-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:45:33AM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Mon, October 12, 2015 11:15 pm, Stuart Longland wrote: > > There's also a Windows port of Evince. > > Thanks, Stuart; that knowledge may be useful. But installing Evince > likely is beyond the technical ability of my associate. I hope that he > has Adobe Reader running.
If he has -- too bad. If he hasn't, be sure to skim [1] and [2] before making a recommendation. (Executive summary: there are lots of nice, free PDF viewers, even for Windows. The FSF has been making an effort to publicize that fact [3] and to get web pages to recommend those alternatives too). > Recently I was in an office and spoke with the resident Windows expert; I > was shocked to discover that I had a far better understanding of Windows > than did he, even though I have not had to grapple with Windows for almost > fifteen years now. I remember how, years ago, regular observance of the > ritual of defragmenting the drive was essential, and consumed a > significant portion of the system uptime; I wonder whether that has > changed. That's my experience too (with some exceptions, which always take me by surprise :-) There seems to be some affinity between those who choose a proprietary OS and those who don't feel the urge to look under the hood. - - - - - - - - - - - - - [1] <http://pdfreaders.org/> [2] <http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-lightweight-and-free-pdf-viewers/> [3] <https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/reclaiming-the-pdf-from-adobe-reader> regards - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlYcquQACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYqmwCeKjASAWhUOVHhRH00jVdTvP9k iokAnjzCEN9s+6Ayu5PJ1qiQfbyUCvP2 =SBS0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
