Is there a program like Microsoft Paint?

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I'm slowly getting used to Ubuntu; for I've been a Windows user as long as I've used any computer. I'm hoping someone can suggest a good graphics software.

I'm simply looking for one that works close to Microsoft Paint. (Paint brush functionality, simple paint operations, etc)
Does Ubuntu offer anything like it?

score 370 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 01 '21 at 13:23

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The closest MS Paint clone is Pinta. I regard it as vastly superior to MS Paint, but it retains its simplicity.

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Edit

On latest Ubuntu, you have to update permissions to avoid crash.

Launch permission window from Software.
Enable the last permission "Read/Write files on removable storage devices."

edited Jul 01 '21 at 13:23

DevLoverUmar

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answered Apr 23 '11 at 09:07

fossfreedom

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score 66 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 31 '16 at 23:51

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For a basic MS Paint clone I would also suggest xpaint and kolourpaint. Both are available on the Software Centre.

xpaint:

kolourpaint:

edited Aug 31 '16 at 23:51

Jay Sullivan

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answered Apr 23 '11 at 16:41

user14854

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score 52 · Answer 3 · edited May 01 '12 at 03:29

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There is also Gnome Paint.

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edited May 01 '12 at 03:29

Jjed

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answered Apr 23 '11 at 10:26

raylu

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score 24 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 27 '13 at 16:03

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mtPaint is a lightweight equivalent of Microsoft Paint. It is lighter (requires only 1 MB to install because it depends on GTK which Ubuntu has out-of-the-box) than Pinta, which needs 20 MB disc space on a standard Ubuntu install because of the Mono dependency.

mtPaint is documented, unlike Pinta: mtPaint handbook

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Janus Troelsen

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answered Dec 02 '12 at 15:28

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score 13 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 01 '23 at 14:11

Ubuntu has GIMP in the default repositories. GIMP is far more powerful than Paint, but you needn't use all of its functions.

To install GIMP in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type:

sudo apt install gimp

You just need an good introduction. At Meet the Gimp there are many, many comfortable video tutorials. It isn't easy to not get lost in the big number of options with gimp, but sooner or later you need more, than some simple program is offering, so it might be easier to learn one program in depth than first an easy one, and then the more complicated one too.

knb · Answer 6 · 2021-07-15T09:45:27.043

Look at shutter, the feature rich screenshot tool. In Microsoft App terms, it is actually a combination of the snipping tool and ms paint.

It captures screenshots, but it also has an edit mode for the screenshots (or some file you can load from your hard drive) with some basic drawing tools, which are well thought-out and quite usable for inserting arrows and numbers into images, cropping, etc. Things you do to images to cut +paste them into presentations, after editing.

Update 2021: These days, I would install Shutter from Snapcraft

score 6 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 21 '13 at 06:25

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It isn't Paint exactly but I really like Inkscape. It is a vector graphics editor.

Maybe that is more than you want.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/

Its also in the repository

answered Aug 21 '13 at 06:25

Xt8088

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