[Ilugc] Pen input device for Linux

[prasannatsmkumar]

I am in need of a device which will show what I write on a pad in computer
screen - this will help while I read or draw some thing and want that in
digital form. Is there any such device that works with Linux? What is the
average cost of such device? It will be good if I could get something for
about 500Rs.
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[Suraj Kumar]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:21 AM, prasannatsmkumar <prasanna...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> I am in need of a device which will show what I write on a pad in computer
> screen - this will help while I read or draw some thing and want that in
> digital form. Is there any such device that works with Linux? What is the
> average cost of such device? It will be good if I could get something for
> about 500Rs.
>

The device you're looking for is called a Graphics Tablet. There may be
cheaper devices / second hand devices available within your budget but I'd
say the ones from 'wacom' are the sought after value-for-money deal (will
cost you about Rs.2000/- at a min, IIRC). I have a "Wacom Bamboo" model
tablet - and I use it extensively with gimp for hobby graphics work.

"gromit" is a useful screen-pointing / drawing utility that may also be
very handy for rough-work / demo-like uses.

cheers,

-Suraj

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[Gautam]

Currently Ubuntu has the best support for Wacom pen-tablets . Others such
as iBall may work , but there would be issues . For example I was helping a
person with a iBall pentablet , It worked out of the box , but had some
issues with movement , So had to do some tweaking to get things working
smoothly .
So think before you buy.

[prasannatsmkumar]

Thanks for the information. Where can I buy one in chennai? What is the
cost of new device? flipkart does not have this listed. Is it possible to
get online? I would like to buy wacom bamboo.

[Manokaran K]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:03 PM, prasannatsmkumar <prasanna...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thanks for the information. Where can I buy one in chennai? What is the
> cost of new device? flipkart does not have this listed. Is it possible to
> get online? I would like to buy wacom bamboo.
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Wacom Bamboo tablets are available in Ritchie street among many places
around Chennai. IIRC the smallest model costs between 3-4K.

regds,
mano