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  • The devs have made an incredibly useful and fun tool for kids, but hampered it by ignoring some essential functionality. I had been recommending it to educator friends, but now I realize it was quite irresponsible of me. I cannot imagine a teacher running around managing this app in a classroom of kids. I've tinkered with this application for a few years now via Windows, Mac OS and Android, but never really delved into it until today. I just starting showing my kid how to use it on a new laptop, running Ubuntu. The app window opened comically small to start, but I found that there was no way to resize it. The only option was to minimize or close. I initially thought it was a bug, but after some minor digging, found that this is expected behavior across all platforms. There's a way to set a different default window size, but this is done via a separate application called Tux Paint Config, or via editing a config file manually. I am writing this review in 2023, not 1993. or even 2003... This visual art making tool has been in development for 20 years, it has some very some innovative features, like stereo sound feedback... as you drag the paint brush across the screen you get audible feedback on the brush's position... CRAZY COOL!... time and energy were put into this feature, yet the end user cannot adjust settings or resize the window from within the application. I'm sure there are some well thought out reasons for this among the Tux Paint devs, but egads ... resizing a window has been a fundamental part of working within a GUI for decades. All that being said, the app is free, and usable with some digging. While you should never look at a gift horse in the mouth, understand that you may be spending time than you care to, researching how to do very basic things in tux paint... like resizing a window.
    Reply from Tux Paint
    Posted 2023-03-16
    Thanks for your feedback. We generally recommend -- especially with young kids -- to simply run Tux Paint in fullscreen mode. (On Windows, there's a separate launcher that runs it this way, with no need to fiddle with configuration, in fact.)
  • It is a simple tool for children to use it for their own creative drawings. Very easy to download and use. A helpful, entertaining, and exciting drawing programme for kids ages 3 to 12. While drawing drawings, it blends a simple user interface with entertaining music effects. Also it is available for the majority of operating systems.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • The program is beautiful in that it can be drawn both by a child or an adult who wants to be distracted, and by people who are professionals in this field.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Amazing Version for working.
  • Works great. Highly recommend.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • It's Good for children
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • nostalgia
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Thanks for a great program under a free open source license!
    1 user found this review helpful.
    Reply from Tux Paint
    Posted 2021-09-02
    Glad you like it!
  • funny
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Great and extremely stimulating for a child's brain.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Great and extremely stimulating for a child's brain.
  • This app has very good idea of starter images. Children begin from them easily. My daughter too.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Good !
  • Awesome drawing program!
    3 users found this review helpful.
  • Wowo very nice software , Well I make that type of software
  • This is very good! Keep on doin' it!
    2 users found this review helpful.
  • Don't even broke MS Paint
  • It's fabulous, way better than MS paint
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • A very very good project!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Superb
    6 users found this review helpful.
  • WOW!!! Thanks, thats really great
    6 users found this review helpful.
  • First class
    5 users found this review helpful.
  • The very best on SF here, apreciate that!
    5 users found this review helpful.
  • Very helpfull!
    5 users found this review helpful.
  • While I have yet to extensively look through it, test it, and use it. It certainly looks like it will fit the bill and be quite useful for the kids. Some of my more likable & usable software has come from sourceforge and I expect the same here.
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