Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4398 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

HG,

On Saturday 24 September 2005 21:39, HG wrote:
> Hello!
>
> ....

> For Novell SUSE Linux 10
> - ...
> - There are installation packages in YOU that let's the users to
> download Acrobats, Javas and 3D's and so on
> - ...

PDFs can be viewed using any one of several open-source viewers. They 
don't have all the functionality of Adobe Reader (the proper name, now; 
Acrobat is the PDF editing and creation software from Adobe), but they 
get the job done.


> ...

> Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a OSS version working. It is
> kind of sad, that to get the OSS version usable in normal home
> environment, one must go out and install non OSS software - let's
> just hope this changes over the time.

I don't see what the alternative is. If there is no open-source software 
for a given class of application or if the required algorithms are 
patented, then by definition an pure open-source distribution will omit 
such applications.

How can it be otherwise?


> So I guess I'll be searching for Novell/SUSE distributor...

What could be worse, eh? You'll have to put some cash into the system 
that provides the software you want.


> --
> HG.


Randall Schulz