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redstrate

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Software engineer by day, KDE hacker at night.

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Just merged a feature in Plasma 6.7 that might make you happy: a way to "unify" your mouse pointer and the tablet pointer. You may had to resort to other software to do this, but now it's built-in to your desktop environment ✅

In previous versions (or with this option off), your mouse cursor would start from the last position it was in - not caring where you had your stylus pen. This is useful for users whom switch between the two often 🖱️

Screenshot of the KDE Plasma 6.7 Drawing Tablet settings. It looks near identical to previous versions, except with a new setting that I highlighted called "Sync with mouse cursor".
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Starting a new thread detailing 🧵 changes I recently made in KDE's NeoChat, which may inspire other users/clients/whatever... :BlobCat_Nerd:

For new features they will can appear in the next new major version (like 26.04), bugfixes are assumed to be backported as soon as possible with a few exceptions.

1/many to come

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Yeah, I did it again! :BlobCat_OpenMouth: I submitted a XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro driver that should appear in 6.19, here's a short blog post about it:

https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/10/the-xp-pen-artist-24-pro-works-on-linux-too/

Picture of my wood desk. On top of said desk is a XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro, which is a gigantic 24-inch drawing tablet. Located on the tablet's screen currently is Krita, loaded into an image that says "yeah, i did it again. (this is a XP-PEN 24 Pro.) There's also the tablet's drawing pen sitting vertically in its holder visible in front of the tablet.
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Something I stumbled upon that's cool: https://isso-comments.de/docs/contributing/infrastructure/

The Isso comments system (that I use on my website) has a nice documentation page explaining who is in control of infrastructure, and who/what could be potentially affected by a bus crash. It would be cool to see this for more projects :sniffa:

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she's done! 🟥

Drawing of a four-armed lady. She has long, pink hair and a nice baggy shirt on and a skirt. Her ears are slightly pointy, and slightly obscured by hair. She looks pretty indecisive about her appearance.
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@redstrate@mastodon.art avatar redstrate , to random

Looking for XP-PEN Artist 24 Pro users! I'm testing a quick/dumb change to see how closely related this model is to the XP-PEN Artist 22R Pro, by assuming it has the same interface. I don't expect it to work, but if you have this tablet, a USB stick and some free time please try this ISO! It's a live medium, no installation required.

https://testing.redstrate.com

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FYI the next image update is going to be paused for a little while, but for a good reason: I have one on hand now

redstrate OP ,
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I made some really great progress yesterday, and now the pad and pen are initialized. The biggest bug I'm going to be tackling after work is how it "wraps" it's x value. I'm not sure if this is a descriptor problem, or something I have to implement yet.

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IT WORKS NOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@redstrate@mastodon.art avatar redstrate , to random

The long awaited final blog post in my XP-PEN Artist 22R Pro series 🖋️ It's the last one, because I have nothing left to do! The kernel driver is merging for 6.17 and it's fully configurable in the upcoming Plasma 6.5. I also discuss near the end some other exciting tablet-related announcements!

https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/

My catgirl persona that is saying this in front of a graphics tablet: "Huh? Oh yeah, this is my Linux setup. This is a popular off-the-shelf tablet, which will soon work-out-of-the-box without any further setup. And we aren't just recreating what barely works on other operating systems, but building better software to truly control the hardware we own." "Anyway, what were you saying about your Windows PC? (...what is Copilot?)"
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Here's a reminder that I'm giving a talk about artists & on the 7th at 2025 in Berlin! (It will also be livestreamed and recorded.)

So if you've enjoyed this blog series, that talk might be right up your alley!

@kde@floss.social avatar kde , (edited ) to KDE

Do you use a drawing tablet with Linux? You can share your device info in two easy steps - no coding skills required! 💙

Help KDE devs like @redstrate build driver support.

More info at:

https://github.com/linuxwacom/wacom-hid-descriptors?tab=readme-ov-file#contributing

kde@lemmy.kde.social icon KDE

A sticker-like square graphic with a dark background and colourful writing that reads: "HELP US IMPROVE TABLET SUPPORT" There s a "KDE Goals" logo in the upper right hand corner and a bunch of stylised images representing drawing tablets in the bottom right hand corner.
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@Venerabela @kde kde@lemmy.kde.social icon KDE The KDE Wayland session currently lacks a way to remap the touch wheel/ring (although they should be available to applications) but I plan on adding that soon, in addition to the cheaper scroll wheels seen on other tablets

@redstrate@mastodon.art avatar redstrate , to random

Figuring out how to explore normally inaccessible areas 🏝️

https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/06/accessing-the-inaccessible-in-ffxiv/

