Re: Replace Adobe Reader?


Paul

I cannot figure how the introduction of Linux to a discussion about Adobe being used on a Windows XP platform. Clearly you are way off topic! I thought you were an advocate for especting Usenet conventions? Clearly not!


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Paul Johnson wrote:
Eric wrote:


"Paul Johnson" <baloo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.

I don't know where Wikipedia would have gotten a definition of
freeware that includes "must distribute with source code", but for
most people, if they can download a program and run it without
paying anyone it is freeware. Most computer users do not contribute
to Wikipedia. If you check a software site, such as tucows.com, it
will label such programs as freeware.

Nobody takes tucows seriously, though. Freeware would be the right
word for no-charge proprietary software. Free software is about
freedom.

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.


What is 41KB? A compiled executable to view pdf files? Where do we
download it?

Debian mirrors are where I get it. This has a few thousand answers:
Google is your friend.

Is it a standalone program or do you need other software to
run it?

kpdf can be downloaded standalone in the kpdf package or bundled in
kdegraphics depending on where you find it.

Does it even run on Windows? Your directory listing looks like 'nix.
This is a Windows newsgroup.

True, but not everything can be done most efficiently in Windows.
Using PDFs is one of them.

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