

Your creativity/OCD can be let loose upon more than just the desktop – import image you want to annotate and away you go. There is probably very little benefit using a mouse with the tool over, say, something like Shutter’s Editing feature, but if you have a touchscreen or a digital graphics tablet Ardesia can be both fun and helpful. Ardesia in action on a HP touchsmart and a bamboo tablet on Ubuntu 10.10 nightlyĪrdesia works with most pointing devices – use your mouse, a touchscreen, a drawing tablet, or any other device supported by Linux. No longer do you need to stay within the rigid confines of application windows or dedicated drawing canvas’ – you can now treat your desktop like a chalkboard with Ardesia. OMG! reader Marko dropped us a tip on the following self-described ‘free painting software’ that allows you to use your fingers, mouse and/or graphics tablet to make free-hand sketches, notes and annotations upon your desktop. Ever wanted to use your desktop as a sketchpad? And by ‘use your desktop’ I do mean quite literally!
