Acrobat Reader 8 not working in FC1

[Ko Pu]

Thanks so much for all your replies, I downloaded the 5.07 file from 
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/acroread/, installed it and it's working 
fine. Thanks again for all of your help.

Thanks in advance for your comment/suggestion

Ko Fei Pu
mailto:ko_pu at nospamhotmail.com




>From: Marius Andreiana <mandreiana at rdslink.ro>
>Reply-To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>To: fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: RE: Acrobat Reader 8 not working in FC1
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:16:54 +0200
>
>On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 21:31, john.rehmert at speakeasy.net wrote:
> > -->
> > --> Has anybody succeded in making AR5.08 working under FC1? I
> > --> downloaded the
> > --> file from Adobe and installed several times, but it still
> > --> won't work.
>get a rpm whenever possible
>google gives this
>http://dag.wieers.com/packages/acroread/
>you want the ones wih 'fc1' and 'i386' in filename
>
> > Is there a reason you're not using xpdf (X PDF Viewer) or gpdf (GNOME 
>PDF
> > Viewer)?
>adobe is simply much more comfortable to use. It has bookmarks, you can
>read documents by pressing page-down and not miss anything (gnome pdf
>moves an entire page, even if it doesn't fit into screen), printing
>works as expected, rendering is faster.
>
>This is an example where 'simple' proprietary applications are better
>than open source ones, which usually don't have some basic features
>(copy-paste working properly, or Search in nautilus text view).
>
>A good example where OSS is better than proprietary at simple desktop
>applications is gaim vs. yahoo messenger (which on linux sucks at
>usability and features).
>
>Unfortunately criticism like this, coming from regular end-users, is
>usually not well received by OSS developers (ignored or "do it
>yourself")
>
>--
>Marius Andreiana
>Galuna - Solutii Linux in Romania
>http://www.galuna.ro
>
>
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