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Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by abhgh on Sunday July 27, 2014 @10:18AM (#8092796)
"there are a bunch of things that are only implemented in Adobe Reader"

this is actually accurate (for ex how many know that the reader has a Javascript execution engine integrated into it?) - when people say that there are other free 'alternatives' anyway, most miss out on this fact. Like you mentioned, good alternatives cover 95% of the use-cases, so almost no one discovers this by hitting a wall.

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Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday July 27, 2014 @01:31PM (#8093352)
>for ex how many know that the reader has a Javascript execution engine integrated into it?

I always treated that as a bug, not a feature, and prefer non-adobe readers even on Windows.

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Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by abhgh on Monday July 28, 2014 @02:17PM (#8098450)
Why? I would be interested to know. My point is that (1) it has its uses (2) there are acrobat features that non-adobe readers don't support.
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Re:Acrobat Reader for Linux removed by readme on Sunday July 27, 2014 @01:58PM (#8093421)
I abhor PDFs with embedded media etc. And I have to use them. :(
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