Curious how other Linux users get around this problem. Any suggestions @eddelbuettel @RogerBivand @pjs_228?
Grant McDermott (@gmcd@mastodon.social) @grant_mcdermott
26 Aug 2018
Replying to @nixcraft
Like many have said, @Adobe is the chief obstacle. Even Acrobat Reader is no longer supported on Linux. Problematic in my field (academia) b/c most scientific journals require proof corrections using Reader's proprietary comment and editing tools. Only reason I still dual boot.
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I don't see the need for Adobe. I use Okular for reviews. Lots of pdf readers can read Adobe forms. Also, many tools exist for pdf merging and adding text fields etc. What are you using?
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Replying to @patscli @grant_mcdermott @RogerBivand
Use Open Journals like @jstatsoft / R Journal (@_R_Foundation) / @joss_TheOJ / @ReScienceEds ... Agreed re okular (KDE pdf reader) which can manage this (even if evince via xdg-open is my goto tool). And once or twice I think I borrowed a Windoze laptop.

Aug 26, 2018 · 6:26 PM UTC

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Replying to @eddelbuettel @RogerBivand @jstatsoft @_R_Foundation @JOSS_TheOJ @ReScienceEds
Hmmm, last time I tried Okular the comments & filled forms weren't visible to my recipient. (A distressing experience as it was for my US work visa.) I should try it again, tho. Thanks for the replies! PS. +1 open journals. Still not properly counted for tenure evals unfort 🙄