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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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After 20 Years I Still Love Linux (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by atomkarinca@lemmygrad.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have been using linux for almost 20 years now and it never stopped to amaze me.

recently we bought a drawing tablet (screen ones). my wife uses windows so she installed the drivers, installed the configuration program and so on. After hours and hours she called me to say "i finally got it working" and i felt the frustration in her voice.

i just tried to get it working on my machine, i'm using swaywm mind you. as i connected the hdmi it just got recognized as a second monitor. but the mapping was off, it tried to map the whole width of the working area to the tablet. so i just put this in the config:

input INPUT_NAME { map_to_output OUTPUT_NAME map_to_region OUTPUT_X OUTPUT_Y WIDTH HEIGHT }

and that's it! no drivers no nothing. i love linux!

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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I suppose. I wonder how long it would take me to find out how to do that, assuming I don't give up first.

Then again, I don't even know what swaywm is, so maybe on other types of Linux it would be easier?

[–] atomkarinca@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i think gnome and kde both have graphical interfaces for this. i like doing config files.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 3 months ago

It definitely sounds easier, in that case.