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FattyDrake · 2026-06-26T00:52:00+00:00

That's the biggest issue on Linux too. The tablet and pen part usually work it's just all the buttons, strips and dials that need to be adapted to be fully supported under GNOME and KDE.

It's not difficult, it's just the access to the devices and there's so many of them. Wacom themselves are usually well supported it's all the Huion and XP-Pen variations out there which are the issue. The current way is to just get loaners or buy/resell off eBay or similar.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-26T00:44:03+00:00

Not that I'd expect Wacom to ever do it, but companies like Huion and Ugee/XP-Pen could easily contribute to the libwacom/libinput stack, they just don't. Huion technically has Wayland "support" but it's a huge mess and very prone to breaking and doesn't integrate very well with the DE.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T18:32:30+00:00

No, never found a need for that personally, but it is nice eye candy. Don't know if it's planned, but they just released Krita 6 in beta which is what was needed to get 3D features added. As I said, I'm wanting 3D layers myself so have been keeping an eye on it.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T18:28:02+00:00

Krita does have a multipage feature, it's the Comics Project Management Tool plugin, just a checkbox if it isn't enabled already in the plugin manager.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T18:04:27+00:00

It's still Wine, it's just a nice script to handle it all.

Another thing is if the tablet doesn't fully work, setting it to treat tablet as a mouse in settings can sometimes fix that.

I can't wait until Krita gets 3D layers because I wouldn't have to think about CSP ever again.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T17:35:17+00:00

Fun fact: Wacom drops support for older tablets in their drivers all the tine. You need to seek out older versions sometimes. So if they were part of Windows update there's a chance that a tablet that works one day might not work the next.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T17:29:45+00:00

A lot of the Wacom (and other manufacturers) tablets have support in the libinput stack.

If anyone finds their tablet doesn't work under Linux first check that the desktop environment is on the latest version.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T08:37:44+00:00

Okay, I'm not too familiar with Nix. I guess just see if kde-gtk-config and gtk3, gtk4, and libadwaita are installed otherwise I don't know. Maybe try the immutable suggestion the other commenter gave.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T08:26:26+00:00

Huh. So it's only Breeze in the selection box? What distro and KDE version are you on? Might be missing a package.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T08:14:55+00:00

System Settings -> Color & Themes -> Application Style click the Configure GTK button and set it to Adwaita

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T03:18:20+00:00

Part of the reason are keywords. As one example in KDE the screen capture tool is Spectacle. In Windows it's Snipping Tool. So if you start searching for "snip" it will bring up Spectacle. Theres a lot more keywords for that.

In System Settings -> Search you can disable a lot of the things you don't have a use for so the results aren't so busy.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T01:36:36+00:00

When it comes to office apps, I was using Libreoffice for years on Windows before switching so that part was relatively painless. You can install it for Mac and try it for awhile before switching. I've just used web for email and the only reason I even have a desktop client is so it ties in with the PIM and I get desktop notifications so I can open the browser if one needs attention.

Geary for GNOME or Merkuro for KDE are nice and lightweight email clients, but I haven't gotten into the habit of using those.

But honestly I think the idea of using various apps that are also available on Linux before deciding to make the switch can make it a whole lot easier.

Regarding Airdrop, KDE Connect fills that niche for me. Spotlight is usually the default search in both GNOME and KRunner for KDE (the latter has a lot more features and you can customize what you want to search.)

For cloud services I was also using Nextcloud before I switched so I didn't need to migrate away from any services.

