OBS is the gold standard for recording but it may be a bit heavyweight for your liking.
Soundux is a good but maybe a bit confusing soundboard
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I had high hopes for soundux but it just doesn't compare to SoundPad (windows only). It's a very finicky piece of software
Ok cool thanks
Thanks
SimpleScreenRecorder never failed me. Does what it says.
You could also try Kazam.
Aw it sucks it’s Linux only since dad won’t swap from windows to Linux
Have a great day
You could try https://winuxos.org/ and see if he notices any difference. What could possibly go wrong? ;)
Great day to you too
Not allowed to touch his system but I might try that one for fun lol! Thanks
Ok thanks :D
screen recording and/or streaming (preferably lighter weight)
VLC can do this. The streaming part might be tricky because it won’t do the networking for you, but it’s easy enough to screen record to a file.