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love how the brush selector is like a buffet of options on platters
@foervraengd yes, the right click pop up palette on stylus button is really whats make krita usable without a keyboard.
Which Lenovo? Looks like a Yoga...

Does it use a Wacom EMR or some other?
@gbraad yes, it's the 370. The built in digitizer is a AES, the stylus is a wacom bamboo first gen, with AAAA battery.
At least this allows use of 'your own' pen!

Currently using a Galaxy Tab with EMR pen(s); staedtler noris and the wacom one.

How often do you replace the (4A) batteries?
@gbraad I have it only since a big month, i'm rarely using.
So far, still the same battery. I'm also curious about the lifetime of them .
i travel with a spare one in case of.

Yes EMR tech is the holy grail of digitiser, on samsung laptop and wacoms (and few other, an acer, etc) have it. But too hard to find one supported on Gnu/Linux and it was my priority.
newer machines with EMR is an issue. we still have two lx230t here as my wife also now understands the appeal.

success with the machine. it does look nice(r).
@gbraad

Bamboo ink first gen.
The only downside of this pen is 4A battery. I tried to find rechargeable one in my local market but without success.

I also use one for math at collage 😜 with Dell Latitude 7390 2 in 1. (Of course on GNU/Linux with xournal++) Actually this pen supports not only AES 1.0 but also some M$ protocol you can switch by holding two buttons.

Finding information about protocol support in both digitizers and stylus was hard...
I know someone who has the exact same laptop. Is the 1st gen wacom bamboo the on’y one to work with it ?
@Lanza no, any stylus adapted for WACOM AES tech will work on the digitiser. Lenovo has some too afaik.
bonjour, pourrait-on avoir l'info sur la machine utilisée ici ?
@RB_TCP Oui, Lenovo Yoga 370. Je fais une review bientôt dessus, c'est du vieux matériel avec bonne reparabilité et bien supporté sous Gnu/Linux ☺️
OK 👌 merci pour le retour. Vous pourriez orienter le review sur l'angle 'digital painting' ? Merci d'avance. Bonne continuation.
@RB_TCP Oui 😊 Je comptais pas faire autrement.
I think artists like you, make magic... 😃
Thanks for naming the gear in the image text.
@bhaugen Thanks for noticing. I could have been a bit more precise: Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 370. A not new model.
It's hard not to notice if you (like me) are into such gear.....
@jeuxetlinux C'est un Lenovo Thinkpad 370. Un vieux modèle, eu d'occaz sur Backmarket avec un stylet Bamboo de Wacom.
@muhkayoh The Yoga model defines only the one that can fold to hybrid, on the tests I saw online, a lot had issue, too many pixels for their graphic card, lag of stylus. This 370 avoid that, but it's an old one. i'll blog a full review on it soon.
I once tried to draw on a touchscreen tablet, it reacted to the touch of a hand, not only a pen 😒
@Pixel_Lime yes, many touch screen with stylus (majority) are badly made. It took me a lot of time to find one working on Gnu/Linux
Why are you using GNU/Linux?
I had some experience with it, but I had some technical troubles, so I can't use it as daily driver on my main device.
@Pixel_Lime Its a bit long to explain within a toot, but I explained my reasons on top of this install guide if you are curious https://www.davidrevoy.com/article913/fedora-36-kde-spin-for-a-digital-painting-workstation-reasons-and-post-install-guide
@Pixel_Lime

Is this guide also good to follow along of one wanted to follow in your footsteps with the tablet ? Was there anything you found particularly tricky getting the mobile station set up ?
@revrocky @Pixel_Lime yes, i had a lot of issue, trial and error and special settings for the mobile. I'll make a dedicated guide later for linux mobile painting.
@Pixel_Lime

Look forward to reading that once you put it together !
that's a biig cauldron
It looks very nice.🙂
awesome, you finally switching to iPad + Procreate, like the kind email asked you :cat_blush:
I'm using a Lenovo Yoga 460 and with Linux Mint Cinnamon everything works fine including rotating the display and recognizing the hand and pen. With Manjaro I did not get it to run.
Now it's intriguing to read an article on how well it's fares for creative work on Linux with this laptop 😆
I have been scouring the internet trying to find a device that can replace the hole left by the surface. Thanks for sharing
I have Krita on my tablet but when I opened it up my non-drawing hand immediately tried typing keyboard shortcuts and my brain malfunctioned and I never opened it again! Any tips for laying it out/using Krita on tablets?
@AesAthena It's long. The default are really bad and it need settings. It will be part of a future review i'll write about it (or make a video) 😊
Hello, comme tu utilises ton panel en mode vertical, tu peux installé ce widget : https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar
Et ainsi avoir l'heure en vertical, et c'est plus lisible. Enfin pour moi, c'est plus lisible 😹, sinon ça l'air trop cool ton Yoga, ça marche avec blender en mode sculpt ? Ou la carte graphique ne suis pas ...
@maja merci pour l'applet vertical. Oui, j'imagine que la machine est pas faite pour blender en sculpt. On est sur un petit i5 avec un gpu intégré intel. Mais quand je ferai une review, je testerai ca et eevee pour le fun.
this rules. Thanks for sharing. Would you have any info on how the new lenovo active pens behave on linux?
Wow 😍
Hâte de lire ta review sur ta nouvelle machine :blobaww:
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Which ThinkPad are you using (I'm assuming its a ThinkPad)?
@jkepler hey, it's a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 370.
Hello, I have a question. What kind of model is this? Where can you buy this model?