KDE/Krita: XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro tablet on Linux and KDE Security Policy
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~redstrate / Fixing the XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro tablet on Linux
While almost every part of the tablet works, only one of the two stylus buttons is functional. One button is middle mouse click, and the other one is right mouse click. For some reason, only the first stylus button works! This is obviously troublesome, so where do we begin to fix this issue? Let me take you on a journey, if you have no experience with how input works on Linux - well that makes two of us!
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~redstrate / Follow-up: Fixing the XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro tablet on Linux
So as described in the original post, I have to patch the uclogic HID driver. Let’s start by going through the process of submitting a patch upstream!
Before we even think about sending this patch upstream, I have to first - fix it. While the patch is mostly fine in it’s original form, there is one big issue I would like to tackle - which is the tablet frame buttons. Not even the original author seemed to figure out this issue, so I’m excited to jump in and figure it out.
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KDE policy made my digital life more secure
Two month ago, in October 2022, KDE's GitLab made me use a two-factor authentication (2FA). Without a second factor, I was no longer able to push code, comment on merge requests, or contribute anything meaningful on KDE Invent.
For a long time, I have known I should use two-factor authentication for my important accounts; especially for those accounts used to commit code other people are executing because they trust me. But I was too lazy to have everything prepared to use the second factor.
Thanks to Ben and the KDE infrastructure team, there were no more excuses and I had to set up a secure login.