Trying DaVinci Resolve

Hi all, I’m new to AlmaLinux. I saw the announcement from the Media & Entertainment SIG. I first heard it on The Linux Experiment (Peertube), and then read the blogpost. I love this initiative, as I’m an art maker / student already using Linux. I’m sure I want to get to know this OS better (get the feel of it), and contribute in some (low-technical) way. Let me know what I can do that specifically is low-technical work (I don’t code) but still useful.

A bit later, and the KDE version using the Live ISO image was installed. About 5 minutes were used to find the live desktop dowload that I was looking for on the website. It wasn’t quite clear to me if the first category was for server/desktop or both (maybe I’m just a not understanding the labels correctly). And I like using KDE for Krita, specifically. I can explain what works better with it if needed but I’ll spare those details for now (this isn’t about Krita).

So here is my support question:

I tried installing DaVinci Resolve, but it didn’t work, even though I got quite far by using a script online. It launched, setup screen said everything was OK, opened a project, but it was only black. Mouse did react to elements, but they weren’t visible. Relaunched, rebooted, as well.

How do I get it installed without getting stuck and what are the recommended steps to check/solve before trying?

  • I got far into the process at some point because I used a script that Fedora user made to get it to work.
  • I used AlmaLinux 10.1, DaVinci Resolve 20 free version, discrete nvidia card (old GTX something), intel cpu.

Also I made this post on Techlore forum out of appreciation for the M&E SIG intitiative. I’m hoping to spread awareness about this initiative.

Correction, I do have some pointers now on what I can do to help, it was very well explained on the opening page of pre-installed Firefox application:

I didn’t see it earlier because I removed Firefox and installed Librewolf (community-maintained Firefox fork) from Flathub via terminal, for digital privacy reasons. Maybe there should be a “Help out the project” app/pop-op that isn’t tied to the browser, kind of like CachyOS’ “CachyOS Welcome”, so that even Firefox avoiders can more easily see how to contribute.

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