[Request] Program to make maps

Hi, does anyone know a program which I can make maps with on Linux?
I've tried Pinta but it can't save at 24bit. I also tried gimp but I completely hate it (on Linux), it's a retarded program.

 

I'm not going to install stupid Windows and what should I wine? As wining paint.NET is very difficult/impossible and total shit in wine.

 

Try Aseprite...Great program,never tried the Linux version though... :)

 

It's total shit (in general and very for maps).

 

I recommend you check these out :

• http://www.kanzelsberger.com/pixel/
  
• https://code.google.com/p/grafx2/ (recommended)
  
• http://mypaint.intilinux.com/
  
• http://www.gimp.org/
  
• http://www.pencil-animation.org/
  
• http://krita.org/
  
• http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/

Hope this helps :)

 

try a good OS

 

actually it was helpful,because if he switch to windows he would be able to use better programs

 

I would but windows sucks and Linux is good.
-Linux hardly has any viruses
-It almost never crashes while (old) windows do (e.g XP and below)
-Viruses, trojans, adware, spyware... Windows lets all these enter your computer pretty easily. The average period of time before a Windows PC (connected to the Internet and with a default "Service Pack 2" installation) gets infected is 40 minutes (and it sometimes takes as little time as 30 seconds).
Linux is open source which means many people can easily say what to improve so there are no open 'holes' (fact).
-Linux is free which means it's build for people and not for money
-No crapware installed by default
-Freedom
-When you get Linux (such as Ubuntu, Mandriva, Fedora, etc., these are different "flavors" of Linux), you also get, without installing anything more :

• Everything you need to write texts, edit spreadsheets, make neat presentations, draw, edit equations.
• A web browser (eg Firefox) and an email program (eg Thunderbird, or Evolution).
• An image editor (GIMP) nearly as powerful as Photoshop.
• An instant messenger.
• A movie player.
• A music player and organizer.
• A PDF reader.
• Everything you need to uncompress archives (ZIP, etc.).

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Linux doesn't need separate drivers. All the drivers are already included in the Linux kernel, the core of the system, and that comes with every single Linux installation. This means:

• A very fast and standalone installation process. Once you're done, you have everything you need to start working (including the software you'll be using, see "When the system has installed..." item on this website).
• Out-of-the-box ready peripherals.
• Less harm for the planet because all these CDs don't need to come with hardware any more (well, at least once Windows don't need them either...).

-Windows has a pretty convenient tool called "Windows update", which allows you to update your system with the latest updates available, but what if you want to update non-windows stuff? Linux has a central place called the "Package manager", which takes care of everything installed on your system, but also every single piece of software your computer has. So if you want to keep everything up-to-date, the only thing you need to do is press the "Install Updates" button
-Around 25 commercial programs (+- 25% is must-have) on Windows with a total of a few thousand dollars are free open-source programs on Linux


Please tell if I need to continue.

 

let me reformulate what i said:
get a OS that can run good programs

and no,stop,that's not a discussion to see what OS is better,an OS is better at something while another is not,windows has a bigger program support you have to admit it
edit:
it was a joke anyway,i've tried to install linux once,i don't think linux is bad,it's just bad at program support

 

How am I spposed to make maps in that? Not even a color picker/zoom/grid, I wonder if it exports in 24/32bits so KAG can run it too..

 

I remember there was a good PDN version for linux using mono, but I don't remember its name.
I tried it on ubuntu ( Don't have it anymore ) and it was nice.

 

I've spent around an hour changing gimp so it's more acceptable to use. So I wanted to start, but the pencil only gave 'dots' from 100 by 100 and I couldn't change it abywhere in tool options, same for eraser, there wasn't an option to turn blur or whatever you call it off.