# DaVinci Resolve on Debian Linux – Install and Make Your First Video

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**Category:** Linux Renaissance Blog\
**Tags:** resolve, debian\
**Created:** [April 24, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.linuxrenaissance.com/t/davinci-resolve-on-debian-linux-install-and-make-your-first-video/8 "2026-04-24T23:06:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.linuxrenaissance.com/t/davinci-resolve-on-debian-linux-install-and-make-your-first-video/8/1 "2026-04-24T23:06:06Z")

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For a year I kept dismissing DaVinci Resolve because of the free version’s limitations: no codec support. You have to transcode everything. Kdenlive worked perfectly fine for me.

But I decided to give it one more shot. Here’s the first video in a series: installing Resolve 21 beta on Debian 13 with MakeResolveDeb, timeline basics and first export.

**Question for you: are you using Resolve on Linux and how did you solve the codec problem? Do you transcode or do you have a better workflow?**