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Nearly all Linux distros? Other than the Ubuntu family and Fedora, which distros even come with one?

• summarite 10y ago
  If you're techy enough to use a distro apart from Ubuntu you probably know how to install a PDF viewer in a few seconds.
  • nv-vn 10y ago
    True, but since Windows (up until 7, and then on 10 as well) doesn't come with a PDF viewer by default, the only popular platform that guarantees a PDF viewer is OS X, which only makes up a small portion of Firefox users (7 percent as of 2009 [1], can't find newer statistics though), especially since Firefox is quite popular for GNU/Linux users. And anyways, it all comes down to convenience. I know of many people who would much prefer viewing a PDF in their browser than having to switch between applications even though they're "techy enough" to install one. If people are happy with the PDF.js or some other in-browser PDF viewer, why make them switch? [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/only-7-percent-of-active-firefox-browsers-running-on-macs/ https://www.cnet.com/news/only-7-percent-of-active-firefox-b...
• jhasse 10y ago
  For example: openSUSE, Manjaro, CentOS and Arch. If you install a DE like GNOME (evince), MATE (atril) or KDE (okular).
  • nv-vn 10y ago
    I can assure you that Arch Linux and Manjaro do not come with a PDF viewer. Considering openSUSE is distribute with other desktop environments than those you listed, it doesn't seem to come with a PDF viewer by default (although it's possible that I missed some package that adds it anyways). Please don't spread misinformation without first researching the topic.
    • jhasse 10y ago
      Just tried Manjaro in a VM: Comes with qpdfview. Of course you might get openSUSE in a flavor without a PDF viewer, but you could say the same thing about Ubuntu: Just get the Server edition. So when we're talking about "by default" I also consider the "default" flavor of those distributions.
• ufo 10y ago
  Lots of desktop environments come with either Evince or Okular.