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What is the best degoogled tablet for an artist? (lemmy.world)
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What is the best degoogled tablet for an artist

what is the best tablet for iodeOS, GrapheneOS and LineageOS

  • with smooth stylus support that is as good as apple pen
    • palm rejection
    • pressure sensitive stylus
    • works well for krita / excalidraw / xournalapp
    • latency
  • at least 16GB RAM and 256GB storage

For iodeOS, it doesn't seem to support any tablet device officially

For GrapheneOS, the only choice is google pixel tablet (or maybe pixel fold). However

For LineageOS

  • What tablet+stylus+LineageOS has the best performance?
  • What tablet+stylus+LineageOS has the best balance between price and performance?
  • Can someone share their stylus experience on krita / excalidraw / xournalapp?

Sincere thanks

EDIT:

  • ipad
    • I realize my title is confusing, when I say degoogle I really meant completely Open Source and private.
    • ipad with network disabled?
      • not feasible in my use case
      • apple backdoor is highly likely in my opnion
      • Of course I don't have any proof, but I would assume it runs camera and microphone without us knowing even when the network is disabled. The data is collected and processed locally and send to apple server when network is enabled
        • speech recognition is integrated in many app and sold to advertiser
        • I doubt apple could resist the temptation of money and the threat from government not to activate microphone and camera without us knowing
    • apple is as disgusting as google
  • but of course if this is the only choice ...
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

x86 tablets are a thing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Don't get a tablet if you already have a Linux laptop or a dedicated workspace.

Get a drawing pad. They are better, more cost-effective, have a better feel (non-display versions), have better pens, and you aren't restricted to neutered programs offered on android/iOS.

Wacom is traditional, but expensive and their pen tech is kind of aging at this point, but they always work flawlessly.

XPPen is the great value alternative (with even better stuff on the top end). i have an XPPen Deco Pro Gen2 and it is an absolutely great pad with the texture of paper, and their little macropad with a scroll wheel works well. The downside is that you need a screen, but it is quite ergonomic.

The few actual artists I know use the XPPen Artist Pro series which is a drawing pad with a screen, and then they just plug it into their laptop and close the lid. Not as portable, but generally as good or better experience

XPpen also has good Linux drivers. They work in the kernel by default often, but the macropad and pressure sensitivity customization won't work globally without their drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I can second this, I have a Huion Kamvas and with Bazzite KDE it just works out of the box, no driver installtion needed, you can set the button shortcuts right in system settings, amazing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

thanks my friend

[–] rekabis 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Apple is the least bad + most functional option out there.

Nothing else will go further in being least bad, unless you are willing to completely sacrifice functionality and usability.

Apple at least walks the walk of protecting user privacy because they aren’t dependent on non-hardware, non-app-store revenue (as in, selling user’s data). Google is absolutely dependent on revenue from selling user data because their hardware and App Store revenue is almost insignificant in comparison.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

good point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I read toilet and was very confused.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

iPad. DeGoogled and widely supported for artistic apps.

Before I get downvotes; what else is there? Android tablets are a hot mess on their own before you even get into trying to run a DeGoogled OS.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
  • ipad
    • I realize my title is confusing, when I say degoogle I really meant completely Open Source and private.
    • ipad with network disabled?
      • not feasible in my use case
      • apple backdoor is highly likely in my opnion
      • Of course I don't have any proof, but I would assume it runs camera and microphone without us knowing even when the network is disabled. The data is collected and processed locally and send to apple server when network is enabled
        • speech recognition is integrated in many app and sold to advertiser
        • I doubt apple could resist the temptation of money and the threat from government not to activate microphone and camera without us knowing
    • apple is as disgusting as google
  • but of course if this is the only choice ...
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If you are this paranoid, you should be using pen/pencil and paper.

I would write a rebuttal to each point, but I don’t care enough to do so.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

also if you dont even care why paste your comment under my other cross post?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

See my other comment.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

if you dont even care why comment?

if you are suggesting apple is better than google intermsof privacy I suspect you are a apple fanboy

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

your argument: apple is good for privacy

mine: apple is bad for privacy

I believe people who are not apple fanboy could see clearly who's the idiot here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The downvotes say otherwise.

The onus is on you to provide Apple is worse for privacy than android.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The downvotes say otherwise.

The downvotes means nothing without coherent logic

The onus is on you to provide Apple is worse for privacy than android.

I don't have the responsibility to show you why you are wrong

good luck

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't have the responsibility to show you why you are wrong

Oh but you do. You say Apple isn’t any better (or worse off) than Android when it comes to privacy. If that’s the case, you would then prove your claim with facts from reputable sources. Just saying something doesn’t make it true.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Oh but you do

I have made my point and clarified myself in my previous comment. If you are having trouble comprehending it you can ask nicely

You say Apple isn’t any better (or worse off) than Android when it comes to privacy. If that’s the case, you would then prove your claim with facts from reputable sources. Just saying something doesn’t make it true.

I would expect your apology for your misuse of language. I would also expect your gratitude in return for the time I spent enlightening you.

None can make a solid conclusion about which one is better because both stock google and apple are closed source. YOU CAN ONLY GUESS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Time for you to break out the pen and paper.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My gf has an xppen tablet and loves it. But it runs android. I haven't looked into if I can easily install an alternative os.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago

It would be really great if you could lookinto it and provide your experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I'd be really interested in this as well. For another (not trivial iirc and not a tablet) solution here's a setup by David Decoy of Papper and Carrot fame:

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article972/my-solution-for-mobile-digital-painting-on-gnu-linux

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm using a surface go 2 with fedora, and it works great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

That's interesting! I had a look at Surface a few years ago and back then it seemed barely usable, glad to hear it has come a long way!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

PineTab2

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

PineTab2

I dont think it has stylus support

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

you could try /e/os

https://community.e.foundation/t/list-e-os-supported-tablets/35104

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

thanks a lot, but none seems support a smooth krita experience

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

You can maybe use a laptop with a touch screen install some linux on it and use krita ? I think there is pressure sensitive stylus for it.