Re: off topic - graphics tablets

I have a Wacom tablet, which I find absolutely wonderful to use, but I
haven't tried it on Linux yet.

Wacom do have support for Linux though. It looks messy to set up, but their
wiki on SourceForge seems to have decent documentation about how to install
the drivers.

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Rose McGillicuddy
<[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> On 9 April 2011 13:44, Helen Burnett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have RSI problems, and my wacom tablet is a great alternative, I find it
>> much better than the mouse for any photo editing. My last wacom worked in
>> linux, but I havent tried my current one because im stuck in windows land
>> right now :P, thinking about jumping back to ubuntu on my desktop though.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Erin Drummond <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I had a Genuis graphics tablet and it worked fine in linux (basically,
>>> linux saw it as a mouse). I bought it for tracing though, and found it
>>> to be quite useless because it didnt have a screen so I was constantly
>>> trying to match up positions on the tablet with positions on my screen
>>> and kept accidentally drawing where I didnt want to.
>>>
>>> It was a $20 cheapie a few years ago though, so you might have a
>>> better experience
>>>
>>>
> Hi thanks for that info --
>
> I think if I'm going to persist with trying to edit photos that I'll need a
> graphics tablet.  From my reading it seems that Wacom might be the
> "gold standard", and I see on pricespy.co.nz that there's some for
> competitive prices, compared to say the dse one which seems to have slightly
> less functionality.
>
> I've seen some threads on Pclinuxos, which is what I use, that people do
> have Wacom tablets going, however I'd probably use it with Photoshop.  So -
> just got to get $$$ sorted now.
>
> Thanks
> Rose
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