Linux isn’t short of traditional note taking apps, but handwritten notes? Taking those is a little trickier. Is considered the go-to app for touchscreen Linux users who want to make handwritten notes on virtual paper using a stylus or a finder. But I recently discovered a free Xournal alternative for Linux (as well as Windows, Mac and Android) that is specifically tailored for taking handwritten text.

It’s called (aptly) ‘ Write‘. The Perfect Handwritten Notes App for Linux? Isn’t particularly new, but it’s not an app that merits much in the way of mentions online. Prior to today I hadn’t heard of it, and there’s a good chance it’ll be ‘new’ to many of you, too. Write is free (but not open-source) software. It’s available to download for Windows, Linux and Mac (though presumably you’d need to be using the Duet display app with an iPad to get stylus support on macOS). Although the app hasn’t seen a major update since 2013 –!

Nov 27, 2009 - In Windows I had been using MyScript Stylus for handwriting. In the world of Linux OS you cannot just install any old software with Linux. May 4, 2015 - MyScript Stylus - Handwriting Keyboard - Designed for iPhone, iPod and iPad, MyScript Stylus provides a handwriting alternative to onscreen.

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You can’t scrawl your ideas down and have them instanta-magically converted into regular digital text to copy/paste elsewhere. No, Write is pitched as “a word processor for handwriting” and has a feature set designed specifically for touchscreen use, ideally with a stylus (though there’s no reason why it wouldn’t also work with a smudgy finger).

Essentially it’s a drawing app that caters to the written word, freehand notes, diagrams and that sort of thing. Although not a directly comparable product Write does reminds me (in some ways) of, an app Microsoft often use to demo stylus support on Windows devices.

Like OneNote Write has an infinitely scrolling canvas. This means you’re not restricted within the bounds of a particular page size.The app allows you to literally scribble away for as long as you need to without needing to click any buttons to add more pages.

This is a fairly broad question, so I will try to keep it as focused as I can. I currently own a Lenovo laptop with Ubuntu installed and touchscreen functionality and own a, and been trying to make the two work together as a cheap Cintiq-like tablet. The pen has, unfortunately, support for only specific apps for iOS phones and tablets. So after lots of research, I've managed to interface with the pen and create a uinput device for it, so I can register button clicks and pressure changes on the pen and even see them routed to GIMP when configuring the device through the Input Controllers menu. The code I have so far for that interface is. The trouble starts when trying to test it out with GIMP. From what I gather, this is because GIMP assumes Wacom devices report their own position, treats touchscreen touches as mouse movements and only allows input from a single device at a time.

My question is, how can I work around this? More specifically, how can I create a uinput device that would behave as a Wacom tablet and supersede/block the behavior I described? Or if there's a different solution, such as patching GIMP or writing a plugin for it. Update (2014-06-07) The code mentioned above now works. I have written a blog post on the process of getting this to work.