Show HN: Weylus – Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on Linux
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HN comment orderHi HN, I created this program out of my personal need to be able to do some handwriting on my Linux system. I know, I could just have bought a graphic tablet but as I already have a tablet with the necessary hardware for note taking around I was unwilling to do so. And after quite some fruitless search for a solution to this problem Weylus (= Web + Stylus) was born. It is written mostly in Rust, some C…
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Hi HN, I created this program out of my personal need to be able to do some handwriting on my Linux system. I know, I could just have bought a graphic tablet but as I already have a tablet with the necessary hardware for note taking around I was unwilling to do so. And after quite some fruitless search for a solution to this problem Weylus (= Web + Stylus) was born. It is written mostly in Rust, some C…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 359
- Total comments
- 69
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-05 | Show HN: Weylus – Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on Linux | HMH | 8 | 1 |
| 2020-06-06 | Show HN: Weylus – Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on LinuxFirst breakout · Best thread | HMH | 176 | 42 |
| 2022-01-25 | Weylus: Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer | marcodiego | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-08-24 | Weylus – Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on LinuxLatest 20+ point return | xept | 171 | 26 |