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David Revoy

Are there any GNU/Linux users of Wacom MobileStudio tablets around here? 🤔 I'm curious about your feedback.

#linux #device #mobile #wacom

4 Mar 2023 at 18:30 | Open on framapiaf.org
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Adam

@davidrevoy Dang, I've not looked at Wacom since high school days. So many options and capabilities. I want to have a use for one, but not sure I do.

wacom.com/en-us

4 Mar 2023 at 18:34 | Open on fosstodon.org
Adam
David Revoy

@adamsdesk Yes. Usually nothing to install as libwacom is often a preinstalled part of common mainstream distro. I saw that on their repo: github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom , it sounds promising for the support.

4 Mar 2023 at 18:36 | Open on framapiaf.org
Magotrap
@davidrevoy Don't know if this counts, but I have a fairly ancient and smol tablet called CTH-490
4 Mar 2023 at 18:35 | Open on blob.cat
Halla Rempt

@davidrevoy Until it broke (fairly quickly, in under three years) I used one. Mostly with Windows, because Linux desktops really need a keyboard, and on-screen keyboards were not very good.

It ran Krita much smoother under Linux than under Windows, though -- I think both you and Timothee played with the device during a sprint?

In any case, overheating and after a year or two, three autoshutdowning were a bummer for a device that expensive.

4 Mar 2023 at 18:36 | Open on fosstodon.org
David Revoy

@halla Hey, yes, I remember, but it was the generation before the MobileStudio, the Wacom Companion, right? (I know they made Companion 1 and Companion 2).
Sure, I remember launching an Ubuntu live ISO on your model with Animtim and @raghukamath at a Krita sprint. Many things worked out of the box, probably on a 16.04LTS days.
True for on-display keyboard on Linux. Probably now the touch keyboard support is better (but with what I saw on my SurfacePro3, not sure I can call it ideal 😺) .

4 Mar 2023 at 18:39 | Open on framapiaf.org
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