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I have always wanted to get a entry level graphics tablet for Linux but whenever I have looked for well supported Linux hardware it was always confusing. Does anyone have a good recommendation for entry level graphics tablet? I mainly want to do basic sketching and diagrams for furniture designs.

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We've been using a Wacom Intuos (CTL-490, I think) tablet for several years. It was about $60. It's literally plug-and-play on Ubuntu and there's a section in the settings for it. I assume the newer entry level ones have the same level of support.

The exact model I have hovers around $30 on eBay these days.

I've read up recently that Wacom typically have Linux drivers available. I currently have a huion 1060 and it's been a nightmare to even try to get working and any distro. Oddly enough my first try was with Kubuntu which was why I thought this was a weird article. Kubuntu is one of my favorite distros but KDE is just so buggy especially with nvidia cards (which isn't kde's fault more or less).

I use a Wacom Intous tablet that was sub $100 that works just fine on Linux (I use it with Krita)

Yeah I've read Wacom at least provides support for Linux so that's one option for them. I never bothered to look into it and bought a Huion tablet cause it was cheaper and offered more.

I basically am unable to use it for Linux period. i've tried literally every option and it just doesn't work.

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