Tux Paint
by Bill Kendrick, et al.
A drawing program for children
About
Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.
Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.
Permissions
2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
--socket=x11 - access to unrecognised path 'xdg-pictures/TuxPaint:create'
--filesystem=xdg-pictures/TuxPaint:create - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - audio
--socket=pulseaudio - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - GPU acceleration
--device=dri
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