I couldn't sleep last night so I got up, got some crackers, sat in my chair and what did I see? A Bamboo Fun sitting really, really close to my desk. Knowing that curiosity blooms into some of the greatest discoveries, I picked it up and plugged it in.
My first discovery was that it worked immediately in Fedora 15. I didn't have to add the drivers, as they are all ready installed. I could take the pen and migrate from screen to screen without lifting the pen.
My next discovery was it works with all the KDE paint applications as well as GIMP, Inkscape, and Scribus. GIMP has the most control of the pen and then Inkscape is the runner-up.
O.K. Here is the kicker. I could not get the Fun Tablet to work in F14 or F13. The only difference that I can see in F15 is that I do not have the Nvidia drivers installed. So, if you are having trouble with Bamboo on F15, I would check to see if your video drivers are overlapping. There can be just one. So, if you have two, they will negate each other and will produce zero work and frustrations will mount.
Sleep was overwhelming me so I put the pen down and went back to bed. Amazing things can be discovered during an insomniactic moment. The Wacom Bamboo Fun is just waiting for me over there.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Fedora 15
So, I'm sitting here eating my eggs and I remember that I have not blogged in a while. So, what's new with me. I did get to installing Fedora 15 over Father's Day weekend. And I upgraded my computer a bit.
The upgrade to F15 went very well. I backed up all my precious files. Oops. I forgot to backup all my e-mails and Address book. Oh well. Guess I'll have to do with out those. But I got everything else backed up and decided to do a new install. I had been upgrading since F12 and thought it is time to clean some stuff up.
The installation went very well. RAID is a little different on F15 compared to F12, but no really big deal. It's actually easier than it used to be. Another neat thing is that I didn't install Nvidia drivers this time around. I chose to use the default video driver and it actually set up my dual monitors perfectly and automatically. For a quick set-up of my Codecs I used the Autoplus to which is an extra tool that automatically installs most need things for the system.
In short, I am happy with F15. The biggest change I've noticed is Openoffice has been sidelined for Libreoffice. Same thing generally speaking. But all in all, I'm loving F15.
The upgrade to F15 went very well. I backed up all my precious files. Oops. I forgot to backup all my e-mails and Address book. Oh well. Guess I'll have to do with out those. But I got everything else backed up and decided to do a new install. I had been upgrading since F12 and thought it is time to clean some stuff up.
The installation went very well. RAID is a little different on F15 compared to F12, but no really big deal. It's actually easier than it used to be. Another neat thing is that I didn't install Nvidia drivers this time around. I chose to use the default video driver and it actually set up my dual monitors perfectly and automatically. For a quick set-up of my Codecs I used the Autoplus to which is an extra tool that automatically installs most need things for the system.
In short, I am happy with F15. The biggest change I've noticed is Openoffice has been sidelined for Libreoffice. Same thing generally speaking. But all in all, I'm loving F15.
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