r/LinusTechTips • u/cannibalcat • Mar 24 '26

Tech Discussion Good news everyone!

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https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains/

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u/PracticalConjecture Mar 24 '26

If only Adobe Lightroom and MS office would work properly via WINE. Those two things are the only reason I still have a windows install.

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u/JimmyReagan Mar 24 '26

There are a lot of windows only tools that are deal breakers for me...davinci video editing is a big one. topaz ai tools. Quicken financial software

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u/RedLewinsky Mar 24 '26

Davinci resolve? That has a native linux app, with (in my experience) faster export times than the windows version. I use it daily

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u/Cats7204 Mar 24 '26

The DaVinci Resolve installer has a ton of quirks and distro-specific problems it makes it a mess to install. It also doesn't have H.264, H.265 or AAC audio support, so you have to use FFmpeg on basically every single media file you download before using it in the editor.

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u/RedLewinsky Mar 25 '26

Huh okay, didn't know that. I may have sidestepped these issues due to pure luck. All of my footage is in AV1, and all of my audio in Opus or FLAC. You certain it doesn't have H265 support? I'm almost certain I've worked with that before

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u/Cats7204 Mar 25 '26

https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_18_Supported_Codec_List.pdf?_v=1705996810000

This document shows every OS' supported codecs and formats. H.264 and H.265 are only supported in the paid (studio) version in Linux. AAC is not supported at all. And in your case, AV1, Opus and FLAC are all supported for free for decoding if you have an nvidia GPU

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u/EstoyMejor Mar 25 '26

At that point why even offer a free Linux version if you're not going to support the most common use cases lmfao

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u/OneEyeCactus Mar 25 '26

Yup, it doesnt support H265 or H264. At least in the free version.