Of course, I'm in the cozy position of being able to pick the format of all my clips to be exactly AV1 + Opus + MP4 in order to avoid codec issues and Resolve quirks. Same with rendering, I can just stick with AV1 again and it just churns that out on the GPU.
ThinkBook have nothing to do with the ThinkPad lineage. It's like thinking that ThinkPads and IdeaPads are similar because Thinking and having Ideas are similar things and so is having a Pad and a Pad. This much has to be noted.
I do have an iPhone and an iPad. But my main device is Sony Xperia. I try my best to avoid being trapped in one of those "ecosystems" so I only use cross-platform services.
I didn't benchmark it but in general I think they are getting very similar battery life. One thing I have noticed though, in Windows the laptop's fan tend to work much harder. I can hear noise even when opening Firefox for the first time after boot. It calms down quickly enough so I don't really care.
@@yoyosan999 I got a Thinkpad L14 Gen 3 with Ryzen 5000 series. Currently it has W11 IoT LTSC just because it has less bloat + some optimizations I made. Kinda wanting to try Debian with your optimizations to check if it performs cooler/less power.
I know all the annoying Linux users say this, but Kdenlive is a good option for video editing. I could set up Resolve as I use an NVIDIA card, but still ended up always using Kdenlive.
It's a ThinkBook 14 AMD version. I don't think it's available in America though. I purchased mine in Singapore but the seller imported it from China. That's why I didn't mention the exact model because it makes no sense to most of the viewers.
@@yoyosan999I looked everywhere in Lenovo's Product Specification Reference and there's no such laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 8745H, that laptop must be incredibly rare.
I had another video sharing my experience with Asahi Linux on my M1 MacBook Air. It's generally great but I can't run Davinci Resolve on it because the ARM version of DR is only available on Windows and macOS.
Why exactly were you using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS instead of the 24.04 LTS that's been out for quite some time? That one, or Fedora 41 come with Kernel 6.11 ...
@@kickskii I thought it was because they couldn't resolve Resolve's dependencies. Dependency resolution is a useful Linux skill. There's ways of doing it. The program will tell you what libraries it needs. You just have to ask. $ readelf -d `which bash` | grep 'NEEDED' $ objdump -p `which bash` | grep 'NEEDED' $ ldd `which bash` That's 3 ways of doing it. Then you need to know how to feed the library to the program. You can set an environmental variable to do that called LD_LIBRARY_PATH
@@necuz what was going on could have been explained in more detail. That's regardless of how long it took them to impart what limited info they did. I think it could have been interesting to examine precisely what dependencies Resolve actually does have. He's not the first person to run into this problem. When I resolved Resolve even I didn't look into it too carefully myself. I saw it was missing one library so I got it and that was that. Once Resolve ran I went on my merry way. Often we're too close to problems to appreciate them fully though when we're involved with them. We lose objectivity then. I was solving it for someone else so I wasn't so attached to things.
Do you use the paid version of Da Vinci resolve? There is some problem with many codecs not available in the Linux free version. Also did you try to generate optimized media? But clearly it has been my experience so far, NVIDIA GPUs work much much better than AMD on Linux.
Yes I am using the Studio version. I have Nvidia GPU on my desktop and it's been amazing with Davinci Resolve on Ubuntu. CUDA is just so much better. I know the Linux gaming community have a strong preference on AMD but for video editing I think Nvidia is still the better choice.
What cpu of the laptop zen5 have some serious problem with DaVinci Resolve. And what I hate about Ubuntu is they use Snap packages format so app open a bit slow. Linux Mint inherit Ubuntu but you can install Flatpak format.
@@yoyosan999 interesting, good point, all brands/companies/products have issues. Troubleshooting Apple products can also be a major pain (I run Pop_OS! on my laptop and Win 11 on my desktop PC, but my family have Apple products). Really enjoying your content, I'm a gamer dad too (just watched your gamer dad vid), but I actually quit gaming last Christmas, so I haven't gamed in just over a year now. I'll return to gaming at some point, but I need to focus on some other things and I literally can not afford to do it right now. I too fell in love with the Switch after owning it for years and not thinking much of it, but one day it just clicked and it became my favorite console, so easy to pick up and play. We have similar taste in games and a similar thought process from what I've seen. Hope your channel continues to do well, I'm enjoying your fresh and thoughtful take on things.
i have a issue on my purpose of OC, love the Macos environment, Love the terminal on Linux, Love gaming and crossover apps in windows. If i pick linux, can i run adobe cc?
I have to say that I am disappointed with the company DaVinci. It is a shame to ask Linux users to register personal information in order to download the software. You are a disgrace. I am not willing to sell my information to this company.
Linux is not developed as a Desktop OS , Linux made to run as server OS program. Most of the PC software developed are not intent to run on Linux, Linux are more perfect for Servers where you expected to run minimal GUI . Less software's are developed which are fully compatible with Linux because of the propriety issues. So you cannot expect everything will run on Linux.
Linux is not perfect for desktop usage sure but over the past years it is becoming more and more popular mainly due to the major development of Linux gaming I think.
Essentially, Linux is developed as a universal-purpose environment - it doesn’t have one specific, predefined use case. The kernel can be used in a refrigerator, the GUI in a kitchen robot, and so on. While Windows and macOS are primarily targeted at desktops, Linux is versatile. It can simply be used on desktops as well. It have pros and cons.
I want to build a pic.. I5 12400F + 3060 or b580 may be after releasing in india.. I want to know how you know which laptop/computer.... Is more compatible to your linux system i wish nyone can tech us....
If the PC is only for gaming I would suggest an AMD GPU. Otherwise I would go with NVIDIA. Intel's driver on Windows has been much better but I don't see a lot of information regarding their Linux support, so I would just avoid them.
