elementary / elementary/gala

Screen recording

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Description

### Problem

elementary OS needs a easy and solid way to record screens. Existing software is quite buggy, old or very complicated.
One overview: https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-screen-recorders/
A great elementary OS specific app [ScreenRec](https://github.com/dr-Styki/ScreenRec) was abandoned due to Flatpak limitations. It also seems to freeze up after long recordings.
Ubuntu now supports this out of the box with 22.04, see:
https://linuxhint.com/methods-take-screenshots-ubuntu/

### Proposal

I think therefore that elementary OS should have something build in for screen recording.

Maybe it should be merged into elementary OS's Screenshot, but that's confusing name wise.

### Prior Art (Optional)

How Ubuntu does this: https://linuxhint.com/methods-take-screenshots-ubuntu/
The abandoned [ScreenRec](https://github.com/dr-Styki/ScreenRec)

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