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Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux

Posted by Hemos on from the get-er-done dept.

Sometimes_Rational writes "There is now one less thing for Windows and Mac users to point to when claiming desktop usability superiority. While not officially listed in Adobe's download page, you can get Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux from the company's FTP server according to this article at The Inquirer , which also has a review. The upshot is that Reader 7.0 for Linux is as bloated as its Windows and Mac siblings, but it loads much faster and is more useable than version 5. I imagine that this will get loads of comments about how Reader for Linux headed downhill after version 4. Or was it 3?"

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  1. Re:After reading a few comments here. . . by Brandybuck · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Corporate types wanna know silly things like why do I use something called xpdf and my colleagues at xyz company have the newest adobe.

    How the heck do they even know about xpdf? Are you walking around with an xpdf teeshirt or something? Doing stealth installs of xpdf on their systems? I used FreeBSD on my corporate desktop for three years and not one person ever asked me a silly question like that.

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  2. [OT] sig by leonbrooks · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    According to Slashdot users, I'm funny, insightful and interesting! So why aren't girls all over me?
    Er, could it be that [for all practical purposes] none of the people rating you are girls?
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