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I want, but my hp pavilion gaming laptop is bad for Linux instalations 😅
Well, at least you admit that you were bored and don't have money. I don't think anything is better than a MacBook Pro (M series chips), but I DO believe there are more interesting, fun options. I own an M1 Pro 14" machine but occasionally find myself using my T14S because it's fun; I don't feel guilty about sticker-bombing it, whereas if I did that with my Mac, the Mac community on Reddit would eat me alive. I really shouldn't care but it highlights the problem with Apple products. It's clearly a luxury device and most people treat it like a diamond or a faberge egg. It's a laptop, it's a utility.
Even your voice gives you away being a virgin, unattractive, unhygienic, typical linux user socially ackward🤮
wild comment
This comment is socially awkward ;)
@@ravm84 you are socially ackward little introvert
2:00 "It isn't the problem of Apple, it's just me being poor"
No, it is Apple's fault for overcharging their customers on the most basic upgrades and marketing it as luxury.
they have their own os to maintain and develop too. alongside the different platfoms such as ios, ipados, applewatch, appletv... all that stuff that their users get for free each year doesn't come out of no where. neither does linux. if you want something exceptional, you'll probably have to ask someone who is industry leading in it. why would you expect them to do it for £12/hr? If you're the best in the world at something important, you're going to be getting paid for your time. and your time will cost far more, simply because you achieve far more in a given time or that you can do something others can't. that's why others achieved f all with their time meanwhile you are where you are. Imagine you were running a company at that scale and with that much responsibility. Where this is your whole life. Would you do it for pennies so that you can sell at the lowest possible price?
Adding some RAM on Mac Mini cost twice the base Mac Mini 😂
You took the words right out my mouth
Yeah, wanted to say this. It might've been a joke in the video, but in case somebody seriously thinks this way - do not excuse corporations who have NO reasons to charge high prices other than being a recognized brand and the fact capitalism just allows this. It's hard to compare when there are no comparable products, but we have everything to compare Macs with. ARM computers are getting more popular. Hard numbers for RAM and storage are quite directly comparable. Because MacOS is related to BSD and otherwise the Unix way of building an OS, we can compare it to Linux distributions, and the system itself isn't any better, people tend to think that just because of software compatibility, but software compatibility comes with popularity, and it's obvious that MacOS is far more popular than any Linux system, of course in desktop use.
I might have a different outlook than a usual user, but I am a computer nerd. The numbers don't lie to me, if I can compile my code faster on a fairly prices used ThinkPad than on a new Mac, then the new Mac is useless and not worth it to me. People only use their browsers anyways these days. Almost everything is a web app.
@@Mike-jb3xethe fact is, you don't need to add ram to a mac mini. I flied for 4 years with a m1 with 8gb of ram
"Now that i am getting used to the reesponsiveness of Linux, it becomes a painful experience to go back to the sluggishness of Windows 10 or the smooth and slow MacOS."
Welcome to the club yoyo. We're happy to have you happy
Commenting just to put this video up for an algorytm. Great video, yoyosan
Wow you are too kind. Thank you so much.
Wow this video only had 25 views in the first day but getting 6K in the second day. Many thanks! I will try my best to reply to your comments but 40 comments in one day is too many for me to handle.
I glad your getting the views you deserve now, but don't sweat it. You've got more coming. I've heard from a few different sources now, that the algorithm has changed so you should expect more views at least for now. So take advantage of it!
@@yoyosan999 get used to it
@@yoyosan999 Algorithm is changing for sure. Don't worry about the comments, please remain consistent with new videos schedule and it will pick you up 🔝
Are you David Bombal under disguise?
Linux and gaming is on the way to being a non-issue, next challenge to tackle LINUX VIDEO EDITING
Linux gaming is amazing. I really wish we could have better Linux support for Davinci Resolve.
I'm not a gamer. But from what I hear from gamers, Linux is not far behind.
@@varenneriocha8712 yeah, it isn't. Now we can see an ugly trend of kernel-level anticheat pushed upon gamers. As you could know, Linux is very restricted OS if it comes to kernel access, thus publishers and developers are telling the same lie: we can't support Linux blah blah blah, cheaters blah blah blah. All the excuses. Valve is our only hope to have a linux-friendly universal anticheat (like VAC back in the days for the windows)
I love your "I can live with that" spirit and not giving up easily! Wish I could be like that haha
It's because this is my hobby. I wouldn't have the same patient with other stuff either.
dude, @10:57 to fix the sleep on AMD Laptops, you need "amd_iommu=off" as a parameter for kernel boot, Ive been using this since Kernel 6.0 and it works just fine. Using a ThinkBook as well.
Holy sh*t I tried this one and it really works!!! Thank you soooooo much!
Now fix my black screen on wake up from suspend)
Nvidia gpu
The fact that that laptop has front facing speakers is a huge win.
And these speakers get really loud! I personally don't use them often though as I mainly work in a quiet environment.
I think the bigger problem people have with snap is that you can't decide yourself what repo to use. also the software center is not open source which many people don't like. nevertheless, ubuntu is a decent distro if you just want things to work.
Snaps are self contained so it doesn't matter what repo you use. Normally a program is linked to your system's libraries. Snaps are linked to their own private set of libraries. That eliminates dependency issues but it is resource wasteful. Libraries are called shared objects but snaps aren't sharing anything. They should have named snaps selfish.
@@1pcfred I mean even if you install via apt install, ubuntu installs package from snap. so even if you want to install the deb package you can't easily do that. or that's what i've heard happens. not sure if it goes like that, I have never used ubuntu, but that seems to be the gripe all over the forums.
@@vaistoe I haven't run Ubuntu since they started using Snaps. I've been running Linux for close to 30 years now so I know how to do things the old fashioned way. So I don't need to use snaps or flatpaks. I wouldn't just on general principals. That stuff is garbage.
I remember Ubuntu, I remember distro hopping for quite a while before ended up with Ubuntu 6.04 LTS.
Stayed with Ubuntu LTS version for years, until they fked somewhere with their version 19 (or 20) LTS version, it was somehow buggy at my old pc. Distro hopping again for a while, ended up with Manjaro, its somehow the most stable and fastest on my old system (which is something, since its Arc based).
I don't have any need of any of these comercial advanced softwares so my transition to full linux was somewhat easy. I'm glad it worked out for you.
