[kwlug-disc] Thank you to the people with Linux touchscreen suggestions

[Eva B]

Thanks, Ron.

Whatever I get, it would need to run Ubuntu as well, as I would like to run
Doug's Curv program on it, so the option of a Windows or Ubuntu boot would
be needed.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> De nada Eva, an alternative might be to do something like this:
> https://www.icitouchtech.com/gechic-1503i
> Still somewhat spendy though.
>
> My daughter(Fine Arts major) wanted very much the same solution as you are
> thinking of, but ultimately decided to splurge for a Wacom Mobile Studio
> Pro, which is really a 15.6" IPS tablet PC with an i7 7th-gen CPU, gobs of
> RAM,  Bigged-up Nvidia video and running W10(although it can be whatever
> supports the 7th gen Intel) CPUs).
>
> Personally, I think a regular PC(laptop) with one of these USB-power
> touchscreen is the ticket.
> Be mindful though, that input lag is a real issue on many touch panels and
> i5-powered laptops, at least with programs like Krita. No idea about
> Inkscape.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Singh
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Eva B <eva at diyode.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ron:
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> My ideal solution is to have a touchscreen computer with a detachable
>> screen so that I can do vector art on it directly with Inkscape.  I
>> understand that to run Doug Moen's Curv program, I would need  something
>> that supports Linux and(and Windows ) and  OpenGL 4.3 or a later version.
>>
>> I may be able to swing a new computer at some point, and that may be my
>> best option for longevity.  Any suggestions would be welcome!
>>
>> Eva
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you thinking of replacing the existing non-touchscreen of an
>>> X200/X201 with a touchscreen that you would find on the X200T/X201T?
>>> If yes, you may want to check the HMM from Lenovo wrt lcd cabling for
>>> the touchscreen and non-touchscreen.
>>> See X200/X201 HMM here:
>>> https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/
>>> 43y6632_03.pdf
>>> &
>>> X200T/X201T HMM here:
>>> https://thinkpads.com/support/hmm/hmm_pdf/45n3683_04.pdf
>>> Seeing that the touchscreen is thicker, likely the back and front bezels
>>> of the LCD needs replacing too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ron Singh
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Eva B <eva at diyode.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> I found  this:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X200-X201-Table
>>>> t-12-1-LCD-Touch-Scree
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone see any potential problems with it?
>>>>
>>>> Eva
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Go
>>>>
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Here are the tools.
Go

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