Re: Why is acroread so popular, and why are the free alternatives not good enough?
Am Friday, den 22 February hub Petter Reinholdtsen folgendes in die Tasten:
Hi!
> According to <URL:http://popcon.skolelinux.org/unknown/by_vote>,
> acroread is the most popular package in Debian Edu that is missing in
> Debian. 46% of the population got it installed, and 30% used it last
> week. Anyone know why it is so popular? What features does it
> provide that the free PDF viewers do not? Is there anything we could
> do to fulfil this need with free software?
While migrating to a new print system we tested many PDF viewers and
printer "drivers" and found that acroread it the tool which sucks
less.
I can handle the greatest number of (broken) PDF files and it seems to
be the best option for a PDF -> PS converter on the CUPS server.
All other tools (xpdf, kpdf, evince, youNameIt) had more problems and
sometimes refused to show a PDF file or showed crap on screen/paper.
Ciao
Max
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