If not for Davinci Resolve I feel like I would be happy with any major distro.
Linux on the AMD Framework Motherboard has been wonderful for me over the past few months! I still need to figure out the quirks of Davinci Resolve studio in distrobox tho.
I have heard only good things about Framework. Maybe that would be my next laptop.
@@yoyosan999 While its a decent laptop, I have many issues with my AMD Framework 13:
It drains a lot of battery when turned off and needs to charge for a few minutes if the battery empties overnight before turning on. Sometimes the screen wont turn on when booting aswell.
The build is such that when you hold the laptop in your right hand or balance it on your lap in the wrong way, the trackpad clicks.
Also the keyboard scratched more on the screen than on most other laptops I've used, forcing me to put a microfiber cloth on the keyboard when closed.
Sometimes the lid closing sensor will be bugged, turning the screen on while the laptop is closed, leading to heat and even more battery drain.
And a friend of mine had a problem where two displays of his broke in the span of 2 weeks, persumably due to the chassis pressing onto the display cable wrong.
Yet despite all these issues I still like my laptop. I just dont want anyone to think that all is great with framework. Especially not for the price.
@@yoyosan999 I have one (Ryzen 7 13 inch) with Ubuntu and while it isn't perfect it is a very nice laptop and everything works well.
@@yoyosan999 Framework regularly puts their items on permanent discount when something behind the scenes becomes cheaper and in this year alone a lot of their things have gotten refurbished options, the ram was half the price of what it used to be so that should give you a great idea of what to expect! I love this company and I will get anyone I know to support them because they deserve some serious market share!
Gonna try this as my new year's present for myself! Thx
Great way to spend the holiday tinkering stuff haha.
Amazing journey, thanks for sharing with us
we should see computers as we see shoes. There is no shoes that fits all places, needs and occasions. We need different kinds of shoes to different situations and needs... So use your M1 to DaVinci and Ubuntu to games and web.
I just use a shoe stretcher to make the shoe fit. Linux comes with a complete set of cobblers tools. A lot of them are in the binutils package. So what we should do is learn how to work with computers. Because a computer is really a general purpose device that can be made to do anything. You just have to know how to make it do it.
@1pcfred special tools will always be better than general tools, except for the cost...
Sadly I can't afford to keeping both laptops so I sold my M1 MacBook Air already. Too many computers. I only need one laptop and one desktop.
@@timfd.w.4163 the computers we use are general purpose programmable devices. Cost has nothing to do with it. That's just what they are. A worthless and obsolete PC on the curb is the same in that respect as a current top of the line machine.
Ubuntu was the first linux distro that I ever tried too, and I also have a special place in my heart for KDE and Linux in general. I used to be a huge fan of Gnome, but ever since the Steam Deck I never felt the need to go back to Gnome on my desktop. I currently use Nobara Linux on my primary gaming setup, and I was surprised to hear that davinci resolve didn't work right out of the box with all the necessary tweaks and optimizations in place, especially using an AMD graphics card. I personally don't use DaVinci resolve, but I am surprised nevertheless.
DaVinci Resolve is made to run on Red Hat. Which is the only commercial Linux distro that exists. So it makes sense that's what commercial software targets. I don't use Resolve either but I explored it once when I ran into someone on IRC that was having troubles getting it to run. So I gave it a look to see what was going on. The installer wouldn't run for me either so I ran it through strace and saw it couldn't find a library. I found the library it needed in Red Hat. My distro didn't even have it. So I downloaded it and fed the shared object to the program with a LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. That's how you do that. You don't put the foreign library on your system's library path. That's just bad form. Thou shalt not taint the system! But in your home directory you can do whatever you please.
I was surprised as well. It's such a painful experience. I wish Blackmagic could make an APPIMAGE or FLATPAK version so everybody would be happy.
@@yoyosan999 I wish Linux users had basic skills. Resolving binary dependencies is something everyone that runs Linux should know how to do. It's not even hard. I know 4 ways of doing it and it only takes one of those. If people knew we wouldn't need flatpaks or snaps or anything. We'd just do it the right way. Once a program is compiled it gets linked. When you run a program it needs to find all of the libraries it is linked to. I think understanding all of this stuff is fascinating. It's also useful. Let's peer into the beating heart of Linux $ nm -D --defined-only /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 | less
It's full of symbols!
@1pcfred
I thought the same. Canonical does it their way and Red Hat does it different.
I settled down for while now with Fedora after using AlmaLinux for Severs and I like it a lot.
Nice video.
I try to get more people into Linux, but it's hard to convince people of something they don't want to hear.
Linux drives me crazy sometimes, but I totally agree with the light and snappy general workflow. And also consider the choice of freedom for people from people instead of control from multinationals over unconscious customers.
Enjoy.
@@1pcfred elitist bullshit. Easily solvable by using the right packaging. Computers must by accesible by default and keep only advanced features for advanced users, not gatekeep installing a video editor.
Finally. Thank you. A real user’s experience switching from Win/Mac to Linux, not a sponsored useless video of a “pro” user. Way to go.
I made the same Transition, from a Macbook Pro M1 to a Lenovo Thinkbook 13x Gen4, because I was bored. I settled with Fedora and I don't produce Media, I just consume. Sadly my Camera doesn't work and after tens of hours of troubleshooting, I couldn't get it to work either. The rest works flawlessly and with Fedora 41, my Battery life was better than Windows! Suspend also works perfectly.
I am however a MS Office PowerUser and even though I tried LibreOffice on Mac for years, it doesn't provide all the Features that I use on MS Office. So I set up a VM for Office only.
I also miss Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and 4K Netflix or AppleTV streaming. But since that's proprietary, I simply gave up on those Features. I miss them for sure but having a reliable, fast and lightweight OS outweighs their use.
Overall great Video! Really well made and enjoyable to watch! Also nice to see how you handled your Problems and how you looked for solutions! Great stuff!
Thank you soooo much for your support. It really means a lot to me.
Nice journey of yours!
I used to be a distro hopper during my late teenage years and always used Windows as well.
