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Sumatra is one of the (few) win apps I miss since recently converting to linux. Running it under wine seems like overkill, but I wish for a debian port...

by anjel 3y ago

dysoco 3y ago
Okular is really good and probably has more features than Sumatra; though I still run Sumatra in Windows.
- thrillgore 3y ago
  I actually use Okular on Windows and Linux, it is quite good.
bee_rider 3y ago
Evince is pretty decent. It auto-reloads PDFs like Sumatra (IMO this is what draws the line between good and bad PDF readers, haha).
dramtech 3y ago
> but I wish for a debian port... Sumatra makes heavy use of the win32 API so a port is not possible. This design is why it's so good (light, fast, well integrated) and the author refused to lessen his software by using a cross platform framework.
- pasc1878 3y ago
  This is an important point - single platform apps for Windows and macOS or iOS or Android behave and look much better than cross platform apps let alone browser based apps. I will put up with less functions for the better feel. However many people want to appeal to more users or program in Linux or web and so have a default cross platform GUI anyway (or make it cross platform easily)
natrys 3y ago
I thought I would too. But Zathura had been adequate over the years (similarly mupdf based). And I have been using sioyek[1] for few months and I probably like it the best. [1] https://sioyek.info/ https://sioyek.info/
fiforpg 3y ago
Qpdfview is my daily driver for reading documents on Linux. Supports tabs, search, highlighting. If you want something still more lightweight, Zathura would be the way to go. It can be a tad too minimalistic, but great for LaTeX with vimtex, and for an occasional quick document, the startup times are phenomenal.
- vladvasiliu 3y ago
  I love Zathura under Linux. Bonus points for not attempting to do its own window management (tabs and whatnot) and leaving that to the window manager. But one thing I really hate with it is that if you rename a file while it's open, it'll stop displaying it. Not sure if this is related to zathura itself or to the backend I'm using (mupdf).
HKH2 3y ago
I'm a Sumatra user when I'm forced to use Windows. Atril might be a bit feature-light for you, but it is stable and fast.

Sumatra is one of the (few) win apps I miss since recently converting to linux. Running it under wine seems like overkill, but I wish for a debian port...

by anjel 3y ago

Sumatra is one of the (few) win apps I miss since recently converting to linux. Running it under wine seems like overkill, but I wish for a debian port...

dysoco 3y ago

Okular is really good and probably has more features than Sumatra; though I still run Sumatra in Windows.

thrillgore 3y ago
I actually use Okular on Windows and Linux, it is quite good.

bee_rider 3y ago

Evince is pretty decent. It auto-reloads PDFs like Sumatra (IMO this is what draws the line between good and bad PDF readers, haha).

dramtech 3y ago

> but I wish for a debian port... Sumatra makes heavy use of the win32 API so a port is not possible. This design is why it's so good (light, fast, well integrated) and the author refused to lessen his software by using a cross platform framework.

pasc1878 3y ago
This is an important point - single platform apps for Windows and macOS or iOS or Android behave and look much better than cross platform apps let alone browser based apps. I will put up with less functions for the better feel. However many people want to appeal to more users or program in Linux or web and so have a default cross platform GUI anyway (or make it cross platform easily)

natrys 3y ago

I thought I would too. But Zathura had been adequate over the years (similarly mupdf based). And I have been using sioyek[1] for few months and I probably like it the best. [1] https://sioyek.info/ https://sioyek.info/

fiforpg 3y ago

Qpdfview is my daily driver for reading documents on Linux. Supports tabs, search, highlighting. If you want something still more lightweight, Zathura would be the way to go. It can be a tad too minimalistic, but great for LaTeX with vimtex, and for an occasional quick document, the startup times are phenomenal.

vladvasiliu 3y ago
I love Zathura under Linux. Bonus points for not attempting to do its own window management (tabs and whatnot) and leaving that to the window manager. But one thing I really hate with it is that if you rename a file while it's open, it'll stop displaying it. Not sure if this is related to zathura itself or to the backend I'm using (mupdf).

HKH2 3y ago

I'm a Sumatra user when I'm forced to use Windows. Atril might be a bit feature-light for you, but it is stable and fast.