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  • Re: PDF Editor for Debian

    From Klaus Singvogel@21:1/5 to Arbol One on Mon Jun 24 08:40:01 2024
    Arbol One wrote:
    Is there a PDF editor that would work with Debian 12?

    It's depending on what you understand under "edit", and whether you expect to use Free Open Source Software (FOSS) or not.

    If you just want to fill out forms (JavaScript), then I'd recommend the FOSS programs: chromium browser (not: Google chrome browser), or evince.

    If you want to edit the PDF itself, like moving lines, edit texts or rearranging elements (like pictures), you can either use LibreOffice (but for me it wasn't quiet usable), or buy a license for a commercial program.

    For commercial programs, I'd made good experience with Master PDF Editor. But I'd also give Qoppa a try, because a lot of people say that Qoppa is the better choice.
    My experience for Master PDF Editor is: I'd running it since 2019 with the same bought license. But my Debian changed from Jessie, over Stretch and Buster to Bullseye (now), and it's still running. I'd to admit that I needed to reinstall the DEB package
    every then and a while (not after a Debian Upgrade), due to issues with Qt5. So it was a good idea to download the DEB package after I bought it, and keep the packages till today. So far I can say, all required depencies are included in the downloaded
    DEB package.

    Best regards,
    Klaus.
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    Klaus Singvogel
    GnuPG-Key-ID: 1024R/5068792D 1994-06-27

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  • From Detlef Vollmann@21:1/5 to Timothy M Butterworth on Tue Jun 25 20:20:01 2024
    On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:26:47 -0400
    Timothy M Butterworth <[email protected]> wrote:

    I use Master PDF Editor. It works great. https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/

    It looks nice.
    But being a closed source SW from Russia I'd be careful to run
    it outside of an isolated VM (which is actually true for most
    closed source SW).

    Detlef

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Detlef Vollmann on Tue Jun 25 20:30:02 2024
    On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 08:01:26PM +0200, Detlef Vollmann wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:26:47 -0400
    Timothy M Butterworth <[email protected]> wrote:

    I use Master PDF Editor. It works great. https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/

    It looks nice.
    But being a closed source SW from Russia I'd be careful to run
    it outside of an isolated VM (which is actually true for most
    closed source SW).

    Yes, not just from Russia. Here's some old, old story which might
    amuse you :-)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG

    Cheers
    --
    tomás

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