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Adobe Releases Acrobat Client for Linux

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-pdf dept.

DanMan writes "Adobe has released a reader client (Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0) for the linux operating system. No news on open sourcing the client, but they're making a start. You can download the client from their site."

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  1. awesome! by alatesystems · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's almost as cool as the day you could already get it from Adobe's FTP.

  2. Ive used for some time by xtracto · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I have been using the new version for a week and much more impressed with it than I was with version 5.

    Here are the things I like:

    * Uses GTK. I am not GTK fanboy (I prefer GNUStep), but at least it is better than that awful interface the previous versions had.
    * Mozilla plugin that works just like it does on the popular legacy operating system still floating around out there.
    * It is basically a tar file, no hidden toolbars to install for you.
    * Way snappier than the previous version.
    * No more having to mess with numlock to get pgup/pgdn working.
    * Has preference settings for a MUA a web browser and several other apps you can launch for various functions (e.g., I open a PDF in Firefox and click the email button to see it open a new compose window in Thunderbird with the PDF I am viewing in Firefox already attached. Sweet!)

    Things I don't like:

    * The went to that blasted MDI. I want every flipping document to open in its own window. Is that so hard? Is it too much to ask?
    * The OK button in all the dialogs is squished, quite annoying.
    * You must manually include it in your menu. It should at least hit the majors (GNOME, KDE).

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    Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
  3. Not surprising by robwicks · · Score: -1, Redundant

    IIRC, versions 5 and 6 were also put out for Linux. Shouldn't the title then be, "Adobe continues to support Linux"? Though why they would discontinue such support is beyond me, since the OS is more popular now than ever. Must *really* be a slow news day to let this one slip in on the front page.

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    Logic ... merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who

  4. is this news? by gustgr · · Score: 1, Redundant

    adobe acrobat reader has been out there for a while (at least for 5 or 6 years).

  5. key maapping by xixax · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I hope they actually bother paying attention to my mouse preferences. Version 5 ignores my scroll wheel and it uses clunky Motif widgets (bleagh).

    More likely they'll only use the opportunity include some of the more unpleasant misfeatures like spying.

    Xix.
    (damn mouse button!)

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    "Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
  6. Printing sux by vandan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They're idea of a printing interface is 'lpr'.
    gpdf is faster and has a *much* better ( gnome ) printing interface.

  7. mod (-5, DUPE) by essreenim · · Score: 0, Redundant
    This is sooo old news. And acrobat reader has been available for Linux for centuries...

    In other fresh and hot news:

    ****THE POPe HAS DIES*****

  8. It's been out on debian-marillat for a while by jdfox · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Christian Marillat has been offering this for several weeks now, in his Debian repository.

    I just upgraded to Acroread 7.03 from there.
    And there are all sort of other fine goodies in there too: mplayer, codecs, etc., not available in the main repositories.

    Thanks, Christian!