I use Blender, Gimp, Inkscape and many other open source programs. I am in no way saying that anything is "better" than any other program. In fact, many commercial programs fall short when I compare them to open source. However I think we can rule out drivers since this thread has mention ...

I am running XP sp3 and I have a Genius Tablet. Same problem (pretty sure it is the same) the X axis seems to be locked off to the far left on both Gimp and Inkscape. It can still function with the buttons but as soon as it enters the drawing area it looses the X axis on the pen. This is not the fau...