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@nostupidquestions Best Foss and convenient Pdf viewer that saves page where you last read?
Forgot to add Android

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

on Linux, definitely Okular. If you use Windows, SumatraPDF is pretty good.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Okular is on Windows and most of the KDE apps also are on Windows

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, I didn’t know about that. Good to know :D

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I used to use okular but now use the new https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Papers which seems to be faster. maybe because it written in rust?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

what you mean?

the new paper app is faster and that is from someone who usually hates gnome apps because of lack of setting option. (even this app has that issue with gnome-brain UI that put the night mode on the left side sidebar option removed from all other options that are on the right side)

I understand the motivation behind people that think rust is a good language to write software in as it has better memory safety but I don't think everythink needs to get rusted.

but I understand even less the people that make fun of passionate people that like rust and like safer software.

at first the meme was rust is a cult. now the meme is those who made fun of them are a meme.

example: https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Sami_Tikkanen_Explains_on_Rust_Language_and_Its_Goals.shtml

I read this article with the expectation that it was a fair pro-con examination. and it had some bit that was very good point (like the discord part) but the theme of the article was just rust is bad because I say rust people are pod people.

this is not a good technical discussion.

and I ,as a non-programmer that have used linux for that last 20 years and like to follow software trends, like that rust is making a large part of security problems of apps be less severe.

I don't that make me a cult member.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Look, I put that out there to see what would happen. Don't write a dissertation to defend yourself; just tell me to fuck off.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

but that would be rude. I just wanted to promote an app that I quite like (it is faster than the kde app I used)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

You're clearly using AI in your posts (no hate). Or your brain might be wired like mine. I knew you'd leverage that to give me a nice rundown of the situation. I do plan to install both gnome paper and ocular from this thread. And the kde app because others suggest I at least try it. And now I'm inexplicably feeling the desire to learn rust...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

sure. I am AI itself.

btw okular has way more options that I like. like color palettes. but paper is way faster for browsing.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Sounds like there are valid use cases for each. Thank you, AGI 💖

[-] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

you are welcome human.

remember that you are just a meat bag. future is AI overlord. don't ever forget your place/.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

i use zathura on Linux which does this...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I use Sumatra at work. Might be windows only.

At home I use whatever distro default is. No clue I've not opened a pdf for months.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

@nostupidquestions Best Foss and convenient Pdf viewer that saves page where you last read?

Librera FD. Not sure if it is the best but works for me

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

@theupsanddownsof Librera fd? The f-droid one doesn't seem to have fd in it

installed and it has fd in it - edit

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025
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