A:AnswerWacom Intuos devices will work with some Linux systems. You can reference the Linux Wacom Project on Github for additional details. Bluetooth connectivity can be impacted by the use environment, other connected devices, as well as the quality of the Bluetooth hardware in the host computer. In general, users do not notice a performance difference between USB and Bluetooth.
A:AnswerThe "active area" is the area that you draw only. There are also buttons on top and about a 1/2 inch border around the active (drawing) area. If you look at a larger image...you will see the active area is gridded by small white dots, this is where you would draw with the pen, and this area is slightly smaller (8.5 x 5.3) than the total size of the device with buttons and border (10.4 ×7.8.)
A:AnswerNo. This device responds only to the pen and is not touch-sensitive. For those wanting to write or draw, this is a good thing as you get no distractions from your hand resting on the surface. But it will not do the touch and zoom effects that you want. Look for a tablet that has touch capabilities (these are often cheaper).
A:AnswerMy sister has been using the Intuos (medium size) for about two weeks now with Krita installed on an old machine running Windows 7; and we just tried it, today, on a machine running Manjaro Linux and it works also. There is a Linux driver and GUI tool for Wacom in the Linux repository (not provided by Wacom). There was an additional set up step in Linux to edit a config. file if the pen lags a bit and that involved commenting out a few lines of code is all. We cannot say if it does everything that can be done in Krita because she's only just started using the software.
