SherlockHomie
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1 year ago +1 My remote/hybrid async business work requires lots of markup to screenshots, whiteboarding, etc even for non-creative professionals :)
It is a lot easier for me to explain an issue or architecture by marking up a screenshot or gif/video (yes drawing on video/gif recordings is super easy with gnome, see: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4937/draw-on-you-screen-2/). I can cut down on several back+forth async communication with the help of a pen.
My quick exploration shows varying support for pressure and tilt sensitivity in linux apps, so there are already applications waiting for a System76 2in1:
- Krita: https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/
- Xournal: https://xournalpp.github.io/
- Write: https://www.styluslabs.com/
My target is a ~2.5lb 2in1 laptop that fully supports linux, and I believe the only one that meets that is the Lenovo X13 line (https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops?q=x13&limit=20&vendor=Lenovo) so that's what I'll likely grab for now. Would love to support System76 in the future!
I'm an artist that uses Pop!_OS professionally in my business (Blender/Krita/Inkscape). I would love to buy a System76 laptop, but I don't because they do not have stylus pressure support as far as I can tell. By that I mean specifically the built in display. I would love a laptop designed with this and even better a section of well laid out programmable buttons that could be mapped to keyboard/mouse shortcuts potentially on the back of the display lid. I'd suspect if it had a CPU/GPU/RAM with a respectable punch many other artists be all over it, including myself. In my opinion at least almost all of the options out there currently are lacking in one area or another. Anyways, that'd be the Bees Knees.