I need to edit a PDF what do you recommend for zorin (other than Acrobat)?
Foxit, is what I use.
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My wife uses Master PDF Editor. If she gets tired of it, I’ll put her on Foxit next.
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I had asked a similar question when I first migrated to Linux (to Zorin OS) back in 2019
Zorinantwerp suggested Polar.
https://zoringroup.com/forum/5/14370/
It is only available in the Snap Store by Canonical - Ubuntu… So I searched it out and found that Polar has a .deb on their page
At the time I tested, I found it to be much faster than Evince and libreDraw
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Do I need to type anything into terminal after downloading it?
You have a variety of options to install the .deb file. You can simply double click it to start the Installer. Or, you can right click it and choose your installer; such as install with gdebi or install with Software channel.
Or, you can open your terminal and
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i polar-desktop-app-2.0.103-amd64.deb
If you opted for the App Image instead of the .deb file, you can Right Click the App Image, go to the Properties, then checkmark "Allow executing as a program."
If you opt for the tar.gz, you would need to extract it, then configure, make and install.
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Ah, sorry. Did not realize that you were on 32bit.
Uh… Not really sure which packages still come with 32bit support.
QT5 is an environment toolkit, predominantly KDE.
Apps written using QT5 can be used on Windows, and almost any distro. But you would need to ensure you have necessary QT files. VLC is a QT based app as an example.
You can try this link for 32bit Master PDF
https://code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.3.89_i386.deb
Sadly, I cannot find a 32bit package for Polar.
If you are curious, you can check out PDFStudio in 32bit
Polar is a 1GB download, I have less than half that space remaining on my hard drive. Something way lighter would suffice.
uh… I am not sure. If you only have 1/2 a gig of space on your drive…
I have also used many PDF editing tools like Adobe, etc., and my experience was good with all this software, but recently I found a new and user-friendly PDF editing tool named Supertool for editing my PDFs. You can also try it according to your requirements.
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It is truly remarkable that the FOSS community is unable to produce a PDF editing application. To pay $70 for Master PDF Editor is way too much for me.
Now imagine someone that just about had it with M$ and wants to switch to Linux, what a turn-off it must be for him/her.
Just because it's Linux doesn't mean everything is free (as in beer), but Open Source in most cases.
It shouldn't be that Linux users should look like freeloaders or cheapscates.
Foxit is an editor. You could alos try check out Okular, but I'm not sure if it's an editor.
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Depending on what i need to do:
- Read PDF: Okular
- Edit a PDF: LibreOffice Draw
LOffice Draw just has everything i need.
There's a difference between being "unable" and "unwilling". Unironically, your unwillingness to spend money on a software license is the same reason why the FOSS community hasn't created that tool yet.
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I can't see how you can edit a pdf in Libre Office Draw, just as you can't edit MS Publisher files in LibreOffice Draw. For me personally it will always be pdf Studio Pro, but then I do have 64-bit GNU/Linux. There is the possibility of extracting Text, Images and tables from Okular which is probably the best way to do this by extracting to LibreOffice Writer (or in my case TextMaker 2024) then export out to pdf, job done.
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Something that for some reason seems to be a big secret is that PDF was designed as a format for reading documents, not edit them. Those tools that can do it (with various degrees of success) are custom add-ons over a standard agreed upon. Of course, these are usually proprietary ones add-ons so that you pay for it.
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Correct, also pdf text might be an image and this is where the command-line tool of 'ocrmypdf' tool comes in handy.
Just because You are able to shell $70 it DOESN'T mean that I can but am "unwilling". It's just a simple example of lack of empathy nowadays. Foxit is a yearly subscription, I'll pass, thank You.
I believe libraries that would be used in PDF editing program are FREE, and it's just a lack of will that is the problem here.
I easily solved this through Wine, but, if you read my post - it's the impression on Linux newcomers that worries me, and there will be A LOT of them because of M$ madness.
My main PDF app on Windows was UPDF (its like Adobe but you can edit for free), so i used Windows App Support to use it on Zorin. Except some thing does not works (like any window the app tries to open). So i do not recommend trying a Windows PDF editor.
You are absolutely correct: there is a lack of will... to work for free.
How would you feel when you are doing stuff for free and someone comes and says things like "It's truly remarkable that you still haven't done this and that"? How is that not an "example of lack of empathy nowadays"?
The people I feel empathy for are the ones you expect to do the work for free.
I understand this concern. But the truth is this is a much broader issue. I would go as far as to argue that companies like Microsoft, Google, and friends, have caused a lot of harm by creating a false sense that all things software should remain free.
This is an unfortunate reality that people new to Linux will have to face, there's no other way around it. Managing expectations is a big part of delivering a good product.