Kdenlive
Close matchFreeThe free editor most Linux switchers land on. Multiple tracks, effects, titles and proxies, with a normal timeline.
Your files: Cannot open .veg projects. Import the raw footage and rebuild the edit.
Does VEGAS Pro run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. VEGAS Pro requires Windows 11 and has no Linux version. Your .veg project files will not open in anything on Linux, so finish current projects before you switch.
MAGIX lists Microsoft Windows 11 as the operating system for VEGAS Pro at every level of its system requirements. There is no Mac version and no Linux version.
The project files are the sting. A .veg file is readable only by VEGAS, and no Linux editor imports it. Before you change the machine, finish anything in progress, export the final videos, and keep the raw footage in folders you can copy. Your camera clips are ordinary files and they move across fine.
There are serious video editors on Linux. Kdenlive is free, open source and mature enough for real work. DaVinci Resolve has an official Linux version and its free tier is the strongest colour grading you can get without paying, though it is fussy about graphics drivers and its free Linux build will not import some common camera formats. Shotcut sits between them for simpler edits.
Expect a few weeks of relearning rather than a few hours. The concepts are identical, the keyboard shortcuts and the effects are not, and VEGAS's particular way of dragging events around the timeline is not copied anywhere else.
What to use instead of VEGAS Pro
DaVinci Resolve
Close matchFree with paid extrasThe professional option, with an official Linux build and a free tier. Check the supported graphics cards before counting on it.
Your files: Cannot open .veg projects. The free Linux version also refuses some camera formats, so test your footage first.
Shotcut
Different way of workingFreeSimpler and lighter. A good fit if VEGAS was more editor than you needed.
Your files: Cannot open .veg projects. Works directly from your original video files.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need VEGAS Pro. Everything else you do can move.
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