I don't play games anymore (except for some Genesis and arcade emulators sometimes) and my workflow consists of videocalls, text docs and spreadsheets. Now, in my 40's, I did give a try to the M1 MacBook air and just settle down: MacOs is perfect for me and is a pleasure to use. These little machines (Mac mini M4 and MacBook air) are incredible.
I thought exactly the same back when I purchased my M1 MacBook Air in 2020.
Great video man!
Thanks!
solid video. love the call to camera conspiracies lol.
I love Kasey!
Top Notch Quality , Thank You.
Thanks for watching!
Tried twice to put my steps to getting Davinci Resolve to work in Kubuntu in the comments here but RUclips keeps removing it. My desktop system is an AMD 5950x CPU and an AMD 7900XT. I had to use Ubuntu's package repo site to search for the missing dependencies and extract the Debian files to manually insert them into the Resolve's library folder. As far as the audio/video problems, I use FFMPEG to convert all the files to '.mov' so that both audio and video work. Everything works so far, just fine!
Wow you have a beast of GPU! I wish I can afford that one day haha. I also use FFMPEG to convert AAC audio to OPUS and it's been working really well.
Just a note about color calibration, its an important thing to me. So I've done the work to get it working, you would use a tool called DisplayCAL to make a color profile, then KDE has built in color management that works great to install the ICC profile. If you rely on profiles provided by the manufacturer, I'd just mention those are not perfect. Its better to have a calibration tool and software.
With regards to DaVinci Resolve, it definitely is half baked software on Linux. They are always behind in library updates, which means you have to basically use an older OS to use it. Yes, Distrobox can be used to help. But I haven't really tried it myself, so I can't provide good suggestions. For me, I just started to use Kdenlive as its a more native tool.
I run Linux Mint on my MacBookPro. You could install Linux without changing your laptop. In fact you could even dual boot Linux and Mac OS and update to latest MacOS with Opencore Legacy Patcher.
I had some horrible experience with Intel MacBooks.
Cool video, man!
Thanks!
Great stuff!
Thank you so much!
personally I like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS simply because the newer versions have removed many great features. For example - if I press the printscr button on the keyboard, it directly takes a screenshot but on the newer version it opens a pop up asking what type of ss you need and then clicks. Again the switch from x org to wayland is horrible and you cannot share your screen with it. With 20.04 it simply works with no problems at all.
If it works then don't change it. But how much longer is 20.04 going to be supported?
@@yoyosan999 till 2027 (extended support)
I've been asked many times why I don't switch from macOS to Linux. The struggles you had with Davinci Resolve is one of the reasons. I use an m1 mac mini, this is the computer in which I record and edit my videos, I also use a lot of paid applications, and honestly, don't want to spend even 1 hour troubleshooting stuff that works out of the box and without me doing anything in macOS. I use Linux, I love Debian, but only on servers, I'm not ready for the desktop rabbit hole yet.
thanks! this is a great comparison
Thank you for watching!
You could in-place upgrade Ubuntu to 24.10 to get the newer kernel and resolve the lid issue.
It may break DaVinci Resolve, and then requires upgrading every six months which may also break it. The problem is that Resolve is closed source and is dependent on the developers for building it with compatible libraries.
I've seen dozens of videos like this one. Also videos of people leaving Windows for Linux. Even people leaving Linux for Windows or even Mac. I personally just left Linux for Mac. And at the end I think the thing is, people get tired of things and want to try something new. In my case, I "need" Windows but I despise it. And I love Linux but it always feels like beta software to me. Feels like it's gonna be ready for the desktop, but it never gets ready. Mac is kinda becoming my sweet spot. It's like Linux but with some more market share and real attention to the desktop space.
I generally agree with you but I don't despise any OS. They are all great in some way.
What people leaving Windows need is to try Linux seriously. ;-)
I’m in the same boat. Linux just is never quite there, no matter how much i love it.
I just use all 3, plus other unix-like OSs.
Granted, I work in IT, and music production/guitar is a lifelong hobby, I need Windows for work and music, Arch Linux for daily-driving and most of my coding, and MacOS for any graphics or video editing. FreeBSD and Kubuntu for fun or studying Linux stuff.
SSDs are cheap as hell nowadays, I have 4tb of storage, and can collext all the OSs like infinity stones.
Hey, the Power Profiles Daemon replaces TLP and is way better, also allows you to switch power modes.
Is it the same as auto-epp?
Regarding the kernel version I don't believe that 22.04 will receive 6.11, but 24.04.02 will, probably in February. I watched your entire video so I understand that you will, most probably, not be switching to 24.04 again unless DaVinci releases a new version that is compatible with newer libs. So here is hoping for that to happen for you. Personally I use Kdenlive, but I can see a couple of reasons why you would wish to stick with Resolve. This is one fantastic video, I loved every minute of your presentation.
Thank you so much! I am sticking with Resolve because it has many more tutorial videos on RUclips and some of the plugins just make my life easier. For example I need to create animated subtitles for clients' TikTok content and there is a plugin called Snap Caption which can automate animated subtitles in a few seconds. I have no idea if there is similar features in Kdenlive. Also for some interview work I rely on Resolve's 'create subtitles from audio' feature which works really well even for some of my hour-long interview videos.
After 12 minutes, the music loop really drove me crazy
Sorry about that.
It always concerns me in the various RUclips videos about Linux like something couldn't be done like your issues with DaVinci, it can be done! But most likely you have to spend 2 weeks debugging it and have some enlightenment along the way, beauty of Linux. You should try normal Arch or Nix as these distors are the best equipped with fixes for various things
Mac is overpriced. I wish there was some reason to pay, but most of the time it makes no sense.
Macs are not devices, they are fetishes.
There is no other hardware that is so much capable as M processors. In terms of TDP, battery time, commercial support and build quality - Macs are the best hardware to work. It’s not the cheapest hardware just to buy for web surfing, but as a tool for work, they are one of the best.
@@KicksonAcapulco13-no5rd What happens with the SSD or ram goes bad?