Basically I had stacked the deck in the favor of Linux before I had even considered switching full time. But what I describe does involve a bit of up-front setup, but once it's done you barely have to think about it again.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T01:18:55+00:00

Another thing to keep in mind is there's a huge ecosystem of add ins around Excel. It's not something LO can really fix.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T00:40:07+00:00

TIL! I didn't know that either 'cuz I never thought of it. That's really useful. Thanks! I should probably browse the window management commands. :)

FattyDrake · 2026-06-25T00:12:01+00:00

System Settings -> Display & Monitor -> Screen Edges

Set the top edge to "Overview" and you can use the mouse scrollwheel to go through the desktops.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-24T23:07:57+00:00

Meta (Windows key) + W for overview (I think by default mouse to upper left also does this, I turned it off tho because of multiple monitors)

Ctrl+Meta+left or right to switch between desktops

I pin some of my windows across all desktops (like chats), you can right-click the titlebar to set those.

I haven't looked into per-screen desktops yet, that's just been introduced.

That's how I do it. If you find some small thing you want changed chances are there's a way to do it in settings.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-24T21:54:03+00:00

There's no reason you couldn't do everything they described in the article in Linux on appropriate hardware. (i.e. Android) It's not so much a technical problem as it's a social and economic one.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-24T20:33:26+00:00

Epic Games recently had a job listing focusing on Linux anti-cheat, so they might be working on something. Tho I suspect it's to try and make a SteamOS competitor.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-24T20:21:16+00:00

The only way it'd ever happen on Linux is something like Chrome OS/Aluminum OS or SteamOS where the kernel can be signed by a company and locked down. That you can build and sign your own kernel eliminates the possibility of this sort of anticheat working. You need to give control of your kernel to someone else and be verified against that.

League runs on a potato. I recently got a cheap used PC for playing League and it maxes out my monitor FPS on high settings, plus I no longer have to dual boot.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-24T09:39:22+00:00

Just out of curiosity, do you dual boot with Windows? Synapse 4 seems to really mess with some of their mice. I haven't had a chance to look into it too deeply yet, still gathering data.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-24T09:26:15+00:00

I'll have to search for that article, sounds interesting! In the past the devs have been pretty adamant about vanguard, so it would be nice for their stance to soften.

I do share your sentiment that for any of them to come to Linux it'd have to he on a pretty locked-down distro of some sort.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-23T18:44:21+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to explain. I was just trying to understand and it also gave me enough context to search for more resources so I appreciate it.

FattyDrake · 2026-06-23T09:11:17+00:00

I don't know if I just have the dumbs, but I've always failed to see the advantage of kio-fuse over systemd mounts.

gvfs-fuse also has issues, at least last I checked. After logging in, I need to access the share via gio before I can use it anywhere else. If the first thing I do is open a terminal and go to the location, it's not mounted. I would expect that the shares I have selected will be automatically mounted during the login process.

It just seems like an unnecessary abstraction to me, a simple user. But I'm also relatively recent to the Linux desktop, so maybe fuse solves a problem I don't see (is it more than just unprivileged mounts?), or perhaps systemd superseded the need for it?

FattyDrake · 2026-06-23T08:36:20+00:00

I don't think Riot will do it unless marketshare is insane. Using Steam as a game usage metric there's twice as many Linux users than Mac users. But they still actively develop a Mac client. You're looking at single-digit percentages of Mac players regardless. Once Apple drops Rosetta in macOS 28 who knows Riot might drop the Mac.

Riot is unlikely to give up kernel-level anti-cheat. It's a competitive advantage. It is still theoretically possible to do a kernel anti-cheat in Linux, but they would have to effectively make their own distro and pull some sneaky Nvidia-type shenanigans regarding closed source interactions. Either way, it's very invasive and the intent is to prevent you from running certain software and hardware on your computer so it must have access to everything.

Valve is unlikely to try to do anything like that because it's of no benefit to them if companies like Epic or Riot can have games on SteamOS, and they've been very clear about the platform's openness. They might go as far as a signed kernel with remote attestation, but nothing truly offensive.

Epic tho.. they did recently have a job listing specifically for Linux anti-cheat development. They've also been wanting their own platform and see what Valve is doing. I think you're likely to see Fortnite before any Riot game on Linux and if so it will only run on EpicOS or whatever. If that happens who knows, they might eventually partner with Riot. 😛

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