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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by kfrzcode on Thursday May 14, 2020 @04:00PM (#23184599)
Okular works fine, is not bloatware, doesn't spam me with ads and works just for all my annotation & viewing needs.

It's also Free software & respects data/privacy.

Don't like KDE-based software? How about Evince, Skim, Xpdf, gv...

https://pdfreaders.org/

I say, stop moving everything to the web browser!

Actually... stop using OS X altogether. The infamous High Sierra root-login vulnerability is harrowing enough and I'm gobsmacked as to why folks didn't abandon Apple at that point.

I've been happy, gainfully employed, and quite successful in all ventures using Debian + free software, exclusively, for nearly 8 years. I'm not the only one. Happy to help anyone migrate should they have challenges!

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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by BlueTemplar on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:39AM (#23190412)
We should stop using PDFs so much, the use case for a fixed layout is getting more and more rare these days...
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