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:linux: Guess who I'm going to send this signed Pepper & Carrot comic to? 😺

#linux #tablet #kernel #driver #MastoArt #xppen

A top view on a desk with a stylus and pens. In the center of the photo, a Pepper&Carrot book 4 (GlΓ©nat French publishing) open at page one: the purple one. On it a black and white drawing of Pepper holding a giant stylus in her arms (she also does a thumb up), the stylus one shines as if it was new. Near to her, a penguin with steampunk glasses is happy.
The person who fixed the Linux driver for your drawing tablet? πŸ˜„
Don't know, but I'd like it to be me πŸ˜„
@hacknorris Haha, no, I don't think @torvalds is a reader of Pepper&Carrot. It's a gift I'll send to a kernel dev who fixed my tablet recently ( https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1002/how-a-kernel-developer-made-my-styluses-work-again ), this post is a little follow up. πŸ™‚
ok, didn't yet read comments πŸ˜†
i was wondering your thoughts on xp-pen and Krita. I'm currently thinking on switching from my old wacom cintiq to a new xp-pen but I am cautious. Is it working well in your opinion?
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@troken Hi, it depends the operating system mainly, and the key app in the communication is "the driver". On GNU/Linux/X11, I do a complete review and share all my tips to install it in a comfortable way. https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1004/xppen-artist-pro-16-gen-2-review-on-gnulinux Everything works well here with Krita here, pressure, tilt, all at its full potential.

But I haven't tested with proprietary drivers made by XpPen on proprietary systems like Windows and Mac. Maybe someone on Ytb did?

thanks, I use Ubuntu so it should work I guess! Highly appreciated!
@troken Yes, on the X11 session of GNOME t should be possible to customize it as in the article. With a bit of luck, newer Ubuntu will have it working 'out of the box' on Wayland. I'm working to give feedback to developper for the things to go into this way. πŸ™‚
I don't understand all, but I picked up that Wayland is the standard for many distributions nowadays. So hope they will update drivers accordingly. πŸ™‚
@troken Well, yes it is going to be the standard (and in mid 2024, distro like Fedora will remove totally X11). Unfortunately, Wayland changes the architecture: it's now up to the Desktop Environment to implement the settings for tablets. So, getting a tablet working will soon depend of KDE or GNOME or something else, but not for all D.E ... πŸ˜” Also, color calibration was an oversight for years on Wayland.
All in all, this might make GNU/Linux improper for pro Artists/Graphists...
I actually have been struggling with colour calibration on my new install... πŸ˜” That's probably it...
@troken Yes, but don't worry: with the deadline of 'Wayland must be ready' a team of dev, and artist who gives feedback (eg. me) are following carefully all of this. It might not be perfect by mid 2024 but already giant steps were done in the last monthes compare to what was done over the last 6 years. So there is also a big hope. Fortunately, distro with X11 like Debian will exist for a long time so I'll not have to go Win/Mac in case the Wayland-only is fully improper by 2024.
good advice. I've been thinking about trying Debian so why not?
@troken I keep preciously here the blog post posted very recently by @raghukamath about his experience and install tips: https://raghukamath.com/setting-up-debian-linux-with-btrfs-kde-plasma-for-a-creative-workstation/ , a gold mine to avoid all the beginners mistakes and save some time.
nice! I’m sure it will become at least just short of a family heirloom!
@ArneBab Thanks again for giving me the idea, Arne πŸ™‚ πŸ‘
always happy to see a nice idea put in action β€” especially if it’s done this beautifully!
the way you draw Tux is so great - such a friend! 🐧
Great drawing and great news to know it's fixed !
Oh, how kind of you 😁
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