[GTALUG] Adobe Reader Alternatives for Linux

[Mauro Souza]

I use playonlinux and installed Adobe Reader X. Works fine. It dies from
time to time, but usually works for me.

On Oct 11, 2017 11:40, "ac via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:18:31 -0400
> Dhaval Giani via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Myles Braithwaite 👾 <me at mylesb.ca>
> > wrote:
> > > Dhaval Giani via talk wrote:
> > >> However the government of Canada (in its infinite wisdom) has
> > >> mandated that to open and fill their forms, one use Adobe Reader.
> > >> (As an example see
> > >> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/citizen/CIT0002E-2.pdf ).
> > >> Alternatives?
> > > Not sure if you tried this yet but Adobe released a version of
> > > Acrobat Reader for Linux in 2013 you can still download off their
> > > FTP server:
> > > <ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/>.
> > Hi Myles,
> > I thought about it. But 4 yr old software, from a company that has a
> > history of security issues? :-). Not my first choice.
> >
> //adjust tinfoil to scratch head
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-
> lab-israel-russia-hacking.html
>
> the NSA also has "assets"? **amazed**  - wondering who else has assets
> and how these assets work :)
>
> Andre
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