Re: Replace Adobe Reader?
- From: Paul Johnson <baloo@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:54:43 -0800
Eric wrote:
I didn't bother to click your link because it doesn't matter what your
definition of "free software" is. Apparently it is different than the
general population of today's computer users.
The general population of today's computer users says you're wrong.
Wikipedia is edited by the general population of today's computer users.
The fact is, it doesn't matter if it's considered "proprietary" and
doesn't come with source code. If you can download it and run it and never
have to pay anyone, it is free.
No, thats no-charge, not free. The software and it's developers do not
respect your freedoms as a user, therefor not free.
Foxit reader is also much smaller than your 7MB bloatware. Unzipped,
their latest version is one 3700KB exe file.
That's just how it's distributed with other programs in kdegraphics, which
contains all the optional graphics-related KDE packages (they're bundled
together because many people install them together whether or not they're
bundled; with free software, things get bundled because people actually use
the software that way and not because of some marketing agreement). Actual
program size is 41 kilobytes.
baloo@ursa-major:~$ ls /usr/bin/kpdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41K 2006-11-14 16:10 /usr/bin/kpdf
Foxit is *ninety times* that size.
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