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Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers
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The company's reason is "brand protection":
The last part of that reply is very wrong.
The article also has a reply from Peter Hutterer, a "senior software engineer at Red Hat and a maintainer of Linux's core input device handling infrastructure since decades", which is worth reading.
It makes me only look at Wacom, because of their strong Linux support, so probably not great for the other companies.
Have had a small cheap wacom bamboo for more than 10 years. Not only the device works great in itself and it's quite sturdy but its support on Linux has always been stellar. Absolutely no complaints whatsoever.