Hello all. Hope I am in the right forum area. I have the latest (as of 2 weeks ago) Linux Mint on my PC. I am looking for a similar program to the old windows Paint program that I can run on Mint. I just want something basic so that I can import an image from my photo stack and draw lines, arrows and occasional text into the image. I tried Pinta but it keeps crashing - looked through the forums and there's lots about something called mono that's missing, needs updating, yada, yada. Much to complicated for me to follow. I looked at Gimp but my socks flew off across the room. So I am thinking maybe KolourPaint? I want something simple if possible. Any suggestions gratefully received/ Cheers
Paint like alternatives for Mint
- Thread starter JohnJ
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Brickwizard
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I don't know if one of these will fit the bill, [most will be in the Mint repository via the software manager]
- Pinta → drawing tools, image filters, colour adjustment tools, multiple image layers
- KolourPaint → easy-to-use paint program for KDE, similar to Microsoft Paint
- MyPaint → freehand drawing with extensive brush library, full screen mode, and pressure-sensitive tablet support
- Tux Paint → child-friendly, game-like drawing program
- Drawpile → collaborative drawing program
- mtPaint → pixel art and indexed palette images, ideal for detailed icon design
- GIMP → advanced image editor similar to Adobe Photoshop
Thanks Brick. Will give some of them a go. Except for Pinta (it keeps crashing) and Gimp blows my socks off. Cheers John
Krita is also an extremely good image/graphics editor.
Thank you. Will give it a go. Cheers
Of course, if JJ really wants MSPaint, he could run it.....under WINE. I've had it installed for years in Puppy.....though I wouldn't really recommend installing WINE just for this, since you're looking at around half-a-GB worth of Windows emulation for a 400 kb app.
I have WINE installed for a number of Windows apps I got handy with under Win XP, and never really found equivalents for in Linux. I don't use 'em often.....and some have even been ported to Linux, yet they just don't seem to work quite the same. So, I run them under WINE....
Mike.
I have WINE installed for a number of Windows apps I got handy with under Win XP, and never really found equivalents for in Linux. I don't use 'em often.....and some have even been ported to Linux, yet they just don't seem to work quite the same. So, I run them under WINE....
Mike.
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In Firefox they work great for me and the second one also runs from a local folder if you save the webpage as complete.
Vektor
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In Firefox they work great for me and the second one also runs from a local folder if you save the webpage as complete.
Vektor
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Thanks Vektor. Cheers JohnTry
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In Firefox they work great for me and the second one also runs from a local folder if you save the webpage as complete.
Vektor
Try Dibuja - https://launchpad.net/dibuja [1]
"Simple to use paint program like Paintbrush for Mac or classic MS Paint, but for Linux"
Screenshots: https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1129305/
[1] Edit to add project main page
"Simple to use paint program like Paintbrush for Mac or classic MS Paint, but for Linux"
Screenshots: https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1129305/
[1] Edit to add project main page
This is the same i think: [ https:// paint.js.org/ ]
The bright side is that there's no steep learning curve for those familiar with the Win7 version and it works without a need to install anything, but i regret not having the choice to pick its Win10 version instead...
To be entirely clear it's actually the link of Christian Liebel:
And this is how he commented it himself:
« Wait, I’ve seen this before
You’re right! The awesome JSPaint (GitHub) has been around for a long time and is, by far, more complete. In contrast to JSPaint, this project is offline-capable and makes use of modern web platform APIs. »
I had just read this other thread then got distracted after the nice findings:
How do I extract files from a self extracting exe file in Linux? (2024-Nov-28)
The principle seemed so effective i had to pop it up! Basically it's about a guy with limited computing resources and no option to install, so i thought that would be perfect if more of this also existed on-line...
Worthy a mention for sure! Being run remotely felt as an advantage to me, because all one needs is sufficient power to run his browser, while some real work is performed on a potentially more capable machine, elsewhere. That way the bottleneck is transferred and that's how even a modest client can give the impression of a mainframe if that's what it is connected too...
