Handbrake or MakeMKV for DVD ripping?

>dvd
>2018

Yes, that's why I want to put them on my computer. Pay attention.

They do different things handbrake is an encoder makemkv takes the untouched streams combines them and shoves it into a mkv container

yes, and 'ripping' can refer to either
the former is more accurately a 'reenc' and the latter 'remux', ripping is a more general term that just means to take the contents off the original media and place it somewhere else, it's also sometimes used to refer to modified dumps, like games with reencoded video, or reencs, but due to the inconsistency, should be considered generalized

mpeg-2 is shit, so reencode that shit
something like crf 14 do the work just fine and you'll want 14-12 because shit's gets ugly when upscaled to your monitor, so you can clearly see a big difference between 14-18.

i'll sidetrack a little. what's the best video editor for linux? nothing special, just need to cut and paste scenes.

Kdenlive or Openshot

makemkv takes the streams and dumps them directly into a mkv container. You get exactly what is on the disc.

Unless your up Scaling don't bother get a x265 rip

MakeMKV is Chinese malware.