Have you ever wished that you could freeze your Linux desktop screen and draw anything on it? Or, you may want to point out or highlight a part of you

Gromit-MPX Lets You Draw Anywhere On Linux Desktop Screen

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2021-05-24 11:30:11

Have you ever wished that you could freeze your Linux desktop screen and draw anything on it? Or, you may want to point out or highlight a part of your app or desktop to someone else while screen recording on Linux?

Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over MIscellaneous Things – Multi-Pointer EXtension) is a free and open-source tool that lets you annotate anywhere on the screen. The best thing about the app is it does not restrict you to use it only on one desktop environment.

Rather, Gromit-MPX is desktop-independent and supports all Unix-based desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE, and Xfce under both X11 and Wayland windowing sessions.

Even for X11, if you have a second pair of input devices and want to use it to annotate in place of the first pair, the app lets you set both a pointer for a dedicated annotation device and a multi-pointer at once.

Another thing that makes Gromit-MPX quite different from other available annotation tools is its easy-to-use and distraction-free philosophy.

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