Best Screen Recording App for Ubuntu or Linux

 Best Video Recording app for Ubuntu/Linux

1. OBS STUDIO 

This app records the complete screen, screen part, mic audio, and headphone output.

Use for live video streaming to Twitter, youtube, and other platforms with minor lagging. 

INSTALL 

Use terminal command 

1. step1: open the terminal by searching in the home of the ubuntu TERMINAL 
2. step2: enter this command: Sudo apt install obs-studio 

2. KAZAM

Install Kazam 1.5.3 through Sylvain Pineau PPA

The Sylvian Pineau PPA repository contains the latest version of Kazam, that is Kazam 1.5.3. Here, we will describe a step-by-step procedure on how to use this repository to add Kazam to your Ubuntu.

Step 1: Add the Sylvain Pineau PPA software repository for Kazam

We will be using the Ubuntu command line, the Terminal, in order to install the Kazam to our systems. First, please open the Terminal either through the system Dash or the Ctrl+Alt +T shortcut.

Enter the following command in order to add the Sylvian Pineau PPA software repository for Kazam to your Ubuntu:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sylvain-pineau/kazam

Please note that only an authorized user can add, remove and configure software on Ubuntu. Enter the password for sudo, after which the PPA repository will be added to your system.

Tip: Instead of typing the command, you can copy it from here and paste into the Terminal by using the Ctrl+Shift+V, or by using the Paste option from the right-click menu.

Step 2: Upgrade your system’s Repository Index

The next step is to update your system’s repository index through the following command:

$ sudo apt-get update

This helps you in installing the latest available version of a software from the Internet.

Step 3: Install Kazam

Now that you are done with all the prerequisites required to install Kazam, use the following command as sudo in order to install Kazam on your system:

$ sudo apt-get install kazam

The system will prompt you with a Y/n option to proceed with the installation procedure. Enter Y to continue after which Kazam will be installed on your system.

Step 4: Install a few additional libraries

You might need to add the following libraries in order to record things like keyboard hits and mouse clicks. Use the following command as sudo in order to do so:

$ sudo apt-get install python3-xlib python3-cairo

Step 5: Verify Kazam Installation

After you have installed Kazam, you can use one of the following two options to ensure that it is indeed installed on your system:

$ kazam --version

or in short form:

$ kazam -v

The above output shows that Kazam version 1.5.3, which is the latest version of Kazam, is installed on my system.

Kazam Removal

If you ever want to remove Kazam from your system, you can do so through the following command as sudo:

$ sudo apt-get remove kazam

The following command will remove the Sylvain Pineau Kazam PPA repository from your sources.list.d folder:

$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sylvain-pineau-ubuntu-kazam-bionic.list

The above two are the best screen recorder as per my experience.

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