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 startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come up. Any hints in here? TiA, Jan -- Lasst uns mehr Freiheit wagen! /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign - Angela Merkel, 30.11.2005 \ / against HTML X in eMail and news / \      |
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:54, Jan Schubert stood up and spoke the following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/ > For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come > up. Any hints in here? Hard to tell... It's proprietary software. ;-) Why not use a Free & Open Source Software alternative? /xpdf,/ /kpdf?/ ;-) -- With kind regards, *Aragorn* (Registered GNU/Linux user # 223157) |
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time __/ [Aragorn] on Thursday 02 February 2006 12:13 \__ > On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:54, Jan Schubert stood up and spoke the > following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/ > >> For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come >> up. Any hints in here? > > Hard to tell... It's proprietary software. ;-) > > Why not use a Free & Open Source Software alternative? /xpdf,/ /kpdf?/ > > ;-) Same opinion here. It was long ago that I set Acrobat Reader to be the secondary application (accessible from the context mane if needed) while KGhostView is the default viewer in Konqueror (and Firefox too). It takes just a couple of seconds to open documents, even without that initial, first launch (unlike Adobe's resource beast). Speaking of which, it is also more responsive, it works neatly and seamlessly over FTP (I often generate PDF's remotely) and leaves more memory available. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | Othello for Win32/Linux: http://othellomaster.com http://Schestowitz.com | SuSE Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E 1:05pm up 16 days 8:21, 12 users, load average: 0.89, 0.52, 0.50 http://iuron.com - Open Source knowledge engine project |
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:10:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > __/ [Aragorn] on Thursday 02 February 2006 12:13 \__ > >> On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:54, Jan Schubert stood up and spoke the >> following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/ >> >>> For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come >>> up. Any hints in here? >> >> Hard to tell... It's proprietary software. ;-) >> >> Why not use a Free & Open Source Software alternative? /xpdf,/ /kpdf?/ >> >> ;-) > > Same opinion here. It was long ago that I set Acrobat Reader to be the > secondary application (accessible from the context mane if needed) while > KGhostView is the default viewer in Konqueror (and Firefox too). It takes > just a couple of seconds to open documents, even without that initial, first > launch (unlike Adobe's resource beast). Speaking of which, it is also more > responsive, it works neatly and seamlessly over FTP (I often generate PDF's > remotely) and leaves more memory available. > > Roy I gave up on acroreader due to it's startup times, potential security holes (it can run javascript, background downloads without telling you) and its bloated features set. Instead I've standardized on gv and ghostview because of the nice look of gv in any window manager and it's far smaller footprint as it doesn't include any gnome/kde dependencies. |
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02-21-2008, 11:02 AM
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time __/ [Test] on Thursday 02 February 2006 18:32 \__ > On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:10:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > >> __/ [Aragorn] on Thursday 02 February 2006 12:13 \__ >> >>> On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:54, Jan Schubert stood up and spoke the >>> following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/ >>> >>>> For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come >>>> up. Any hints in here? >>> >>> Hard to tell... It's proprietary software. ;-) >>> >>> Why not use a Free & Open Source Software alternative? /xpdf,/ /kpdf?/ >>> >>> ;-) >> >> Same opinion here. It was long ago that I set Acrobat Reader to be the >> secondary application (accessible from the context mane if needed) while >> KGhostView is the default viewer in Konqueror (and Firefox too). It takes >> just a couple of seconds to open documents, even without that initial, >> first launch (unlike Adobe's resource beast). Speaking of which, it is >> also more responsive, it works neatly and seamlessly over FTP (I often >> generate PDF's remotely) and leaves more memory available. >> >> Roy > > I gave up on acroreader due to it's startup times, potential security > holes (it can run javascript, background downloads without telling you) > and its bloated features set. Instead I've standardized on gv and > ghostview because of the nice look of gv in any window manager and it's > far smaller footprint as it doesn't include any gnome/kde dependencies. In relation to your first point, http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html http://secunia.com/advisories/16466 Version 5 of Acrobat Reader was the only choice for quite a few years and it compromised the computer, potentially making hijacking a possibility. Acrobat Reader is proof of the statement that bloatware does not do the job. It only devours time in vain. Roy -- Roy S. Schestowitz | (S)oftware (U)nd (S)ystem(E)ntwicklung http://Schestowitz.com | SuSE Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E 4:55am up 18 days 0:11, 10 users, load average: 0.52, 0.33, 0.50 http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms |
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02-21-2008, 11:03 AM
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time Aragorn wrote: > On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:54, Jan Schubert stood up and spoke the > following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/ > > >>For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come >>up. Any hints in here? > > > Hard to tell... It's proprietary software. ;-) > > Why not use a Free & Open Source Software alternative? /xpdf,/ /kpdf?/ > > ;-) Or gpdf if you use GNOME. |
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02-21-2008, 11:03 AM
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:57:21 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > __/ [Test] on Thursday 02 February 2006 18:32 \__ > >> On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:10:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: >> >>> __/ [Aragorn] on Thursday 02 February 2006 12:13 \__ >>> >>>> On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:54, Jan Schubert stood up and spoke the >>>> following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/ >>>> >>>>> For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come >>>>> up. Any hints in here? >>>> >>>> Hard to tell... It's proprietary software. ;-) >>>> >>>> Why not use a Free & Open Source Software alternative? /xpdf,/ /kpdf?/ >>>> >>>> ;-) >>> >>> Same opinion here. It was long ago that I set Acrobat Reader to be the >>> secondary application (accessible from the context mane if needed) while >>> KGhostView is the default viewer in Konqueror (and Firefox too). It takes >>> just a couple of seconds to open documents, even without that initial, >>> first launch (unlike Adobe's resource beast). Speaking of which, it is >>> also more responsive, it works neatly and seamlessly over FTP (I often >>> generate PDF's remotely) and leaves more memory available. >>> >>> Roy >> >> I gave up on acroreader due to it's startup times, potential security >> holes (it can run javascript, background downloads without telling you) >> and its bloated features set. Instead I've standardized on gv and >> ghostview because of the nice look of gv in any window manager and it's >> far smaller footprint as it doesn't include any gnome/kde dependencies. > > In relation to your first point, > > http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html > http://secunia.com/advisories/16466 > > Version 5 of Acrobat Reader was the only choice for quite a few years and it > compromised the computer, potentially making hijacking a possibility. > > Acrobat Reader is proof of the statement that bloatware does not do the job. > It only devours time in vain. > > Roy That was one of the reasons I gave up on using acroreader entirely especially since I discovered gv, which works quite nicely as my default pdf reader in fluxbox. |
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02-21-2008, 11:03 AM
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| Re: startup acrobat reader takes a lot of time Jan Schubert napisał(a): > For some time the startup of the acrobat readers takes ages to come up. > Any hints in here? > > TiA, > Jan > use the older version I have tried to discover whats wront with this new release, but I didn't managed. Some people says that there is sth. wrong with fonts, but their hints did'nt work for me -- Pozdrawiam Quosek qosek@o2.pl |
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