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| DATE | 2005-03-28 |
| FROM | From: "Inker, Evan"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Adobe 7.0 reader for Linux now available
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Adobe 7.0 reader for Linux now available
Mar. 25, 2005
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6420674652.html
Adobe has made a download of the Linux version of Adobe Reader 7.0 available
on its ftp site. The newly renamed utility handles portable document files
(PDFs) deftly, and additionally now allows users to collaborate on projects
and provides additional file security at the server-level, according to
Adobe.
Adobe briefly offered a pre-release of the Linux version of Adobe Reader 7.0
early this year through its beta program, but the download was soon
discontinued once the company determined it had engaged with enough beta
testers to meet its development requirements.
Thankfully, Version 7.0 for Linux of Adobe Reader is now available for
download in tar and rpm format from Adobe's ftp site. Both downloads are
nearly 40MB in size.
We installed the rpm on SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 without any difficulty,
and it appears to work properly. One function that seems to have been
removed since the 5.x series (though we may yet discover it) is the ability
to copy text with the mouse, for pasting into other documents, so we kept
our copy of 5.0.10 around just in case it comes in handy. An interesting
addition to the latest reader is that it now includes a small advertisement
in the upper-right-hand corner of its menu bar (see the green rectangle in
the above screenshot?). Also, there's now an easy way launch a web search
directly from within the reader -- but hey, who wants to do that with
Yahoo!?
Adobe notes that enterprises desiring greater power and flexibility --
including the ability to view, change, copy, print, forward a PDF document
via email, and authenticate files -- can opt for the $50,000 "LifeCycle
Policy Server," which runs on Red Hat Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows, and other
operating systems. The package also allows users to jointly participate in
document reviews, includes search tools based on Yahoo!'s toolbar, and
enables the manipulation of 3D objects in PDF files. It will support
Novell's SuSE Linux by mid-2005, Adobe says.
A "Professional" version of Acrobat 7.0 is also available, priced from US
$449. Registered users of previous versions of Acrobat can upgrade to
Acrobat 7.0 Professional for US $159. The standard version is priced at US
$299 and upgrades are available from US $99.
Linux support is not a new initiative within Adobe. Adobe had previously
offered support for Linux with Acrobat Reader 5.0, but discontinued Linux
support with version 6. Late last year, the company joined OSDL.
These days, no computer is complete without a PDF file reader. In fact,
Adobe claims that over half a billion copies of Adobe Reader have been
downloaded since its debut in 1993.
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