[Gllug] Linux Tablets

[Walter Stanish]

> In addition to their numerous purposes and witty text adventures, is
> it possible to use any of these tablets as drawing tablets?

The main features of Wacom-style tablets that enable natural drawing
are pressure sensors and high DPI.

Tablet computers today probably lack the DPI and almost certainly lack
effective pressure sensors.

I seem to remember Wacom have a tablet computer specifically for
drawing... though it costs a lot.

You could possibly plug a USB drawing tablet in to the tablet computer
and use that for drawing ... ie: not "on screen" but just using the
screen like a computer screen to see the result.  If you go that
route, I remember in 2010 when I visited a mainland Chinese computer
market I became aware of a decent competitor to Wacom, if you hunt
hard enough you can probably find their (competitively priced)
high-DPI, pressure-sensing tablets for sale online at lower than Wacom
prices.

- Walter
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