@ Apple Care is the solution. To be honest most of today’s hardware is design to work in warranty time - laptops especially (they have glued or soldered parts as well). You may buy a laptop and do BGA after warranty, because CPU lost connection with motherboard - just after warranty (true story).
I’m using Macs almost a decade - it’s a hardware, sure. It can possibly broke with time. But in Apple, with price there is some durability.
I think there are two ways - to buy affordable hardware and buy another after 3-4 years. It’s not the best, but it’s affordable, home budget will survive that. Or to buy expensive, but use it next 10 years. It’s not an easy choice to be honest. With some luck, Macs are the second way (it can broke, yes, but with price they have nice durability over years).
@@KicksonAcapulco13-no5rdI don't think you heard of the new Ryzen ai max series. The top of the line 100 ish watt 16 core 32 thread slightly overclocked and undervolted beats the m4 max (the best config) in a multicore benchmark, consuming similar power.
My main issue with maca is most of them are translated via Rosetta 2, which makes the performance 20-50% expected
Really kills the M4 series
For hibernation to work you need to have a swap configured. I guess ubuntu doesn't configure it on install since there's tutorials everywhere to configure it. The laptop lid behaviour can be configured through the KDE configs after you have a swap for hibernation to work. Davinci Resolve has a list of dependencies you need to install separately and the GPU usage depends on having the proper drivers and libraries required for the app to work with, on arch the package will list the required packages at the install script for proper functionality and you can install it afterwards, on debian distros like ubuntu you can search for the proper package names, there are many packages it doesn't list as required but it won't work properly without so do google them for your distro. I hope this helps on settling down with your new OS.
To have suspend work you'd have o run a PC like a kernel dev does that uses suspend. Which is no one. Linux is no bear so it doesn't hibernate.
I got hibernation working with a swapfile following some guide. It is not the same thing as suspend though. But I think I can live with that.
Suspend isn't very good on most distros since most likely you want to for example close the laptop lid, unplug stuff and leave, this will wake the machine while closed. Hibernate is slower but saves a bit more power while being better handled by the distro most of the time, had mine wasted a battery while going to college a lot back then. You can make suspend work, but I don't think it'll behave well with Ubuntu's many apps and daemons on the background waking it.
Thanks for the hint about the swap! Very useful.
@@varenneriocha8712 you can't suspend to disk if there's no disk to suspend to. But I think you might be able to write a temp file too? I don't run a swap anymore myself. I used to. I have double the RAM today as I'll ever use though. So I'm in no danger of running out. Running out of RAM in Linux is bad. You don't want to do that.
I was in the seminary where computers were windows and very old, but they have cd-rom...I then got my ubuntu cd, it was then I fell in love with Linux. it was around 2005.
Wow you are young. I first tried Ubuntu back in 2006!
i don't think not having h264 or h265 are minor inconveniences and I'm not sure how you would find a workaround for that. Leaving the shops with juice instead of milk isn't a workaround. Its a failure. if you just wanted something to drink then thats fine. But the same can't be said for when you put your hard work and hopes into a project. If it comes out like juice or custard, then it's quite sad. But I recognise and appreciate your positive and accepting attitude. In the end, its what you're happy with because you're still willing and happy with linux and how it fits with everything. If it makes us happy, then we can live with it.
Regarding the H264 and H265 issue, there is a plugin on Blackmagic Design Forum which enables the x264 and x265 exports. It works really well and I also noticed a slight image quality improvement over the stock option from Davinci Resolve.
Using Davinci under Ubuntu is a nightmare. I never had it working and always end with a Graphic memory is full error. And that's after playing with installing additional packages, copying and replacing obsolete libraries. What a disaster in Linux ☹️
I just run DaVinci resolve on my T2 Intel iMac. Worked great, installation was easy and it can use the hardware accelerators in the T2 for H264 and H265. I do have an old Intel Mac Book Pro which can no longer run a supported version of MacOS. That I did convert to Ubuntu which works pretty well (NVidia driver support is an issue). I don’t get the Ubuntu hate. It is widely supported and installs easily on old hardware.
Yeah I still love Ubuntu after trying all other distros.
Nice video.
There may be some other codec packages needed to run some of the H364/H265 for DaVinci resolve. Personally I usually use Shotcut which works fine as a Flatpak, Deb or Snap - but I understand it is no where near as powerful as DaVinci resolve. I will say that an Ideapad or Thinkbook is still not a Thinkpad because the Thinkpad firmware is uploaded to the FWUPD repos so the Linux firmware management can grab it. Getting a second-hand Thinkpad still seems like one of the best options IMO. If you want 22.04 with a slightly newer kernel, PopOS 22.04 is on 6.9.3+ at the moment - but again the kernel version might be part of the issue with DaVinci resolve).
One other issue you might be experiencing is X11 vs Wayland. It might be possibel to run DaVinci resolve with X11 (that is a choice in the lower right-hand side when you first log in) and this could be why Ubuntu or Kubuntu 22.04 worked because they just recently switched to Wayland Shell for display. DaVinci might still be a bit behind in the Wayland support since Wayland is more strict on the permissions.
Some more info on the suspend issue: askubuntu.com/questions/2455/how-to-make-suspend-option-work
This again works really well on my very old Thinkpad X280 with Intel + Gnome (X11) + PopOS 22.04, but I can't say about hte AMD + KDE stack. Every now and then I do notice things start to get sluggish and usually a system update and a restart is enough to make it snappy again.
Good luck!
Yeah I thought all Lenovo laptops have good Linux support. Now I regret not going with a used Thinkpad, especially the ones with older CPUs and have Nvidia dGPUs. Would be a better machine for video editing.
Why can't Davinci just release a Flatpak or AppImage? Lousy lazy devs.
If you're calling them lazy, maybe you should show them how to do it by doing it yourself.
the linux user base isn't big enough yet, so it's probably not on their priority list
Why can't you just learn how to resolve dependencies? Lousy lazy user. It took me 10 seconds to get Resolve running. The installer wouldn't run so I ran it through strace to find out why. It didn't take the powers of deduction of Sherlock Holmes to figure it out. Least they named the program right. Resolve those dependencies!
