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Absolutely not. Adobe has made a point of not supporting Linux. I am quite happy using Okular. There are many, many other pdf readers available for linux.
jdk
While I still install Acroread for some of my users, along with a cautionary statement, I have changed all my own uses to Okular. I also still use Xpdf at times.
As jdkaye says, Adobe has always treated GNU/Linux users as second or third class citizens, when it acknowledges them at all. And their products generally suck anyway... so avoid them where possible.
Last edited by astrogeek; 06-15-2015 at 02:48 PM.
Reason: acrobat -> acroread to be precise
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Hmm... I didn't know Adobe Acrobat was available for Linux, I thought only Adobe Reader was. For pdf-viewing I use Okular for my Debian/KDE machines, and Foxit Reader for my Centos Machine. I used to use Evince on Centos but for some reason I can't print pdfs on it. I've tried recreating evice profile to no avail, so Foxit it is for that machine. I dont do any pdf editing, so dont have much experience on that but I've heard pdfedit is pretty good. See here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfedit/
I see no objection to running KDE applications under a Gnome (or, since I don't use Gnome, Gnome-like) desktop. With the size of contemporary hard drives, having a few extra libraries lying about is really no big deal.
I've used both Evince and Okular. I find Okular superior.
The last time I was using Adobe, it refused a particular pdf on the grounds that I didn't have Japanese support installed. The document was in English! The only time a native Linux reader has had problems was with back issues of Linux Format magazine, which were produced on a Mac! Otherwise, I use lots of pdf books (digitalised by Google, Microsoft, Chicago University, etc) and articles (retrieved from Jstor) with no problems.
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Wouldn't touch adobe software with a 10' battle lance, for all the reasons given above, also I try to avoid pdf files whenever possible I find them akward to use, I prefer a more text like file, but I do keep xpdf around for emergencies.
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