Tux Paint
Open Source Drawing Software for Children


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Tux Paint is free computer art software for children.





 
The Web tuxpaint.org
“The great thing about Tux Paint is that it's giving children inspiration to create digital imagery. ... it's great for older users too.” — Creative Mac, March 2007


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Submit Artwork

Have you, your children, or your students created wonderful art using Tux Paint that you'd like to share?

E-mail it to bill@newbreedsoftware.com, along with the following information:


Where Are the Pictures?

The exact names of folders may differ, depending on your version of Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, and your system language preferences and other settings. (When in doubt, you can use your computer's search tools to look for folders named "tuxpaint".)

  • Windows Vista
    Look in "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved
  • Windows (earlier than Vista: 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP)
    By default (as of version 0.9.15), they are stored in the "TuxPaint" folder within the user's "Application Data" folder, e.g.: "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\TuxPaint\saved"
  • Mac OS X
    By default, they are stored in the the "tuxpaint" folder within the user's "Application Support" folder, e.g., "/Users/Username/Library/Applicaton Support/TuxPaint/saved/". (Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.15, they may be under "Preferences" instead of "Application Support".)
  • Linux and Unix
    By default, they are stored in the ".tuxpaint" directory, within the user's home directory, e.g., "/home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/".
  • OLPC XO-1 (Sugar)
    By default, they are stored deep inside the ".sugar" directory within the user's home directory, e.g., "/home/username/.sugar/default/org.tuxpaint.sugar-is-lame/data/.tuxpaint/saved".

(If you use the "savedir" option in Tux Paint, then the files will, of course, be stored in the directory you specified.)


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Did you know? Tux Paint is not shareware, it's open source. So it's free, forever!