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Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 6, 2005 23:47 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)
In reply to: Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet) by pjs
Parent article: Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Considering the relative market size of each platform, I wouldn't be surprised if their developer numbers differ by an order of magnitude or two. So the fact that the Linux package is a bit behind is perhaps not surprising as well.

That being said, I do agree that 'becoming more active in desktop Linux' needs more action than they're showing presently to be considered a real effort rather than a token. Now if they came out with InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop for Linux (all using a reasonable toolkit, not the horrid-ugly Motif stuff that Reader 5 used), now that would be something to blow their trumpet about. But... as my granddad used to say, the devil ain't gettin his overcoat on anytime soon...

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Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 7, 2005 7:34 UTC (Fri) by aleXXX (subscriber, #2742) [Link]

Does anybody know which toolkit they use for the reader beta ?

Alex

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 7, 2005 9:53 UTC (Fri) by pivot (guest, #588) [Link]

If it's still Motif then I'll stay away at least. And what is this stupid idea that you need to click TWICE in the upper right close window icon to actually close an open acroreader window???

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 7, 2005 17:15 UTC (Fri) by meme (guest, #27060) [Link]

It's gtk2 and closes with one click. Everyone can check:
http://home.balticom.lv/mihails/AdbeRdr70_linux_enu.0.bet...

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 7, 2005 18:34 UTC (Fri) by jmalcolm (subscriber, #8876) [Link]

Thanks for the spirit of sharing. Is it ok under the beta agreement to distribute (or post) this here? I assumed the reader would be zero-cost but not free in other ways.

I would not like to compromise the integrity of LWN with dubious links. Also, if we want Adobe to open up we should not encourage them to view us as a bunch of lawless pirates.

If it is ok, then thank you very much. It is too bad we cannot all share more openly without having to worry about such issues.

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet).

Posted Jan 7, 2005 19:45 UTC (Fri) by meme (guest, #27060) [Link]

> Is it ok under the beta agreement to distribute (or post) this here?
I don't know for sure, but guess that it is prohibited by the agreement :-(

> Also, if we want Adobe to open up we should not encourage them
> to view us as a bunch of lawless pirates.
"Pirate" is a strong word... In any case, IMHO Adobe can be changed by force only, force = more users = more applications.

> It is too bad we cannot all share more openly without having to worry about such issues.
Yes :-(

> I would not like to compromise the integrity of LWN with dubious links
I hope a moderator will decide.

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 7, 2005 19:46 UTC (Fri) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]

From the Adobe beta page: "ii) The User ID and password you may be issued are for your personal use only . Do not share them with anyone, either inside or outside your organization. You will be prompted for your User ID and password every time you access this Pre-Release web site."

Doesn't sound like it's okay to me... could someone from LWN remove that link please?

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 8, 2005 0:13 UTC (Sat) by andyrock (guest, #20337) [Link]

This app has gtk widgets, but feels like a wine application!

Even the mouse pointer switches to white with black border over acroread (just like emulated windows apps).

Also, the application refresh rates are slow as those wine-apps.

Mouse scroll doesn't work - just like acroread 5.0x.

Crashed once (ok it's beta)

Anyway... Nice to have an up-to-date Adobe Reader :)

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 8, 2005 9:10 UTC (Sat) by primorec (guest, #2740) [Link]

no WINE involved... see "ldd" output on stock RH 8.0

==============================================================
[jon@localhost bin]$ ldd acroread
libBIB.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libBIB.so (0x40013000)
libACE.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libACE.so (0x40060000)
libAGM.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libAGM.so (0x40131000)
libCoolType.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libCoolType.so (0x404cb000)
libAXE16SharedExpat.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libAXE16SharedExpat.so (0x40895000)
libJP2K.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libJP2K.so (0x408cc000)
libResAccess.so => /home/jon/adobe7/Reader/intellinux/lib/libResAccess.so (0x4097d000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40994000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x40997000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x409a5000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40a83000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x40a92000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x40cdd000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x40d40000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x40d58000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40d6a000)
libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0x40d8b000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x40d98000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x40dca000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x40e03000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x40e07000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40e72000)
libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0 (0x40ec3000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40ed3000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0x40fff000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x41020000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x41028000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x41038000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x4103d000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x41065000)
libexpat.so.0 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 (0x410af000)

Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Posted Jan 7, 2005 13:34 UTC (Fri) by nedrichards (subscriber, #23295) [Link]

I don't know about the reader but Adobe Photoshop Album on Windows uses QT.

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