Kdenlive is a free and open source video editor, considered as one of the best video editor available so far for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Kdenlive support many camcorders, and cameras has a HDV capabilities. Kdenlive supports many multimedia formats supported by FFmpeg. Also it comes with several customizable video effects, and transitions by Frei0r.
Check the full list of Kdenlive features.
The last recommended stable release is Kdenlive 0.8.2.1. this release brings more stability, less start-up crashes and several bug fixes. Also the development release Kdenlive 0.8.3 brings many new features such as clip jobs, audio recording through MLT’s avformat producer now supports audio only capture, and online services integration which allows you to easily browse and download resources from the web.
Install Kdenlive 0.8.2.1 For Ubuntu Users
Run Terminal “Ctrl+Alt+t”, then type
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive
Install the the development release Kdenlive 0.8.3 On Ubuntu using kdenlive-svn PPA
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive
Fedora Users can install kdenlive through RPM fusion.
Check the Official download page for more download options and installation instructions for different linux distributions and platforms.