I see everyone's point about acrobat reader - but I run 50+ machines of Cent 4.5 and run remote desktops on all of them - I think the latest (8.*) version of Adobe Acrobat is miles and miles better than the bloated pig we used to have to use. I don't have issues with it remotely either. I find it quick and stable. (but I tend to only view text based reports) I haven't used evince on my setup but I have used kpdf remotely with no issues as well.
-Peter -Cardiff - UK
On 14/03/2008, Niki Kovacs contact@kikinovak.net wrote:
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
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