I use a Bamboo Fun http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_fun.php on my Windows machine, and I love it. There are Linux drivers for the entire Bamboo line, so I'm assuming there's an available specification, if you're feeling ambitions and want something more like your laptops track pad.
> > How the hell is a shape patentable? > > Things come in various shapes, and things can be patented, so there you go. > It's part of the patent. Still, shapes and lines are the basic components of art, and last time I checked the arts weren't patentable.
