OSNews: The Status of Home Video Editing on Linux & Unix

"My husband and I are thinking of buying the Canon Optura Xi camcorder soon (in our opinion, the best DV camera at this range). Because I run so many OSes I always have 'embedded' in me this 'thing' to only buy supported hardware by the major OSes. I am sure Optura's DV part will work fine with some Linux tools, but then what? How do I easily edit my... masterpiece and burn DVDs or VCDs via an integrated solution and send them to our families in Greece and France?

"With a quick look at the home video editing solutions on Linux today I can only say that there is a huge problem in this department today. There is actually a... market, waiting for you, the young entrepreneur, to bring us a workable solution on Unix..."

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