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Monoka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@lwpembleton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lwpembleton</span></a></span> </p><p>If you mean actual PDF editing (without the need to import from or export to PDF), then there is only one open source project:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF4QT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF4QT</span></a> <a href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.JakubMelka.Pdf4qt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flathub.org/apps/io.github.Jak</span><span class="invisible">ubMelka.Pdf4qt</span></a><br>This is an actual PDF editor. For smaller tasks, there are several apps for reading, highlighting, marking, commenting, reshuffling of pages etc.</p><p>If you also consider a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFEditor</span></a> which is not open source, then there is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qoppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qoppa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a> . It is very comprehensive and similarly powerful as Acrobat: <a href="https://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">qoppa.com/pdfstudio/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Monoka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ebassi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ebassi</span></a></span> I don't know if the "process is not responding" dialog works the same on all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distributions, but on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> it just appears too often (many applications and situations) and too frequently (click on ok and 1 second later it pops up again). Do you know if one can set the sensitivity much lower or if one can disable it at all? </p><p>P.S. I see the dialog very often with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chromium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStudio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> preferences <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a><br> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@DaAnda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DaAnda</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@monster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monster</span></a></span></p>
CubicleNate<p>I have been running <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a> by <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Qoppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Qoppa</span></a> for many years and it keeps getting better at each release. Also, when you buy it you own it, no subscription. BEST <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PDF</span></a> Productivity App you can buy. Runs GREAT on <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a>. Especially @openSUSE!</p><p><a href="https://cubiclenate.com/2024/07/27/qoppa-pdf-studio-2024-on-linux/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cubiclenate.com/2024/07/27/qop</span><span class="invisible">pa-pdf-studio-2024-on-linux/</span></a></p>
Monoka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://horche.demkontinuum.de/profile/hoergen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hoergen</span></a></span> Qoppa PDF Studio kann das unter Seitengröße ändern.</p><p>Es ist zwar kein open source, aber ein sehr zuverlässiger <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFEditor</span></a>. Ich nutze es seit Jahren und bin sehr zufrieden.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qoppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qoppa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a></p>
Monoka<p>Open source <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFeditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFeditor</span></a>. Jakub Melka released <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF4QT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF4QT</span></a> 1.4, the first version that is able to edit text, graphics within a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdf</span></a> </p><p>--<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@doctormo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doctormo</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdobeAcrobat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdobeAcrobat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Acrobat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acrobat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MasterPDFEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterPDFEditor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a></p>
Monoka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mKa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mKa</span></a></span> To my knowledge there are two real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFeditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFeditor</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. Both are not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>. I am using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qoppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qoppa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a> (<a href="https://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">qoppa.com/pdfstudio/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) which has all the features I need. There is also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MasterPDFEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterPDFEditor</span></a> (<a href="https://code-industry.net/masterpdfeditor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">code-industry.net/masterpdfedi</span><span class="invisible">tor/</span></a>). In terms of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>, no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a> editor exists. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF4QT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF4QT</span></a> (<a href="https://jakubmelka.github.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jakubmelka.github.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) aims at getting there, but it is not yet there. The other frequently suggested programs are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> Draw and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inkscape</span></a>, but both don't preserve/edit the PDF, but import/export it.</p>
Monoka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> </p><p>1st: Have a look at cross-platform applications that are available on the current platform and Linux, and see if they are good for you (e.g. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zotero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zotero</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qoppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qoppa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a>, ...)</p><p>2nd: Is your computer/notebook and your printer etc. well supported by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>? Check the internet for it.</p><p>3rd: After switching: Look first for software in the distribution repositories and not on the websites of the projects. Install it from the distribution if available.</p>
Monoka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@swatantra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>swatantra</span></a></span> Unfortunately, both, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Okular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Okular</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFSAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFSAM</span></a>, are not suitable for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a> editing. There is a substantial lack of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFeditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFeditor</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. There are two commercial products: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qoppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qoppa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFStudio</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MasterPDFEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterPDFEditor</span></a>. The only open source project is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF4QT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF4QT</span></a>, but it is not there yet: <a href="https://jakubmelka.github.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jakubmelka.github.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDFeditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDFeditor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GnomePapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GnomePapers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Evince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evince</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QoppaPDFStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QoppaPDFStudio</span></a></p>