Eckhard M. Jäger

Adobe Reader 9.1 now for Linux

Thursday, 26. March 2009, 17:07:09

color profiles, reader, adobe, acrobat, pdf, linux, cmyk, print, viewer

After the last security updates 8.1.3 and 8.1.4 now the new Adobe Reader 9.1 is available for Linux too. Like ever it isn't the fast PDF viewer for daily usage (like Envince) but it is the best PDF viewer for prepress.

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Comments

ubuntunerd1 # 30. March 2009, 02:12

I always thought Adobe Reader was bloated.

area42 # 30. March 2009, 07:38

Indeed it is and i didn't use it for daily work. But it is quite good for prepress.

ubuntunerd1 # 31. March 2009, 00:37

it is with out a doubt the best PDF viewer, I also like Foxit you should check it out but is only for windows I don't know what OS you use

area42 # 31. March 2009, 07:37

As the title of this blog suggest: Linux, in detail Ubuntu Linux. It shiped with a fast PDF Viewer Evince that is quite cool for daily usage but not for prepress.

Anonymous # 13. April 2009, 12:35

Ufuk writes:

Adobe Reader is really needed to view your artwork created in Inkscape or Scribus (in pdf format). For daily usage, I think you did not mention the Okular, which is very fast and useful viewer that comes default in KDE desktop. I prefer Okular to Evince.

Anonymous # 22. August 2009, 19:55

Gez writes:

I can't believe how slow Adobe Reader is. I have a quad core machine with 8 GB and it's still slow.
I wouldn't say that Adobe Reader for Linux is the best option for pre-press, since it doesn't seem to have any color correction (I use evince for opening my previous AI work and it shows the right colors although it can't display the transparency and gradients correctly, while Adobe Reader shows the right appearance but uncorrected, almost fluorescent colors).
Both don't look right, but at least Evince does it fast and with the right colors).