Post ArkxeAeugKgUwFO424 by AlexanderMars@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ArkmPJ99k8cvQJF8fw by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-05T19:02:52Z
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New hardware review: the XpPen Deco 01v3, a screen-less, medium sized, budget friendly graphic tablet.▶️ Ptb: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/ceBuGLnUs8JBf9RgpzrGSa▶️ Ytb: https://youtu.be/trXxX3ZY5FMBlog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1066/xppen-deco-01v3-review-on-gnulinux:linux: Note: Not a sponsored review, but I received the tablet for free. It's a model I selected myself on the XpPen catalog as I wanted to review budget friendly hardware this time and on the way reports the specs to the Linux devs. A big thank you to @whot !#review #linux #xppen
(DIR) Post #ArknxeTD4MihMBYzh2 by pieq@floss.social
2025-03-05T19:20:01Z
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@davidrevoy very nice review! I remember the first tablet we got was an A5 Wacom, back in the early 2000s, and although it was an entry level model, it was definitely not 70 USD!Also, thank you for doing all that extra work to help Linux devs releasing better drivers, and Linux users having more options down the line!The part of the video where you scratch the surface was painful to watch... 😱🫣 @whot
(DIR) Post #Arko0a6TlEg8gOKPWy by juhele@cztwitter.cz
2025-03-05T19:20:37Z
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@davidrevoy @whot thanks much for the review. I remember many years ago I managed to get a "cheap" Wacom Bamboo Pen tablet which worked our-of-box also in linux, with GIMP / Inkscape, but this one looks really good - for that price almost A-4 sized tablet - wow!
(DIR) Post #Arkw8YYADgeNoZaiiO by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-05T20:51:53Z
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@pieq Thank you! Oh yes, I had a Wacom Intuos 4 in 2011 for 399€. And this one is like as good, and more slim. It's amazing these prices.True, the scratching of the overlay surface broke my heart 💔 But I knew it would be informative. Especially to tell user to take care to not drop USB cables and HDMI connector on their active surface. It can quickly get an impact with anything metal.
(DIR) Post #ArkwdGtbuJ842SGjU8 by juhele@cztwitter.cz
2025-03-05T19:21:53Z
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@davidrevoy @whot I have few questions if you do not mind. 0) the installation in linux - is that complicated? (not a noob, PPA etc. no problem, compile from source might be issue) 1) how about the stylus - is there battery inside? 2) the tablet buttons - can those be mapped to certain tools in linux (if it works in Krita I would guess in GIMP could work too). thanks
(DIR) Post #ArkwdHuM91JtB3cqHo by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-05T20:57:26Z
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@juhele No battery in the stylus, it's really like Wacom tech.For the Linux notes, I wrote all in details in the blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1066/xppen-deco-01v3-review-on-gnulinux ; but in a nutshell, right now, the tablet will work 'out of the box' everywhere but will not be customizable on any distro and D.E. To customise it, you'll need to grab a zip from a merge request, unpack it, and run a ./install.sh script. Then on X11 the customisation is via command line (xsetwacom) or on Wayland, Plasma 6.3 detects it.
(DIR) Post #Arkx8FZqrNkSvSnZtA by hsnovel@mastodon.social
2025-03-05T21:02:59Z
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@davidrevoy @whot I have the previous version 01v2 that I bought ~2 years ago. It still works well and I never had a problem with it. Both the linux and the windows drivers work very well.It was also very cheap when I bought it. I'm glad I didn't waste my money with wacom's overpriced tablets.
(DIR) Post #ArkxeAeugKgUwFO424 by AlexanderMars@mastodon.social
2025-03-05T21:08:39Z
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@davidrevoy @whot we need more Linux focused hardware reviews for artists. We need to show that serious artists do use Linux and that we need performant stylus and multitouch support and professional colour support.
(DIR) Post #Arl0ajx1p9j76DurEu by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-05T21:41:50Z
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@AlexanderMars True! 💜
(DIR) Post #Arl0qcOhfyXWJ0QqzQ by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-05T21:44:43Z
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@hsnovel Yes, the Deco 01V2 was the one I wanted to test, because I saw José Expósito added the driver in the kernel after 6.2 on this article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XP-PEN-Deco-01-V2-Linux-6.2Unfortunately, XpPen stopped to produce them and updated them to the v3 and we had to restart the full HID descriptor from scratch. 😅
(DIR) Post #Arl2jxPHMig5LVeXPU by juhele@cztwitter.cz
2025-03-05T22:05:43Z
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@davidrevoy Merci beaucoup 👍 It looks like I could ask my employer for an upgrade - at that price it's a great deal even if I only need it for editing documentary company photos.
(DIR) Post #Arl5L0YOpLsxjHiJOK by hsnovel@mastodon.social
2025-03-05T22:34:38Z
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@davidrevoy Ahh that might be the reason it was working even before I installed the drivers.But even on 01V2 you had to install the drivers from the internet anyway if you had two monitors, because it would map two of the monitors to the tablet instead of one.So bad they stopped producing them, I hope the new ones are as good as the old ones.
(DIR) Post #ArlBwOmAKgRBIBMhkm by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-05T23:49:02Z
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@hsnovel Ha yes, their proprietary driver. Without it nowadays on GNOME and Plasma both will catch now (on Wayland) options in the settings to map them correctly, and you can choose the monitor and even the aspect the ratio.On X11, it is still with xsetwacom utility only.So, big progress are done. I'm happy to see everything going into the right direction.
(DIR) Post #ArlHx6tatakTquYvWi by hsnovel@mastodon.social
2025-03-06T00:56:25Z
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@davidrevoy Yeah I saw the KDE's tablet settings being implemented by someone here on mastodon. Great to see these stuff being shifted to more open platforms.
(DIR) Post #As2mLtV28i2xrB7wIa by Juankprada@mstdn.jp
2025-03-14T11:26:59Z
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@davidrevoy Would you consider moving back to a screenless pen tablet? 😅Until some point in history you were one of the few artists that almost convinced ne to move to a screenless pen tablet but then you went into the dark side with the XP pen artists pro 16 😆
(DIR) Post #As2nhIQYklzBCjnsjw by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-14T11:42:11Z
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@Juankprada Hehe, I'm still using the display tablets as mainly screen-less tablet 😆 that's the main reason (and honestly, it works well and it's a way to get large active area). That's why you can see me cloning them to my main display. 😊
(DIR) Post #As2oFKACnwd4R2NcBs by Juankprada@mstdn.jp
2025-03-14T11:48:21Z
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@davidrevoy Ahh in unable to try this in a painless way as my main screen is 4K but my tablet is FHD, so is either struggling with the mapping or wasting the 4K potential@of my main screen 😰
(DIR) Post #As2pQQa7NoBxTnMImO by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2025-03-14T12:01:29Z
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@Juankprada True, it require compatible ratio/resolution. I remember I succeed with xrandr on X11 to map a 1440p monitor on a 1080p Cintiq 13HD with downscaling. It was a fun test, but the small were blury and very small, and setup wasn't that stable, many small glitch to clone with a scaling like that... I was probably in a territory of 'the feature exists, but nobody ever beta-tested it in production so it was bit rotten'.