Because they're a business and not a non profit and also the only Linux distro used in the post production industry is Cent Os and now Rocky Linux so they don't feel the need to spend money on something that's gonna benifit less than 1% of their userbase. Why do Linux users are so entitled like they think every other companies need to bend over their standards even tho they a small minority of users. This is the same reason why so many game companies don't spend time on Linux support simply because linux users aree less than 5% of the userbase yet generate more than 50% of the support tickets.
@@rano12321 It's rare I ever seek support. If I can't figure something out that's that. Nothing is so pressing as far as I'm concerned. Companies that deal in closed source are making their own problems though. Then how much we can figure out is limited. So it is trouble they've signed up for. Nvidia understands it. Nvidia has a special tool you use if you wish to submit a bug report. /usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh That's a human readable text file so you can read what it does. It is quite invasive. It's on github too. So you can view it there. But that's an example of doing it right.
I've run a mini PC for +1 year having a Ryzen 7 + Nobara40 for gaming with not a single issue at all.
Nobara is amazing for gaming.
I have switched to endeavourOS on my desktop and laptop
You don't have problem with Davinci Resolve while using Kubuntu 22.04
and have for 24.04.
I noticed that you're using KDE with X11.
As I know, by default Ubuntu 24.04(GNOME) uses Wayland.
Probably the problem is difference between X11 and Wayland.
thinkpad with ubuntu or fedora is basically flawless. The only problem I've had is occasional Zoom bugs; even with this, is it ~much~ better than Windows (I see my son struggling with his Windows laptop).
Great video, and no apple being overpriced is their problem, but there are still some good deals on refurbished macbooks, i just don't like macbooks in general because of lack of upgradeability and repairability.
I recently bought a Thinkpad P16 gen 2 and installed Ubuntu on it. Everything works, nvidia, wayland... Its officially supported on this machine from lenovo. I love ubuntu as well, i avoided it like the plague but when i used it for the first time it was the best distro, snaps aren't that bad but i don't use them a lot only the default ones.
I really wish I had gone for the ThinkPad P series with NVIDIA GPUs. I checked the used market and they are very affordable now.
@yoyosan999 there's actually a crazy deal on eBay right now directly from lenovo, around $1440 that comes with an RTX 3500 GPU with 12gb of ECC vram, i7-14700HX, plenty of ram as well. My unit has the same CPU but with the RTX 2000 ADA instead which is exactly like the 4060 except its clocked slightly higher and uses quadro drivers on windows. All the units they're selling come with a gorgeous UHD IPS panel, so don't worry about that. I highly recommend getting one if you can because of the crazy build quality and price, keyboard is not fused and you can easily remove it to reveal another ssd slot and 2 other ram slots. My only gripe is the weird decision to not include an Ethernet port on a tank laptop, they have them on nearly all the other thinkpad models except for the small X and Z series.
On Intel igpus, recently davinci resolve works out of the box with an up to date intel-compute-runtime!
That's great news!
Welcome !
I'm running davinci with rocky linux 9.2. On a lenovo legion, without issues. Have you tried that distribution? It's the recommended distribution from Blackmagic.
I never tried Rocky Linux. Maybe that's the solution to all my problems but right now I am happy with my setup.
It is a great misfortune most of games are historically written for windows. We need opensource gaming linux distro. I believe steamOs is gettin close.
The suspend issue is likely easily solvable. But it's hard to say what exactly it is without knowing what you have already tried, and what you currently have set up with it. What you have installed. Etc.
Generally just setting it in your loginctl file with systemd, putting it on suspend, or even just putting it on lock screen. Will take care of it. Or looking in your other systemd files, making sure your suspend setting are correct for what the system is doing for suspend.
But again hard to say without actually seeing it in person.
I have already tried the loginctl file, no luck. My laptop somehow lacks the other sleep modes as it only supports s2idle, I wonder if that's the problem. There is no related settings in BIOS as well.
actually it's quite normal but unfortunate that Laptops don't support s3 these days anymore. Sometimes the functionality is there but dormant but can be patched. In my case I was able to patch it in so s3 was available but it didn't work. For the desktop for me it's the opposite, i would like s2idle there but that's also not available.
@@yoyosan999 Write “s2idle” to /sys/power/mem_sleep to associate S2idle with the “mem” string in /sys/power/state
is what I found in a quick search. also configuring the kernel to do that by default is an option. though compiling your own kernel can be a bit intimidating for people if they haven't done it before. though it's not as hard as it seems. Especially if you use something like "sudo make xconfig" then you can just search for the setting you need to change and just adjust that.
generally the compile time for me on a kernel, though stripped down for specifically my computer, and with only what I need is about 20 minutes. on a thinkpad e495. I do all that because I'm running gentoo on it though.
I would need to look into the options for sleep.conf , and system.conf again. because you might just be able to define it in one of those. so suspend in logind.conf uses that, and at least works.
@@yoyosan999 i had a really long reply going over a bunch of options. but I don't see it here. So it might have gotten caught up by youtube. But it looks like you can set in the sleep.conf to use s2idle. The arch wiki specifically goes over it (generally my go to for finding any info linux related, along with the gentoo wiki. even if you aren't running those distros). So you should be able to set those. And have maybe slightly less power efficient, but still basically suspend.
A man of art...
I have been running windows 11 heavily modified with micrrosoft edge removed because it start up on default and consumed too much cpu and ram for it to be wort using webapps over and a-lot of background services turned off on a snapdragon 8cx gen 2 laptop and I treat my laptop like a smartphone. I get like a day of battery life out of it and it only uses 3-7 watts of power. Honestly x86 cpus are kinda bad when it comes to power consumption. I can close the laptop and open it whenever I want and its pretty great. My samsung galaxy book go only cost me 200 dollars and can easily scrub through 1080p video and edit 1080p video and export in minutes to seconds just using the CPU and using no hardware acceleration. Drivers are hell to deal with though and do not attempt to reinstall windows 10 or 11 because you can't without some insane nonsense.
