I'm looking for a usable drawing program that only really needs to drawing features. I need something that straitens/smooths my lines when I use the pencil tool, because I can't draw a nice looking line (mouse or not) and has an easy-to-use-point-and-click paint bucket tool.

I've tried gimp 2.0, but that doesn't seem to make my lines nice. I've tried Sodipodi, but that doesn't have a nice fill tool. The bucket icon brings up some complex menu which looks like it could take awhile to use to fill an area. And I tried Inkscape...and no. Just...no. I couldn't figure out how to use any of the buttons. I also tried something that KDE came with, and I didn't like it much.

So does anyone know of a drawing program to do the two things I really need? Or am I going to go get some serious coding skills and hack the gimp to death?

Thanks in advance for any tips offered.

in gimp. use the pencil tool, click the start point , hold shift, move mouse to end point, click

Strait lines weren't exactly what I meant by straiten/smooth. I guess I was a bit unclear. Ever used sodipodi? When you draw freehand it makes the lines nicer for you, so your image doesn't look like it was done by someone who has just gulped down twenty cups of coffee.

I guess it boils down to me looking for a drawing program as nice as Flash MX was. I don't want the fancy layers and animations and those dodads, just the drawing features...

But thanks, and sorry for being unclear. =)

The gimp will make nice smooth lines for you. you can use a freehand pencil, paint brush, or ink. They all look good.

I think if you give inkscape five minutes you might find it to be quite good. It'll smooth lines out for you