Software to utilize digital pen or graphics tablet on Ubuntu 20.04

Question

I recently bought a laptop that comes with a digital pen. Ubuntu 20.04 detects the pen. What all apps can I use to utilize the pen?

Answer 1

For taking notes

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To draw and take notes, you can use Xournal++, an actively maintained free and open source program.

(Image credit - Xournal++ readme)

Enter the following commands in a terminal to install it from its stable PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/xournalpp-stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install xournalpp

Alternatively, you can use the .deb package, or the flatpak version, as described in the readme of the project.

https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/#installing

For drawing

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You can use Krita to draw and create professional graphics. It has a lot of features. Many tutorials are available online (and also in youtube).

sudo apt install krita

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Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the development of either Krita or Xournal++, but I am the maintainer of the stable PPA for Xournal++.