Interesting. I never consider snapdragon Windows laptops and I thought they are in very early stage so maybe many software aren't compatible yet. Guess I am wrong. How is gaming though?
My MacBook pro is now a Linux workhorse.
I have a similar problem. Long time Linux Mint Thinkpad T series user but now I need a new laptop capable of video editing. Macs are expensive and I prefer native Linux anyway. Was thinking to get an IdeaPad Gaming. I don't need to use DaVinci Resolve but your compatibility issues concern me.
Just try it and maybe you have better luck than me.
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Ubuntu absolutely does NOT have the best community support for third party software or “drivers and stuff”.
That would be arch Linux generally speaking. I appreciate the video, but I also would refrain from comments sharing misinformation cuz it’s a red flag. 🚩
Sorry didn't mean to misguide. I mean whenever I encounter some Linux problem and I Google about it, usually I would see solutions for Ubuntu in the first page of Google results. Arch Linux has an amazing Wiki though.
you should use Arch btw
I think nVidia has better compatibility with video editing (rendering times) but you can't go wrong with either and it's always nice to support the """""""""""underdog"""""""""""
CONS :
- Worse Battery
- Lack of softwares
- Hibernation/Sleep crash system
PROS :
- Better performance
- GPU work there
- FOSS & Devtools
- Customizations
Everything seem great when I first migrate from Mac, before I realize a lot of softwares I need didn't work there 😂
Also hibernation/sleep never fail to crash my system.
You can use hibernate, strange you have suspend to ram issues ....
Bro install cachyOS it has the latest kernel and the software will feel more snappy. And I heard vinci works great there. Will wait for you to make a video about it.
I am considering shrinking down the Windows partition so that I can have a separate partition for testing out various distros.
@@yoyosan999 This matches my experience on desktop Nvidia, I can literally just `pacman -S davinci-resolve` and it gives me a working Resolve install. Of course, I'm in the cozy position of being able to pick the format of all my clips to be exactly AV1 + Opus + MP4 in order to avoid codec issues and Resolve quirks. Same with rendering, I can just stick with AV1 again and it just churns that out on the GPU.
so much effort to make it run and finally there are still some issues. Linux on desktop is just waste of time.
Yes a waste of time for most people. But for things to improve someone has to waste such time. Things will be better in the future I believe.
ThinkBook have nothing to do with the ThinkPad lineage. It's like thinking that ThinkPads and IdeaPads are similar because Thinking and having Ideas are similar things and so is having a Pad and a Pad. This much has to be noted.
Yeah I made a mistake thinking they are alike. My next laptop would be a second-hand ThinkPad for better Linux support.
Are/Were you invested in the Apple Ecosystem with other devices?
I do have an iPhone and an iPad. But my main device is Sony Xperia. I try my best to avoid being trapped in one of those "ecosystems" so I only use cross-platform services.
@@yoyosan999 Did you try KDE Connect on the computer ? That's basically apple continuity but better and cross platform
Yes, Apple's own "LAN" is the cleverest thing to bind people.
Uhm, I would love a battery life comparsion between Windows and Linux with tlp and auto-epp
I didn't benchmark it but in general I think they are getting very similar battery life. One thing I have noticed though, in Windows the laptop's fan tend to work much harder. I can hear noise even when opening Firefox for the first time after boot. It calms down quickly enough so I don't really care.
@@yoyosan999 I got a Thinkpad L14 Gen 3 with Ryzen 5000 series. Currently it has W11 IoT LTSC just because it has less bloat + some optimizations I made. Kinda wanting to try Debian with your optimizations to check if it performs cooler/less power.
Have you ever tried another video editor on Linux, like Cinelerra?
The only editor that I tried briefly is Kdenlive and I haven't had the time to fully test it.
i just love mint
I know all the annoying Linux users say this, but Kdenlive is a good option for video editing. I could set up Resolve as I use an NVIDIA card, but still ended up always using Kdenlive.
What igpu is in this setup? Can you link your laptop please? Cannot find anywhere near your configuration in my country.
Its a ryzen 8x4xx which is Zen 4 based.
have you watched the videos showing the performance difference of cachyOS when it comes to gaming compared to regular distros?
Which model of Lenovo think book is it?
I think he made a typo in the video title.
It's a ThinkBook 14 AMD version and as mentioned in the other comment I don't think it is available in many countries.
Mein is Lenovo ThinkPad X230 - nostalgic, a battle tank, still fighting...
It seems weird that you won't just tell us the model, but perhaps doing so would dox you. 🤷 I cannot find a ThinkBook 14 with that display. 🫤
yeah I also got shipped tons of ubuntu CDs in my childhood :D
I gifted some of them to my friends lol.
And they never helped?
What is the thinkbook model you purchased. Can you share?
It's a ThinkBook 14 AMD version. I don't think it's available in America though. I purchased mine in Singapore but the seller imported it from China. That's why I didn't mention the exact model because it makes no sense to most of the viewers.
@@yoyosan999I looked everywhere in Lenovo's Product Specification Reference and there's no such laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 8745H, that laptop must be incredibly rare.
Asahi Linux fedora is your answer here and everything works even gaming with proton.
I had another video sharing my experience with Asahi Linux on my M1 MacBook Air. It's generally great but I can't run Davinci Resolve on it because the ARM version of DR is only available on Windows and macOS.
Why exactly were you using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS instead of the 24.04 LTS that's been out for quite some time? That one, or Fedora 41 come with Kernel 6.11 ...
Because rocm decided to not work for them
@@kickskii I thought it was because they couldn't resolve Resolve's dependencies. Dependency resolution is a useful Linux skill. There's ways of doing it. The program will tell you what libraries it needs. You just have to ask.
