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Question for fedi art nerds: if i wanted to spend around $400 on a graphics tablet for casual use under linux (fedora/gnome/wayland, unless I really really really had to change, and even then it would be a vm), what are the good options?
Other considerations: this will be mostly couch use, portable is better, 14-16" is probably the right size, and I've gotten accustomed to hardware that just works
@jenniferplusplus I dunno if this fits the bill but we got a Ugee M708 tablet recently for the kiddo, its not fancy but it worked out of the box on Bazzite/GNOME and the vendor setting app for customizing the hotkeys actually has a Linux RPM which also just worked. I was pleasantly surprised. It worked with Krita without any fuss.
@raven667 not quite, I'd want a display, not just a pen tablet. But the ugee trio pad tablet is worth considering
@jenniferplusplus are you looking for something link to draw on? Do you want color? Do you want a full OS?
@jenniferplusplus thank you for asking this very interested in this! You mention "casual use under linux (fedora/gnome/wayland)"... can you by any chance point me details about the OS you plan to use? I've been assuming I'd use https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/ for something like this, but sounds like you are thinking of using something different?
@briesenb I'm looking for a wacom tablet, or similar. So this would be a second display that I connect to a laptop
@jenniferplusplus aaaahhh okay gotcha. Thanks. I was using a Wacom...some model... long ago with Linux when I knew even less about hardware support (still, really nothing) and had some struggles with support but I do remember experiencing improvement over time for that! I've been thinking... I'll just get one with minimal customizable buttons and doohickeys, 'cause those probably aren't supported?
In the past I've done a little bit of this on a surface pro 7, but it's not a great experience. I put a paper texture screen protector on, and that just made it tolerable
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