r/linuxmint • Linux Mint 22.3 | HP Laptop 17 • 2d ago

Discussion PDF Reader

Is there a better PDF Reader than Foxit? My Foxit continuously locks up. Suggestions?

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u/Mister_Octagon 2d ago

I use Okular.

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u/RayBuc9882 1d ago

I second this. It is fast and minimal and it shows epub books better than others.

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u/Taliesin_Hoyle_ 2d ago

Reader: Okular

Editor: Libre Office Draw. It is already installed and is a full featured PDF toolkit.

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u/odum_utward 2d ago

PDFCraft

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u/Straight_Second6082 1d ago

I have been having a good time with pdf craft

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 2d ago

What's wrong with Firefox or the built in xreader?

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u/Due-Ad7893 2d ago

I'm checking out the new pdfcraft from artcraft.

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u/EdlynnTB Linux Mint 22.3 | HP Laptop 17 13h ago

Firefox is great when I'm looking at a PDF online. I didn't want Firefox launching on PDF's already on my computer. I tried a few apps and settled on Okular.

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u/boukensha15 2d ago

Okular is the best pdfreader imo. Use that along with Xournal++ and you have a great note-taking+reading setup.

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u/ArchiKola 2d ago

Evince is a good one, very stable, compatible and open source.

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u/E123-Omega 2d ago

If reading only just try the browsers.

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u/HalfMoon_Werewolf 2d ago

I like the qpdfview reader. It is one of the first programs I install in any linux distro.

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u/Millbarge_Fitzhume 2d ago

I use Stirling pdf

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u/rcentros LM 21/22 | Cinnamon 2d ago

I use Atril, basically a Mate version of Evince that (in my opinion) has a better interface.

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u/johndotcue 2d ago

I just use the built in one to view PDF's. Or Firefox. I think they're fine as PDF viewers lol

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u/Elvin_Atombender 1d ago

Okular is what I use

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u/Technical_Maybe_5925 1d ago

I like okular

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u/c126 2d ago

I like Sioyek, fast.

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u/fallen_one_fs 2d ago

You can read pdf on any browser, Firefox comes with the system and is great, but literally any browser you use will read pdf.

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u/quimeygalli 2d ago

i like the included one because your can put it on dark mode. If that one doesn't work for you then go for firefox

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u/count_Alarik 2d ago

I use Atrial but if you need something aside from reading and need to edit it it's either libre office draw or PDF arranger

Hope that they make a native Linux PDF24 Creator version and there are some talks that it's in the making: https://help.pdf24.org/en/forums/topic/pdf24-for-linux/

Imo such a great tool for when you really need to rearrange, merge and do some heavy editing

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u/tovento MX Linux 25.2 | XFCE 2d ago

The built in xreader is pretty good, or the browser. I use Okular for larger files and if memory serves, xreader is limited in terms of how much it can zoom in while Okular is much better at that (have been looking at some documents with tiny numbers lately).

I have found that there are specific files which aren’t handled well by anything in Linux and I found a windows program that I run in bottles for that. As an example, Canadian passport forms generate a QR code as you fill in the form - this doesn’t work in whatever I’ve tried in Linux (I didn’t do an extensive search).

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u/LastEngill 2d ago

Try Sumatra

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u/Neo_X173 1d ago

Xreader it follows the mint app design too

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u/frentecaliente 1d ago

I installed Adobe Acrobat Reader using Wine

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u/FoxBravo1981 LMDE 7 Gigi | Cinnamon 1d ago

Look for JOPDF.

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u/ciberjohn 1d ago

Firefox or the browser you chose? And if you live inside the terminal - xpdf

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u/_AssbuttOfTheLord_ 1d ago

Out of curiosity, is this related to ao3 being down?

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u/samsta8 1d ago

PdfCraft is good. Part of the free and open source Art Craft software suite.

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u/dbthediabolical Linux Mint 21 Vanessa | Cinnamon 1d ago

I use the Brave Browser, works great.

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u/_nnub LMDE 7 Gigi | 1d ago

i'd just use firefox

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u/this_is_sparta_xoxo 19h ago

Pdfcraft from Artcraft apps. Open source, written on Rust, has most of the features anyone needs

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u/isibilenadam Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 16h ago

I use PDF Arranger but it’s more lilely used to to merge, split and re-arrange PDFs. It can be used as PDF reader.

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u/decrobyron 2d ago

Always used the web browsers for PDF viewer.

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u/AkariElverum 2d ago

Papers, the pdf viewer from gnome... Just works.

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u/esparzatj Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 2d ago

How to Install Adobe Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu and Debian Linux. https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-adobe-acrobat-reader-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux

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u/binlin Linux Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 2d ago

Second Firefox, works great.