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Compiz used to allow drawing on the screen (either normally, or with fire), but sadly it fell out of maintainence.

This should really be a standard feature of the UI.

KDE -- I guess they want us to call it Plasma nowadays -- still has this feature (it's off by default, but you can enable it in Desktop Effects). It's pretty clunky to use, though: you have to hold down both Shift and Meta while drawing with the mouse. And I don't think you can draw with fire.

Sadly, no fire but you can change the colour and thickness of the line. You can also set your own key bindings.

> or with fire

Haha, I miss those fun days ! Fire, cube desktops and wobbly windows everywhere.

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