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 at 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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >