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🐧 I wrote a new blog entry listing all the changes I made to turn the Lenovo Yoga 370 into my mobile GNU/Linux digital painting device. It's long because it contains detailed instructions for beginners. I hope it is helpful.

→ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article976/lenovo-yoga-370-on-gnu-linux-technical-companion-article

Ps: not sponsored or an adv: the machine is from 2019.

#linux #krita #MastoArt #ArtWithOpensource #Fedora #KDE #thinkpad
A photo of the Lenovo 370 Yoga device, running Fedora 38 with a digital sketch of Pepper penciled on the canvas of Krita. A photo of tweaks and DIY I do on the top of a Wacom Bamboo Ink stylus. Label: - Dots of varnish to feel the buttons - I removed the metalic part at the end. - Textured tape.
A photo of the Lenovo 370 Yoga device, running Fedora with a digital quick painting of Carrot in Krita done in the train. The keyboard on screen is 'onboard' and the system settings shows the Fedora logo. A terminal windows has 'Hello World!' written on it.

Lenovo Yoga 370 on GNU/Linux: technical companion article

Website of David Revoy (aka Deevad), artist and instructor using only Free/Libre and Open-Source software since 2009.
David Revoy
#linux #krita #Fedora #mastoart #kde #ArtWithOpenSource #thinkpad
Felix Urbasik
Felix Urbasik  
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"In this respect, the Debian and Kubuntu packages were really old"

Yeah, #Debian is nice and stable, but I usually prefer it to be more cutting edge too.

"The Wayland session is still a no-go for artists"

Yep, same. #Wayland feels like the better idea, but is still incomplete. I hope that will change soon.
#Debian #Wayland
Raoul ꓨ
Raoul ꓨ  
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Lovely writing, as always, and a great source of information for newcomers too! I will be looking for the display calibration device (second hand, as you said) :blobcatcheer: :blobcatfingergun:
Sir Dippingsauce
Sir Dippingsauce  
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I really enjoyed this article and it gave me a lot of ideas for reusing some older hardware. Thank you for sharing!
Wiktor - wikiyu
Wiktor - wikiyu  
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I do not have this hardware
I do not have ANY artistic parts in my soul

I do really like this article ... just as a nerd that like to tinker with stuff
Very good DIY tutorial 😁
Wiktor - wikiyu
Wiktor - wikiyu  
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it is sick...
Since my comment i have read it (your post) second time, then i realised that it doesnt matter that i would NOT use it in your - artistic - way, but it would be great tool to make notes in my homeoffice.
Now these laptops used can be found for about 250€ so - for me - it is better option then (for example) reMarkable - for ONLY homeOffice use. AND without any other subscriptions and closed software shit.

...

yes. I have ordered one used Lenovo...

Thank you!
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@wikiyu 🙂 Oh nice, thanks for the feedback. They are good machines!
@Wiktor - wikiyu
rival
rival  
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Amazing. Thanks a lot for sharing! ❤
Mike Luna 🌙
Mike Luna 🌙  
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That looks really awesome! I've been thinking about getting myself a drawing tablet, so this is very helpful.

#drawing #digitalDrawing #drawingTablet
#Drawing #digitaldrawing #drawingtablet
Dings
Dings  
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I have a yoga 370 too! And I am very interested in this!
Ninad Pundalik
Ninad Pundalik  
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thank you for writing this up! I have a device a couple of years down in the same brand, will dual boot now with these notes
Arkadiusz Wieczorek
Arkadiusz Wieczorek  
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a nice patent with varnish dots 😀
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@elfi Thanks. I also have a Surface Pro 3 here, but be careful: the N-Trigger (not sure if I spell it) tech of the stylus is super laggy and slow. That was one of my fail test on Linux , along with a Samsung tab Pro. Device with a stylus well built-in for low input lag are actually rare. A lot of devices with "toy styluses" around.
I hope yours is a model that will have a good support!
@Elfi, local Disaster Fae 🧚
Tor.sh :silverblue:
Tor.sh :silverblue:  
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What is wrong with https://flathub.org/apps/org.kde.krita ?

Krita | Flathub

Digital Painting, Creative Freedom
Flathub
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@torbuntu It's not maintained by Krita team, and big libs and frameworks using it are not patched to fix specific issues. It's not as stable as the appimage...
@Tor.sh :silverblue:
Rémi Suinot
Rémi Suinot  
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Oh! THANKS. I was looking for this kind of computer for my daughter, but didn't know if linux (debian for me) would pass.
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