Here’s about three different programs for Ubuntu that can replace Paint. They’re all free and open source… of course!. I found all of these programs thanks to this article on the Linux.org website, so I hope you enjoy everything documented here and please subscribe to our newsletter if you’d like more interesting reads!. If you like using Ubuntu make sure you check out some good books on Ubuntu here and of course that is an affiliate link so what ever you may buy we may earn a commission from it.

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Drawing

Drawing looks like a very basic app and you can see all the features you need right in front of you. Of course if that’s not enough for you, I believe the more advanced app to try in Ubuntu would be Gimp for advanced image editing features. Drawing supports PNG, JPEG and BMP files, and aiming at the GNOME desktop. It is mentioned also that the app works on any GNU-Linux systems regardless of desktop environment, and more traditional design user interfaces are available too, as well as an elementaryOS layout. This app should also be compatible with GNU-Linux smartphones (which I never knew they even existed!).

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Kolourpaint

Here is another free alternative to Paint for Ubuntu which has all the basic features you need to paint pictures and such and such in Ubuntu. It’s free and open source and can easily raster images. It’s useful for touch-ups and great for simple image editing tasks. There is support for drawing various shapes, lines, rectangles, rounded rectangles, ovals and polygons. It supports curves lines and text. You’ll also notice the color picker and selections. Then as well it has a rotation feature, monochrome, and other advanced effects.

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Pinta

And here is the final program which I actually got a chance to install and use in Ubuntu. With two images opened at the same time, the program was crashing on me, so maybe stick to just editing one image at a time. Anyway, as it is free, it is also open source and is great for drawing and image editing. It’s main goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, Windows and BSD. I was able to do everything I wanted to do with the program, though just before it decided to crash on me. Maybe that won’t happen to you, I don’t know. Maybe Ubuntu is just like that.

I was also looking around for a free screenshot utility for Ubuntu and found something called Flameshot, and so I tested it out and it works pretty well (but I still like the built in feature in Windows 10 a little bit better). Aside from that, it’s a great free program! (and it has not crashed on me yet so far).