I Switched From Windows to Linux – It Only Took Me 20 Years (Including Davinci Resolve Setup)
I've been migrating from Windows to Linux. for... some time now, but I've finally arrived at a point where all of my daily computing happens on Linux, in particular, setting up Davinci Resolve for my video editing was painful, but I kept trying and it works now (method and resources further below).
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These are the steps that worked for my own setup of Davinci Resolve on Linux Mint:
1. Download and install Linux Mint 22.1 - during the installation, select the option to include 3rd party/proprietary drivers
2. Once Mint is installed, use the Driver Manger to select the Nvidia driver (not the open-source 'nouveau' driver)
3. Use the script and instructions on this page to install the Linux version of Davinci Resolve: https://dev.to/annietaylorchen/how-to... (the shell command to make the script executable is: sudo chmod +x DR_MINT.sh)
4 Add yourself to the 'render' group (if you don't, Davinci Resolve may crash when you try to render a video) by the shell command: sudo usermod -aG render mike (replace 'mike' with your own username obvs)
5. If you need to use files that contain AAC audio (video files from many consumer cameras), install ffmpeg (sudo apt-get install ffmpeg)
6. Create a shell script (general instructions for creating scripts here: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-... ) to convert your video files. My own (imperfect but functional. Don't judge!) script is in a plain text file here:
https://atomicshrimp.com/public/files...
Other resources with different methods - some didn't work for me, some I didn't try, but all of these are sources I trust:
Rocky Linux -- with DaVinci Resolve Install (ExplainingComputers) • Rocky Linux -- with DaVinci Resolve Install
Install DaVinci Resolve on ANY Linux Distro (Michael Horn) • Install DaVinci Resolve on ANY Linux Distro
How to install DAVINCI RESOLVE 19 on LINUX MINT 22 with NVIDIA GPU (Step-by-Step) (TECHMIMIC) • How to install DAVINCI RESOLVE 19 on LINUX...
Install DaVinci Resolve on Linux Mint 22 (Fuzzee Tutorials) • Install DaVinci Resolve on Linux Mint 22
The Definitive Guide to Running DaVinci Resolve on Linux (Trafotin) • The Definitive Guide to Running DaVinci Re...
Timestamps for this video:
0:00 intro
0:53 Anti-nitpick
1:03 Shrimp History
1:28 How it used to be
2:24 But it got better
3:57 WHY
5:07 The one constraint
5:55 Migration
8:10 I didn't give up
8:37 We're in business
11:24 If you are considering Linux