The big advantage of the alternative PDF reader: Even larger PDF files can be opened in a few seconds. With the Foxit PDF Reader, this category leader Adobe Reader gets high-quality competition. It is often used as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader. However, when it comes to Ubuntu we already have Evince Document Viewer, yet if someone wants to use Foxit PDF Reader from Foxit Software specially developed to read PDF files then that is possible as well. If you want to read PDF documents, you have to install a PDF reader if it is not already available on your computer. And all of a sudden, I have a Cloud Services service that I'm sure I opted out of, running itself without consent.Learn the steps to install Foxit PDF Reader on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa to replace the default open source Evince Document Viewer.
The "Plug-Ins" menu lists a bunch of plug-ins but doesn't let you modify or uninstall them, which kinda breaks the definition of plug-ins as I understand it (being something that you can also plug-out). Version for Windows makes me opt-out of all sorts of useless plug-in options at install and seems not to even bother asking my permission for a few. I thought Foxit might be the neat & clever answer to a relatively small computing requirement.įoxit was fine for a while but recently (I think) I've noticed Foxit going down the Adobe path. Adobe's reputation for security is one of the worst along with Oracle/Java, as is its reputation for large, inefficient programs that come riddled with bloatware (also along with Oracle/Java). I used Adobe Reader for many years because it did the job and, let's face it - how excited can you get about a PDF reader?Ībout a year ago, I switched to Foxit Reader because it generally got quite good user reviews, and I really wanted to get away from Adobe.
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