[CentOS] evince on centos5.1

[Niki Kovacs]

William L. Maltby a écrit :

>>
>> Is there an alternative?
>  I use Adobe's acroread. Works very well. But don't get the 8.* series -
> it's broken in printer interface and is a little bloated do to a not yet
> really useful voice reader capability.

I'm using CentOS 5.1 for all our desktops in public libraries around 
here. People around here handle various PDF's all the time. Most of the 
components are lightweight, since we have some older hardware: minimal 
cholesterol-free base system, XFCE desktop, ... and applications with a 
possibly small footprint.

Acroread sure handles PDF well, and the browser plugin comes in handy 
too. On the downside, it's closed source, weighs several dozen MB's and 
has the bad habit of "phoning home". So I just decided to do without, 
and rely on Evince and maybe xpdf (following a hint of R. Herring on 
this list). It's a bit like deciding to feed sanely, without cholesterol 
or genetically modified food. In the long run, you're better off.

cheers,

Niki