Hey @Egzoset
"Being run remotely felt as an advantage"
I cannot say with any authority but doesn't any browser cache the files locally? It is not a remote control like a vnc client.
Having a local copy means no internet is necessary and I like that. Whenever I find any cool online app I always save as complete web page and try it in a new tab. There are many that work which is awesome.
Remember to have fun,
Vektor
"Being run remotely felt as an advantage"
I cannot say with any authority but doesn't any browser cache the files locally? It is not a remote control like a vnc client.
Having a local copy means no internet is necessary and I like that. Whenever I find any cool online app I always save as complete web page and try it in a new tab. There are many that work which is awesome.
Remember to have fun,
Vektor
Yes, you're quite justified to bring correctives to that illusion which i was starting to move into, one like having FreeDOS on a tab, IMB OS/2 on the next, then why not Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows, Android and more... Memories mixed up, i was vaguely comparing to when i only needed my 4.7 MHz PC-XT to run a terminal emulator and TelNet to a remote system with much more punch that gave access to their Lynx on-line browser: this vintage text-mode application run locally would have crawled even if it could have executed at all.
As far as Pinta is concerned, yes; Mono IS required. I have a portable version I built for the Puppy community, based around an AppImage.....and said AppImage contains everything needed for it to run, including all the Mono libraries and routines that it needs.
To the best of my knowledge, I've never installed Mono in any of my Puppies.....yet Pinta-portable runs, sweet as a nut. This is of course essentially the Linux port of Paint.net. Just recently updated it to 2.1.1; plenty new enough for our lot.
I get this from AppImageHub:-
Mike.
To the best of my knowledge, I've never installed Mono in any of my Puppies.....yet Pinta-portable runs, sweet as a nut. This is of course essentially the Linux port of Paint.net. Just recently updated it to 2.1.1; plenty new enough for our lot.
I get this from AppImageHub:-
Pinta
Edit images and paint digitallyPinta is a image editing, drawing and painting application with a simple yet powerful interface. Pinta has a wide range of drawing tools, including: freehand,...
www.appimagehub.com
Mike.
It was pleasant to see this Pinta portable application loading without a fuss (once its properties were modified to allow execution), then to even find its magnifier without having to pull my hairs... Having already installed 6 others (Drawing, Inkscape, KolourPaint, Krita, mtPaint, MyPaint) i can't say i was optimistic, but now i can hope it's only a matter of learning curve. It seems to have features i'm going to appreciate comparatively to Win10's MSPaint, good suggestion!
P.S.:
'Pinta v2.1.2' is readily available to LMDE as a FlatPak (via FlatHub), though i seen mention of some huge download (817 MB ~ 1G1) requiring 2G7 ~ 3G6 space... In comparison, under Manjaro the toll went down considerably (DotNet Host 8 = 140K7 and DotNet RunTime 6 = 23 MB), no Cairo anymore. It appears Fedora and Manjaro can also have it via SnapCraft, but the CLI « sudo snap install pinta » didn't work as expected despite having tried to get snapd installed 1st. Instead simply go to the software utility or even Discover, which performed the wanted setup just fine, including under Endeavour as well.
P.S.:
'Pinta v2.1.2' is readily available to LMDE as a FlatPak (via FlatHub), though i seen mention of some huge download (817 MB ~ 1G1) requiring 2G7 ~ 3G6 space... In comparison, under Manjaro the toll went down considerably (DotNet Host 8 = 140K7 and DotNet RunTime 6 = 23 MB), no Cairo anymore. It appears Fedora and Manjaro can also have it via SnapCraft, but the CLI « sudo snap install pinta » didn't work as expected despite having tried to get snapd installed 1st. Instead simply go to the software utility or even Discover, which performed the wanted setup just fine, including under Endeavour as well.
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