I have already tried 2 wacom models and just yesterday a student who I am teaching Ubuntu to brought a Wacom tablet, the Bamboo Create one. For 12.10 and 13.04 (The ones I tested yesterday for the class) you can simply connect the device and it will work out of the box.

If you need to configure anything for it (Like sensibility, orientation...) you will need to go to the System Settings panel and select Wacom Tablet.



It should give you all options available for that particular tablet.

For programs that work with it, well we tested yesterday Gimp, Inkscape and even the Compiz Fire effect. It could also be used as a touchscreen to select items in the Desktop.

WACOM Bamboo FUN Pen&Touch
Do the sentences 


  She might be only 28, but Jodie
  Whittaker....


and


  My parents would have walked along the
  Barrow


wrongly suggest doubt, or are they normal usage? Are there names for these constructions?
Taken from Irish Times .



I googled "would have spent their time". 
Many cases were counterfactuals ("... otherwise they would have spent their time...”)
But plenty simply describe past events, as the in the usage sited above.
I couldn't detect a regional bias.
As an Irish-English speaker this usage is unremarkable for example I might say


  This is the exact spot where Caesar
  would have crossed the Rubicon


I think the intention is to evoke the event rather than just record it.
