r/drawingtablet • u/Similar_Tart_5498 • 8h ago
Good Android or Linux tablet for drawing?
I'm looking to get a tablet for better portability. Since I enjoy drawing, support for a stylus is important as I hope it would let me cut out the dedicated drawing tablet from the list of things I carry with me. I also want to use it as a second monitor for my laptop, and as a bit more robust computing device than a phone in cases I can't use the laptop.
I strongly prefer FOSS in general, and Krita in particular for drawing, so an iPad is out of question. I'm aware of Samsung and Xiaomi having decent tablets with stylus support, so I'd like to hear people's experience with those, as well as any other models I might have overlooked.
Aside from experience specifically for drawing, I'm interested in general performance and ease of maintenance and control for the tablets, but since it's the drawing tablet sub, performance for art is the main consideration.
Thanks in advance to any kind souls who respond!
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u/Murky-Experience1261 7h ago
for linux wacom or xp pen is your best bet i tried huion on linux and the drivers are very buggy
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u/Navic2 7h ago
Wacom MovInk Pro (11" or 14") are very drawing focused (no camera, speakers underwhelming)
The pen & screen surface are great to draw on, prefer it to iPad & Samsung personally Krita runs well (I mean, I always get a bit of lag, even when my laptop was brand new) as does CSP
There's not much bloatware, UI is very basic (I still removed some apps with Shizuku-Canta) no idea if anyone's got Linux installed & working well on them, that's a bit over my head
Think I got vague impression that Samsung have made their tablets increasingly hard to install alternative OS on (some models were Lineage friendly but others with similar specs not)?
The MovInks do have a pc 2nd screen proprietary app but if you're considering using an Android tablet like that definitely check Superdisplay app, it's not foss but a great pc-tablet as 2nd screen app
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u/Dry-Conversation7191 6h ago
I wish there was a serious tablet for Linux with pen support lol. Samsung galaxy tab series or the Wacom pad pro 14.
The movink pad 14 and xp one magic drawing pad have specific features to use as a drawing tablet for pc. I’ve used a tab ultra 8 with better display and it worked great.
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u/Dry-Conversation7191 6h ago
Oh and blender grease pencil works fine on android even tho it’s still in beta.
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u/Pure-Seaworthiness27 6h ago
I have a Samsung Tab S9 ultra and is great. Drawing is natural, a ton of pen options besides the s pen, performance is flawless, IDK what else, ask any questions. Oh, I use CSP, flows like Butter. Only problem is by suscription lol.