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Anyone have any recommendations for a nice Linux tablet with a decent stylus support ?
by srott 4y ago
Anyone have any recommendations for a nice Linux tablet with a decent stylus support ?
- blagie 4y agoI recommend a basic drawing tablet connected to your normal desktop computer, and having a decent mount. They're $50-ish for decent models. XP Pen Deco Mini 7 is very decent. On one of my computers, it pivots out from under my desk (kind of like a keyboard tray). On another one, it's mounted on the desk. They're all plug-and-play under Linux, Windows, and Mac. Some come with extra drivers for Windows and Mac, but you don't want those. It's like mouse and keyboard drivers -- they add a layer of obnoxiousness for normal users, and unless you're doing something specialized, worthless. For whiteboarding, 6"x4" to 8"x5" is sort of ideal. Bigger than that, and it's too cumbersome. Bigger has upsides for e.g. artists doing Photoshop, but it's not really for business use. I like these a lot better than screen tablets or similar. Your hand and eyes are both at comfortable heights. You can also have multiple views open -- I can share a large full-screen view of a whiteboard over Zoom, and on a different screen, zoom in on what I'm specifically drawing. Working this way, I have perfect handwriting, and uncanny artistic ability. You also don't have alignment issues. Major issue is having lag-free software. Very low latency makes a huge difference.
- wono_ 4y agoI'd go for the ones with wacom stylus hardware. I didn't test any more recent setups unfortunately, but Fujitsu's T901/Xubuntu/Xournal++ are just perfect.