Intuos5 support was added by Jason, a Wacom developer, on 4-4-12. I'm pretty sure somewhere on their site Wacom links to the Linux Wacom Project because I've seen the link. btw Linux support is not mentioned anywhere on the wacom website for this product. I'd love to know if anybody can offer a plausible explanation as to why things just work with this device, as it seems like windows and mac users have to perform the additional step of installing drivers and possibly even rebooting. Also the scroll feature works flawlessly by rolling over the circular tablet controller. for example I can scroll with two fingers, zoom in and out and right click with a two-finger double tap in firefox.
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What I'm really impressed with, is that the touch settings including the buttons on the tablet also work (this obviously has nothing to do with the wizardpen driver). Just to clarify I did use a genius pensketch (which used the wizard pen driver) on this same machine so perhaps that had something to do with it? I'm so impressed with Ubuntu, that I had to post about it here No driver installation, no messing around with xinput no tweaks. As tablets go, this is as good as it gets and if you’re looking for the ultimate cursor control when you’re editing, you won’t be left disappointed.I was really surprised when I got my intuos 5 as I was expecting to spend a couple of hours playing around with drivers and xinput settings, but I was so excited when I simply plugged it into my ubuntu 12.04 machine and it just worked! The Medium sized tablet sits neatly in front of any keyboard but if the dimensions seem too large, there’s a smaller (320 mm x 208 mm x 12 mm) model available for £195. The ten replacement pen nibs provide a different feel on the tablet’s surface and there’s a Medium pen-only version for £60 less if you can live without the touch function.
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The build quality is strong and durable, and the touch functionality is excellent for navigating through web pages. Installing the tablet is effortless and takes less than 10 minutes. The Wireless Accessory kit (£34) comes with a wireless module and rechargeable battery that slot in the tablet and when the USB receiver is plugged in to the computer, it’s good for 15 hours of wireless connectivity with a 10m range. Supporting tilt control (60degrees) for angled brush strokes and 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity on the tip of the pen, again much like the Intuos 4, this latest model benefits from wireless support. It has been lost in an effort to keep the surface design as simple as possible, but if you’d like to refer to which buttons are assigned to which command you can lightly touch any button to load an onscreen guide. The visual display that revealed the icon of each Express Key command on the Intuos 4 is no longer present however. The layout of eight Express keys at the side is virtually identical to previous models and the touch ring in-between allows you to zoom in or out, cycle through layers, alter brush size and rotate images when working Photoshop, Elements or Lightroom. When you’re not using the pen, there’s the option of swiping your fingers across the tablet surface to control cursor movement and thanks to the new illuminated corners it’s easy to identify the 224 mm x 140 mm active surface area.
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With an all-new matte finish and a thin ergonomic design, the Intuos 5 has a sleek appearance and adopts touch-functionality that was first introduced into Wacom’s Bamboo series. The Intuos 5 is the latest tablet to be added to Wacom’s range and advances on its predecessor – the Intuos 4. If you’re a photographer, graphics designer or artist that desires precise control of your cursor when editing, a professional pen tablet can make all the difference.