Hi a friend of mine has recently switched to arch linux with kde plasma as his desktop and is using a cintiq 13hd for drawing with krita.
Arch linux drawing tablet.
I ve got a two screens configuration that s important because with only one screen i don t have any problem.
Ensure your kernel recognizes your tablet.
Connect your tablet via usb or bluetooth it should show up in dmesg grep i wacom and be listed in proc bus input devices and if you use usb in the lsusb output.
The effect of tablet pressure can then be tweaked in the painttop configuration for example by selecting opacity then selecting pressure from the drop down and adjusting the curve to your preference.
The two screens work at the same resolution 1280x1024.
Don t waste your time.
Personally i prefer using an online tool like canva for easily creating stunning graphics for it s foss.
When using a drawing software whatever it is gimp mypaint i cannot draw anything.
First let me say that i am a computer scientist software developer and enterprise architect who has been using linux and aix and solaris and hp ux and irix on servers for nearly 20 years.
First make sure that your tablet works well under arch.
He has found that after calibrating his tablet the offset between the cursor and the stylus increases the further away from the center of the drawing area he moves the stylus at it s worst on the very edge.
Linux has no dearth of graphic design software in this list we ll see the best linux graphic design software.
I just got a drawing tablet.
But you cannot be online all the time and this is why you can install software to create graphics whenever you want.
Then download and install the last driver from wacom website on the guest os.
I m using arch linux.
The problem is that i3 is designed to be used with a keyboard without a mouse so there are no touch controls built in.
If you want to use a digitizer tablet or other obscure hardware just buy a pc or mac.
If it does not your only chance is that your tablet is supported by a more recent driver than the one in your kernel.
For the most part users will need to build their own though touch gestures see tips and tricks or by adding touch button controls to a status bar or panel.
Power on your tablet and at the moment you see the nuvision boot logo press and hold down the esc key on your keyboard until you ve reached the bios menu.
Thus i3 is an excellent window managers for tablets running arch.
Hello i m the happy owner of a wacom graphire 2 tablet.
Before starting have your tablet in a powered off state plug in your otg cable usb hub your keyboard and the usb storage device where you have arch linux install media on.
