How to Deep Clean and Debug Linux Mint?

Actually, video editing can work quite well on Linux! I've been using DaVinci Resolve Studio on Ubuntu for years without issues. Check out a guide that helped me convert packages for debian systems—this works for Mint too: [https://www.danieltufvesson.com/makeresolvedeb](https://www.danieltufvesson.com/makeresolvedeb). If you're installing dependencies manually, you might be complicating things unnecessarily.

As for the spring cleaning, definitely use `apt remove` for anything you don't need anymore, and follow it up with `apt autoclean`. If you installed software manually, make sure to manually remove those binaries too. Also, keep in mind that Davinci Resolve can be hit or miss. It's built with RHEL/Rocky in mind, so it may not work well with all setups. It's not ideal for everyone, despite what some might claim.

In my experience, if it looks like it's going to take more than an hour to clean up, I'd just nuke my current setup and do a fresh install. Also, do you have a Timeshift snapshot from before you attempted to install Resolve? That could save you a lot of trouble!

First off, how long have you been using Mint? If you haven't done a full dist upgrade yet, that could be a big part of your issues. Mint is a stable release, so it doesn't automatically upgrade you with each patch. You might be a couple of versions behind, which means you're on an older kernel that could be causing inconsistencies.