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Looking to draw with a pen straight on the screen, and being able to run kubuntu for example so that I can install aseprite for instance

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[–] tiny@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My wife bought a Lenovo yoga and loves it

[–] tvmole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have one too and also love it. Runs Linux just fine

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Wait, I have a yoga too. It can run Linux?

[–] communication@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's worth keeping an eye on the PineTab and PineNote . Just keep in mind that these are community driven projects that are under development, and best suited for people who like to tinker with linux devices.

[–] cavemeat@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Oh this is kinda cool, I love eink stuff

[–] away2thestars@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Love eink stuff

[–] DrNeurohax@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Kinda on topic, there are 2 really good deals running right now. 1 for the Surface, 1 for the Lenovo Yoga.

https://slickdeals.net/f/16728539-thinkpad-x1-yoga-gen-6-14-3840x2400-oled-i7-1185g7-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-1099-free-s-h?src=category_page
and
https://slickdeals.net/f/16727681-microsoft-surface-pro-8-13-2880x1920-i5-1135g7-8gb-ram-128gb-ssd-610-free-s-h-w-amazon-prime?src=category_page

The Surface might be too bare bones for some, but $610 is decent. (Also, there are several "generations" in the store now. This is the middle, non-ARM flavor with 11th Gen Intel. The Surface 9 has the current generation.)

The Lenovo is a much bigger discount and better specs, but I've heard worse stuff about the Lenovo support. Apparently Lenovo's consumer support and build quality is very different from the business offerings.

[–] Felix538@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I'm daily driving a yoga x380 and am really happy. Using the pen for quick notes on my professors slides. I use Zorin and Win10 in dual boot but only really use Zorin. Only thing that doesn't work on Zorin is the HDMI port but I didn't really bother to trouble shoot.

[–] l4sgc@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried a few different linux distros on various chromebooks, and regardless of if you pick a chromebook or another device, I highly recommend you don't get a device with an arm-based cpu. Pick a 2-in-1 that has a normal x86 processor so you don't have to deal with compatibility issues.

[–] away2thestars@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Compatibility with software you mean?

[–] PlasticExistence@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sexual compatibility. Chromebooks are known prudes

[–] islandmonkeee@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Large instruction sets are better than smaller ones....

[–] DrNeurohax@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I hear the bus width is actually more important...

[–] valvin@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

David Revoy did some search on finding a cheap hardware to draw using opensource software: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article972/my-solution-for-mobile-digital-painting-on-gnu-linux

[–] away2thestars@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Lenovo Yoga 370 looking amazing and there are very cheap options thank you!

[–] harasho@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could get a surface and install your favorite flavor yourself: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface

[–] away2thestars@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it easy enough? Like installing in a normal pc?

[–] fraydabson@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Don’t get a surface book! I know it’s a laptop not a tablet but using Linux on it has been a nighthmare.