Xournal++ works well on desktop. Might give it a try
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It looks great! I'll definetly give it a try. Thanks!
For me Okular is the dog's. If you have snags with it, why not file some bugs? There are several links here: https://okular.kde.org/contact/
Yeah, I've used Okular for a while now on my desktop and it's generally been fine (definitly far better than GNOME's pdf reader), but I've found it's text insertion routine to be a bit finicky (although it's possible I may have missed a better way to do it), and I don't think it'll work well on a tablet. I will still give it a shot though once I can!
I use LibreDraw...haven't tried Okular
Oh, I almost forgot that it exists! I seem to remember it being a bit glichy (but the whole of libreoffice was like that on my system then due to an unrelated issue) and I'm not sure how well it will work on a tablet (it is libreoffice though, so even if it doesn't work well out of the box, I can probably get it to work better). I'll definitly give it another shot though!
I didn't even know there are Linux tablets out there...
Well, I'm putting it on a Microsoft Surface Pro (which really is just a tablet with an optional well-integrated attachable keyboard, and I'm only really going to be using it as a tablet). Due to it being a Microsoft device, it doesnt completely work out of the box with Linux, but there are a few projects out there to help it do so (like this).
Xournal++ if you need to edit pdf, Rnote if you need to take notes (it has infinite canvas like onenote). You may also want to check Krita, it is primarily a drawing application, but can draw on pdfs as well (not very practical tho)