if it's simple enough, just lines, text, basic shapes, some colors, xfig does a very good job. exports in many formats as well.
On [Tue Mar 13 11:49], Nick Cummings wrote: > I need to make a few drawings for a paper I'm working on. The drawings > I'm talking about will just be lines, arrows, and numbers, essentially. > Can anyone suggest some good Linux software for this task? > > My criteria for goodness are basically that it be free (as in beer), easy > to learn to use (at least at a basic level) and featureful/stable enough > to be used for my modest purposes. > > I've used Adobe Illustrator for these purposes once or twice before, but > it seems like overkill, and I can't use it at home on my Linux machine. I > looked around and saw some promising sounding candidates, like Sketch and > Inkscape. And maybe you can do everything I want with the Gimp easily > enough. I figured that someone else probably has experience with this. > > Thanks, > > Nick
