So this year i started transitioning to linux on my university laptop, and wanted to do some light video editing on it since i wil be going on vacation. Does anyone here know of any good video editing software for linux that is free to use? If so let me know in the comments, all replies are appreciated 
I used Lightworks (https://www.lwks.com) and Shotcut (https://www.shotcutapp.com/).
For some (not proffesional) video editing and I think both are pretty nice so I think you can try them.
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Always depends what you want to do. If it's just basic cutting and a few effects, maybe even look at Blender. Worked pretty well for me last time. You just need to set up the work environment accordingly, but there are tutorials and recommendations all over youtube.
Lightworks has been mentioned already, I found it having a pretty steep learning curve though. It can be used for professional productions too though.
Oh also Davinci Resolve is supposedly pretty good, haven't used it myself though.
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"Best" is tricky as there are a range available. From ease of use like OpenShot once described as Windows Movie maker for Linux. Right up to professional Hollywood quality editors like Lightworks.
The issue for most people is if it's not like the program they are used to it's automatically rubbish. So many have been trained or self taught on Adobe transferring to any alternative will be massively hard.
So if you just want to get stuff done and we are talking Youtube/home movie type quality on Linux I have had a lot of success with OpenShot. It's real simple, that makes it quick. A complete numpty can make something serviceable within a hour of installing the software. Is it the best, well it is if you are that numpty and you don't want to put much effort into learning a new program, it's easily the best. Are you going to be editing a project that someone is going to pay you to do, then maybe OpenShot not the right program to be using.
So to answer you question, OpenShot is just fine for home use. Simple and effective, most of the others have a steeper learning curve. They can do more but you will have to spend more time learning how to use them.
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Can't say it is the best as I have little experience with other software. I use Kdenlive. For what I do, it works well.
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Kdenlive is also very good, something bearing in mind, if you are on Gnome or a Gnome based desktop kdenlive will pull a lot of dependencies from KDE.
People these days appear less bothered by running a mix of GTK and QT. I remember when it was like crossing the streams! I'm old... so terribly old.
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Davinci Resolve from Blackmagic is available on Linux. Just be aware it will use every bit of CPU and GPU you've got. It requires two graphics cards to really work effectively three GPUs will give it some extra kick in 4K. I use 3 Fury-X cards 1 for display and 2 for OpenCL tasks. I have not tried it in Linux and even the Blackmagic site warns people away from plugn'play mindset. It seems like it will take some configuring beyond setting your timeline defaults. Davinci Resolve is very powerful but comes with a learning curve. Once you've got a grip on it you won't let go.
all well and good but
for linux
Davinci Resolve is now officially supported on red Hat linux as a downloadable file and I have seen walk through on how to make it work on Ubuntu also.