Comments on: Windows App Alternatives For Linux: MSPaint

By: Bangmovie

Bangmovie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:07:42 +0000

Thanks for the share. I am looking for MS Paint alternative for Gnome as I am migrating into linux (using Linux Mint). Your list comes in handy.

By: Jardle

Jardle — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:01:45 +0000

Kolourpaint is the best!!!

By: Vinod

Vinod — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:20:14 +0000

mtpaint is exactly what I was looking for. Take a screenshot. Crop down to area I’m focused on. Highlight the bug (or whatever) with a red circle. Copy and create a new smaller image with the clipboard contents. Save and email. Done.

Thanks for writing about it.

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By: George George

George George — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:50:50 +0000

What about xfig? I have been using xfig for stuff like this for a long time. It is a very old app but it is still quite functional and as you said no where NEAR as complex as gimp. It may be just because I am used to it but it seems much more functional and easy to use than the mtpaint app you recommended.

By: Mihai

Mihai — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:18:35 +0000

Open Office Draw is included by default in Ubuntu and you can easily draw circles and arrows in it.

By: Shantanu Goel

Shantanu Goel — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:09:35 +0000

@Benben: Thnx for the suggestion. I didn’t consider dia because of the same reason as u told (i wanted freehand drawing in conjunction with arrows etc). Plus, the export option in dia sucks. Whatever images I export from it into common formats, they always seem to be lousy and many times miss some of the artifacts..

By: Maarten

Maarten — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:53:54 +0000

Thanks for the article, I will try the programs to find out myself, though I really do not dislike Gimp!
Cheers,
Maarten

By: Benben

Benben — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:55:21 +0000

If all you want is to draw a couple of boxes, circles and arrows, may I suggest Dia. It is not a freehand drawing program like mspaint but a diagram drawing program like MS Visio. It is way faster than any of the drawing tools when it comes to putting arrows around shapes

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:58:28 +0000

Nice post!

Quick question, I installed gpaint and it does all I normally need, gimp is not that friendly. Only one thing I am not seeing… how to save as jpg? I do not get the option, however, I can save the undo versions as jpg? Strange… may be I am missing something very basic

Regards! Christian