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Over the years, the one big area where it's been said that desktop Linux falls down the hardest is with the lack of good video editing suites. And to a degree, this is both true -- and not entirely accurate at the same time. In reality, there are plenty of applications out there that work with all of the major desktop environments, the trick is finding one that is both stable and easy to use.

In the past, this has meant that most people have found the experience of locating a decent video editor, that was both powerful and usable, was near impossible unless you happened to already know what to look for.

In this article, I'll highlighting existing video editing software for the Linux platform, in addition to also making sure that you understand the benefits and hurdles of each software title included in this round up.

Kino Video Editor

It's definitely not one of the more attractive video editors out there, but it should still be noted that Kino provides the most stable video editor available -- based on years of comparative experience with it among others.

Despite having a rather unique approach to video editing, it was the first GNOME friendly video editor for Linux that provided working DVGrab from a DV Video Camera over 1394 that I am aware of. For those willing to relearn what they already know about the general flow of a decent video editor, Kino is not something to take lightly. Despite the time line being a bit weird, this is one stable application.

Kdenlive Video Editor

For longer than I might like to admit, I have had an ongoing love/hate relationship with Kdenlive, due to it working in one release and regressing to an unusable state in the next. To be fair, much of this frustration likely falls on my own shoulders, as I tend to use it along with various KDE libraries on the GNOME desktop.

On the plus side, this video editor will make most anyone feel right at home, especially if they are used to using video editors from other platforms. It's easy to use, has quite a bit of flexibility and for years, has been thought to be the best solution for those wanting to see successful video editing coming to Linux.

Sadly needed features such as stability, the option to retrieve video from a webcam, etc., continue to fall into the non-working category for me based on my own testing. I may be alone on this, but stuff like this leaves me using this video editor less and less each time.

Cinelerra

After growing tired of the CV version becoming stale in hopes of something coming of the slothware known as Lumiera, I opted to go ahead and try out the latest Cinelerra release from HeroineWarrior. The key for Ubuntu users is to select the 32 bit Ubuntu version (ignore the older release number), download, and extract. Now the really tricky part: Browse into extracted folder and double click Cinelerra. That's all there is to it.

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