Screenshot in FFXIV of some... deserted island? There's just a fire pit and a tree here.
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KDE neochat dev, maybe tokodon later

https://live.redstrate.com/

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I had to draw @jsstaedtler 's Serah :ablobangel:

Drawing of Serah, an angelic young woman with long wavy brown hair. She has huge, white feathery wings on her back, which she is touching with her hands. She's wearing a crop top, along with a very large, billowing skirt and a long-sleeved top with sleeves extending past her hands.
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big shirt 👕

a four-armed succubus in a big blue shirt, also known as the "boyfriend shirt" for it's loose fit. she is enjoying two different cans of beer?!
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@redstrate@mastodon.art avatar redstrate , to random

Psst, here's a sneak peek at what's in store Plasma 6.3 for artists. Better UI/UX, pressure curve & limiting support, custom input areas, rebinding to tablet pen buttons and more!

Plasma 6.3 is planned to release early next year.

I also updated the upcoming features list on https://artonwayland.redstrate.com/

Screenshot of the Drawing Tablet settings in KDE Plasma 6.3 - which is not released yet. There are three tabs: "Display", "Pen" and "Pad" of which "Pen" is currently selected. It shows a couple of new options, such as a pen pressure curve and then a way to configure the range of the pressure.
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there is something poetic about how my plush was shipped

A poor Mastodon plushie stuffed inside of an Amazon box that is definitely too small to hold it. It's bursting at the seams.
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@redstrate@mastodon.art avatar redstrate , to random

🖋️ My work in this month (July) contains the following ingredients:

Tablet pen calibration, binding tablet buttons to your mouse, making invites in NeoChat safer, SponsorBlock support in PlasmaTube. (Made in a factory that also processes peanuts 🥜)

https://redstrate.com/blog/2024/07/my-work-in-kde-for-july-2024/

Screenshot of multiple windows stacked on top of each other. The window in the very back is the PlasmaTube settings window, hovering over a new SponsorBlock option. The window in front of that is the Drawing Tablet Settings, which is showing off the new mouse binding menu. The window on top is the NeoChat security settings, with the cursor hovering over the new "Reject invitations from unknown users" option.
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Another application ported to ✅

I spent some time fixing up Tokodon, and figured I should continue working on PlasmaTube as well. Now it can play videos, albiet the UI still needs some work 😀

Screenshot of PlasmaTube, the KDE online video client running on my Android tablet. It's open to just some random video I found on trending that wasn't copyrighted.
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@odintdh@mastodon.social avatar odintdh , to random Spanish

@davidrevoy @raghukamath , perhaps gsetwacom can be useful in your workflow to be a replacement of xsetwacom but in Wayland.

http://who-t.blogspot.com/2024/06/goodbye-xsetwacom-hello-gsetwacom.html?m=1

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@raghukamath Unfortunately due to the nature of how the ecosystem works now, something that works across every DE is going to be hard. Not impossible, but I'm not aware of any cross-DE collaboration there.

Aleix was working on a KWin-compatible tool a couple of years ago, but stopped. Building something like a ksetwacom is possible though, but that I feel like focusing on the GUI bits are more important first 🙂

@redstrate@mastodon.art avatar redstrate , to random

I saw the Canon L1 (the camcorder, I hate Canon naming) and thought it was a perfect fit 📸

(yes, it really does have two grips)

Drawing of Merume, a four armed succubus. The drawing has no color, and is just lines. She is holding a Canon L1, which has two grips (yes, really.) She's also adjusting the huge interchangable lens, and holding some of her bangs back so she can look in the viewfinder. She's also wearing a really big T-Shirt.
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KDE is asleep, that means I can post Konqi (illegally??) eating a DVD 📀💾

Three drawings of KDE's mascot, the dragon Konqi. The first Konqi is sitting on the floor, taking a bite out of various forms of media such as DVDs, floppy disks and USB drives. He looks quite pleased with himself. The second Konqi is juggling said physical media in the air, somehow not dropping them in the process. The third and unfortunately final Konqi is finding DVDs inside of a cardbox box. He's also very pleased.
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summer fun 🏖️

i guess it makes sense for them to hang out together!

Two women are standing next to each other on a sunset being drowned in sunset. The one on the left has four arms, darker skin and medium length brown hair. She's also winking at you, and is clad in a very bright red swimsuit. The woman on the right has shorter light blue hair, smiling and has elven ears. She also has four arms, and one set is crossed. She is wearing a more de-saturated and muted red two piece. Her tail is curled towards herself.
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