when you use the terminal, why use vlc when you can use ffmpeg?

my brain says more updates = good, but it also says wayland = good.

the single problem is when you never codet in rust:(. I am only able to code in C and python an a bit of java

did you tried it, what is the experience like?

Do you have any suggestions for a better/open-source alternative?

when i was a beginner, it helped me a lot to just start, i installled linux mint without any knowledge. Doing easy things( system update, installing things, using nano, git, pip) Then i got used to do things more and more in the terminal. I had two laptops, one hacket chromebook with linux and one with windows, my safe space. Now my safe space is arch😅