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openSUSEŽ comes with support for Tablet PCs with serial Wacom devices (such as IBM/Lenovo X41, ACER TM C300/C301/C302 series, Fujitsu Lifebook T series (T3010/T4010), HP Compaq TC4200, Motion M1200/M1400), with FinePoint devices (such as Gateway Tablet PCs), and Fujitsu Siemens Computers P-Series. Learn how to install and configure your Tablet PC and discover some useful Linux* applications which accept input from digital pens.
After you have installed the Tablet PC packages and configured your digitizer correctly, input with the pen, also called a stylus, can be used for the following actions and applications:
Logging in to KDM or GDM
Unlocking your screen on the KDE and GNOME desktops
Actions that can also be triggered by other pointing devices (such as mouse or touch pad), for example, moving the cursor on the screen, starting applications, closing, resizing and moving windows, shifting window focus, dragging and dropping objects
Using gesture recognition in applications of the X Window System
Drawing with The GIMP
Taking notes or sketching with applications like Jarnal or Xournal or editing larger amounts of text with Dasher
![]() | Keyboard or Mouse Needed for Installation |
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During installation of openSUSE, the pen cannot be used as an input device. If your Tablet PC does not feature a built-in keyboard or touch pad, connect an external keyboard or mouse to your Tablet PC for installation of your system. |
The packages needed for Tablet PCs are included in the
Laptop
installation pattern—if this is selected
during installation, the following packages should already be installed on
your system:
jarnal
: a Java-based note taking
application
xournal
: an application for note
taking and sketching
xstroke
: a gesture recognition
program for the X Window System
xvkbd
: a virtual keyboard for the
X Window System
cellwriter
: a character-based
handwriting input panel
x11-input-wacom
: the X input
module for Wacom tablets
x11-input-wacom-tools
:
configuration, diagnostics, and libraries for
Wacom tablets
x11-input-fujitsu
: the X input
module for Fujitsu P-Series tablets
If these packages are not installed, manually install the packages you
need from command line or select the Laptop
pattern
for installation in YaST.