Re: why pdf file at archive.org is so slow to open
On Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:03 +0800, loushanguan2015@sina.com wrote:
> i've found many books at archive.org in pdf formatbut reading them in
> acrobat for linux is painful, it's slow
> it's fast in acrobat for androidand i think it's fast in Windows
> adobe has stopped upgrade for linux
> i've tried evince, gnome default viewer, it crash
> https://archive.org/details/historyofmoderne0000sche file name:
> historyofmoderne0000sche.pdf
> above is an example, other pdf files at archive.org have same problem,
> slow! please test with example above before recommending pdf viewer
As far as I can see, the download is rather slow.
I guess you stop the download process too soon.
If the downloaded file is less than 17 MB, then it is not complete.
If I give it some time (1 or 2 minutes?), then the pdf is readable,
also in Evince.
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