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

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