My Linux Experience 2026

  Week 5   As known to many people, the famous Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software is unfortunately unavailable on Linux, being reserved for Windows and MacOS users. But what if there was actually an option for the Linux users, which is actually on par with Adobe's feature rich, top tier editing software?  The  Kdenlive  project was started way back in 2003, eventually becoming part of the KDE open-source product suite. KDE is a non-profit international community of software developers that develops free and open-source software that powers schools, governments, cars, and even NASA as well as the CERN particle accelerator, according to their website. Kdenlive is run by a small team of developers, supported by donations from their fellow users.  Adobe Premiere was first released in 1991, developed by Adobe Inc., was one of the first computer-based non-linear video editing software of its time. Currently it hosts an estimated 30 million users on Windows...

  How to create a CachyOS USB: Equipment   Preparation List A working computer (can be laptop or desktop, Windows, MacOS, Linux, or even Raspberry Pi¸ with some workarounds) with no restrictions A USB with a minimum of 8GB storage capacity (note that the USB will be wiped during the process, so it is recommended to move your important files to another disk) An internet connection  The target computer (can be the same one as point 1 if you are planning of switching the operating system)  Note that your system will need the following specs in order for CachyOS to run:  3GB of RAM - 8GB is recommended 30GB of storage ( S olid S tate D rive or H ard D isk D rive) - 50GB is recommended For Windows/MacOS, go to https://etcher.balena.io/  and click "Download Etcher". The page will automatically scroll down, and you will be presented with several options. Click "download" beside the option that you represents your operating system. Open the .dmg file that ...

  Week 4   Welcome to the fourth episode of the "My Linux Experience 2026" series. In this episode, I will dive into a simple customisation tutorial for KDE Linux desktops, as well as share this week's experience using Linux. This will include some new apps that I have been trying out and my honest review of them. Let's dive right in.   To start off, I am still using the same Linux distribution, the Arch-based CachyOS. I installed it for the first time four weeks ago on my brand new PC. The technical specifications are listed at the end of every post and in the " About " page.   Customising your KDE desktop  Linux is notably known for being very open to customisation in comparison to other operating systems, allowing users to make their desktops fit precisely their taste. Operating systems such as Windows and MacOS start off their users with a generic taskbar and few options to alter the look of it. Putting the desktops of two Windows users side-by-side won...

  Week 3   Welcome to the third episode of "My Linux Experience 2026" series. Today I will be telling you how this week went with the CachyOS Linux distribution, and then I will be showing you how to actually create a bootable USB to install CachyOS, for those who have been inspired to use it. Let's dive right in.    This week I have mostly been working on documents on my PC and on the internet for research. I haven't had any problems at all using Firefox. However, towards the end of the week, I was trying to configure the default mailing service app called KMail, and to be honest, I had a lot of trouble setting up IMAP for my gmail account, and at the end I didn't manage to resolve the issue (I gave up...). I ended up going with Thunderbird, which is from Mozilla, the developers of Firefox (the names have the same structure). It is working great, and I strongly recommend it to people who love free, open-source alternatives. So far I have only connected my Google...