What would happen if we evaluate platforms based on their video editors? Would you rather use KDE and Kdenlive or Gnome and Pitivi?

  • jonne
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, people mix and match applications all the time, and they don’t look too out of place to begin with these days.

    I’ve personally used kdenlive on Mac OS, and it seemed to work fine for what I needed to do (even though I didn’t really know what I was doing). Not sure if Pitivi is available on homebrew.

    • fabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think it’s on Homebrew, but it is available on Nix. Nix has a much bigger repository comparable to the AUR and you can use it as a normal package manager.

      • jonne
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Ooh, I need to look into that. Work won’t let me use Linux so I’m using the Mac for work stuff. I try to use the same applications I use on my personal Linux machines anyway.

        • fabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.net
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Nix is a big rabbit hole. You can use it as a normal package manager, but there’s a lot more.

          You can also use nix-shell to temporarily install packages, it drops you into a shell with your package and that package is gone when you exit the shell. You can also declare a shell using a shell.nix file with environment variables and packages you want (including specific versions) and enter that shell by running nix-shell.

          You can also declare your full user environment using nix home manager. Using a home.nix file you can list packages you need and configure everything. That also makes it easy to backup your user environment by just copying the home.nix file.