So, for a while now, I've been using my Parblo Coast10 tablet on Linux mostly without issue, but because Parblo doesn't officially support Linux in their drivers, I've had to use third party drivers, which worked fine.... Well, until one of the more recent kernel updates. Now the drivers don't work, and my computer won't detect any input from the tablet.

I have a couple options to fix this. One would be to rewrite the drivers myself to work with the new kernel; it'd take a long time to learn, but I'd get to use my tablet and still use Linux. Option 2 would be to dual boot Linux and Windows 10; while this is one of the easier solutions from a technical standpoint, I don't have any boot media with Windows 10 on it, and I personally would rather avoid putting Windows back onto my laptop just to be able to draw, but if it can't be helped, it can't be helped. Option 3 would cost a lot, but is easy: get a new tablet. As I currently do not have a job here in Australia quite yet, this would be quite the hit on the wallet to take, but would arguably be the easiest, especially if I can find a cheap Wacom, which almost all Linux distros support out of the box.

Anyway, if y'all ever wonder why I won't be posting art* for a little while, now you know!

(*I do have a sketch pad to doodle in, and I might occasionally post a doodle or two from that if I feel like it.)