Is their a program that allows you to draw on your desktop?

[iShurtugal]

Title says it all, I am looking for a program like screen marker for windows or Magic Pen for mac.

screenmarker:



Magic Pen:



Thanks, IShurtugal

Also, I want a standalone program, not a compiz addon. I tried that and it didn't work, as my computer has a CRAPPY graphics card.

[agnes]

No. Never heard of any besides Compiz...

[David Andersson]

There is gromit in the repository (at least in Karmic). I cannot find it in the menus, so I start it from the command line. After starting it, switch drawing on/off with the Pause key. Clear drawings with Shift-Pause. I don't know if one can change color. And it draws too much artifacts on my system. Maybe you have better luck. Or maybe it isn't good enough.

[iShurtugal]

gromit would be an awesome program if it didn't lag 5 seconds behind my mouse.....
Mabey i should look at compiz again, but i hate all the effects....

[NM5TF]

don't know what you are trying to draw, but have you checked out the Open Office Org, "Draw" app???

[iShurtugal]

i need to draw OVER my screen, not on a blank file or in an image editor, Compiz works, but I'd like to have something that allows me to draw a strait line using a key combination.

[JBAlaska]

gromit would be an awesome program if it didn't lag 5 seconds behind my mouse.....
Mabey i should look at compiz again, but i hate all the effects....

So I guess drawing on your screen with fire would be out of the question.

Seriously just install CCSM "compizconfig-settings-manager"
and you can turn off all the effects except the one(s) you want.

Edit: How in the world anyone can use a OS without "Wobbly Windows" is beyond my comprehension. Lol's