$ readelf -d `which bash` | grep 'NEEDED'
$ objdump -p `which bash` | grep 'NEEDED'
$ ldd `which bash`
That's 3 ways of doing it. Then you need to know how to feed the library to the program. You can set an environmental variable to do that called LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Bro, literally 6 minutes of the video is dedicated to explaining this
@@necuz what was going on could have been explained in more detail. That's regardless of how long it took them to impart what limited info they did. I think it could have been interesting to examine precisely what dependencies Resolve actually does have. He's not the first person to run into this problem. When I resolved Resolve even I didn't look into it too carefully myself. I saw it was missing one library so I got it and that was that. Once Resolve ran I went on my merry way. Often we're too close to problems to appreciate them fully though when we're involved with them. We lose objectivity then. I was solving it for someone else so I wasn't so attached to things.
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Do you use the paid version of Da Vinci resolve? There is some problem with many codecs not available in the Linux free version.
Also did you try to generate optimized media?
But clearly it has been my experience so far, NVIDIA GPUs work much much better than AMD on Linux.
Yes I am using the Studio version. I have Nvidia GPU on my desktop and it's been amazing with Davinci Resolve on Ubuntu. CUDA is just so much better. I know the Linux gaming community have a strong preference on AMD but for video editing I think Nvidia is still the better choice.
How did you handle that ugly Copilot button? Can it be reassigned to Print Screen?
I never noticed it until now... Now I have to find a solution to remap it!
What cpu of the laptop zen5 have some serious problem with DaVinci Resolve.
And what I hate about Ubuntu is they use Snap packages format so app open a bit slow. Linux Mint inherit Ubuntu but you can install Flatpak format.
Love Linux so much
But I'm just stuck with windows because Adobe suit won't work on Linux 😢
I can't believe it's almost 2025 and we still have issues with suspend, sleep, and hibernate.
I also have some bad experiences with Windows 11. Sometimes the laptop would wake itself up in my bag and when I took it out it was extremely hot.
@@yoyosan999 interesting, good point, all brands/companies/products have issues. Troubleshooting Apple products can also be a major pain (I run Pop_OS! on my laptop and Win 11 on my desktop PC, but my family have Apple products). Really enjoying your content, I'm a gamer dad too (just watched your gamer dad vid), but I actually quit gaming last Christmas, so I haven't gamed in just over a year now. I'll return to gaming at some point, but I need to focus on some other things and I literally can not afford to do it right now. I too fell in love with the Switch after owning it for years and not thinking much of it, but one day it just clicked and it became my favorite console, so easy to pick up and play. We have similar taste in games and a similar thought process from what I've seen. Hope your channel continues to do well, I'm enjoying your fresh and thoughtful take on things.
i have a issue on my purpose of OC, love the Macos environment, Love the terminal on Linux, Love gaming and crossover apps in windows. If i pick linux, can i run adobe cc?
I have to say that I am disappointed with the company DaVinci. It is a shame to ask Linux users to register personal information in order to download the software. You are a disgrace. I am not willing to sell my information to this company.
You should be happy that they support Linux at all. So many other software vendors do not.
@@andrewgrant788 I still prefer other software that supports Wine like MOVAVI editor and other good software. We don't need DaVinci
Software like DaVinci is to make money by creating video content. It’s not an idea, it’s a tool for work.
It's proprietary and closed source, so this is no different than any other company.
Linux is not developed as a Desktop OS , Linux made to run as server OS program. Most of the PC software developed are not intent to run on Linux, Linux are more perfect for Servers where you expected to run minimal GUI . Less software's are developed which are fully compatible with Linux because of the propriety issues. So you cannot expect everything will run on Linux.
Linux is not perfect for desktop usage sure but over the past years it is becoming more and more popular mainly due to the major development of Linux gaming I think.
Essentially, Linux is developed as a universal-purpose environment - it doesn’t have one specific, predefined use case. The kernel can be used in a refrigerator, the GUI in a kitchen robot, and so on. While Windows and macOS are primarily targeted at desktops, Linux is versatile. It can simply be used on desktops as well. It have pros and cons.
I want to build a pic.. I5 12400F + 3060 or b580 may be after releasing in india.. I want to know how you know which laptop/computer.... Is more compatible to your linux system i wish nyone can tech us....
If the PC is only for gaming I would suggest an AMD GPU. Otherwise I would go with NVIDIA. Intel's driver on Windows has been much better but I don't see a lot of information regarding their Linux support, so I would just avoid them.
I want, but my hp pavilion gaming laptop is bad for Linux instalations 😅
In what way? It used to be a problem like a decade ago, but these days basically everything is supported.
@@Cavi587 is the bios configuration, HP make it really hard... i tray to follow the guides but never works.
Really? I never thought the installation is still an issue.
@@yoyosan999 is not because linux... is HP BIOS setup.
what laptop is this? I'm tired of the kkeys on this 2017 macbook
i also have the same laptop and btw there is a patch for this laptop to work with amd-pstate and linux sleep
I would have suggested the framework Laptop for a geek as you.
And now we're back to paying Apple prices for a basic laptop
@@necuzit's not basic...
Is it ubuntu or kubuntu 22.04 lts? Please clarify. 🙏
It's Kubuntu 22.04. Sorry for the confusion. But I don't think there's much difference other than the DE.
You have to put small learning davinici resolve videos
What kinds of Davinci Resolve videos?
@yoyosan999 simple basic text effect videos which you talked about
I am from Pakistan "For algorithm where are you from?"
Thank you for your support my friend!
Pop_os works fine with resolve
Try Rocky Linux, they officially support davinci resolve.
Lilidog XFCE.... Fight me lol
Used to LOVE XFCE, especially back when KDE and GNOME were bloated.
Well, at least you admit that you were bored and don't have money. I don't think anything is better than a MacBook Pro (M series chips), but I DO believe there are more interesting, fun options. I own an M1 Pro 14" machine but occasionally find myself using my T14S because it's fun; I don't feel guilty about sticker-bombing it, whereas if I did that with my Mac, the Mac community on Reddit would eat me alive. I really shouldn't care but it highlights the problem with Apple products. It's clearly a luxury device and most people treat it like a diamond or a faberge egg. It's a laptop, it's a utility.
yoyosan which thinkbook model is this?
you sohuld try CachyOS