[ubuntu-us-mi] signing a PDF

[Adam J. Lincoln]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:00:02AM -0400, Wolfger wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know the term I'm looking for.  What term would you apply to
> > the collection of software that includes OpenOffice.org, Firefox,
> > gimp, gedit, VirtualBoxOSE, $(apt-cache search . | cut -d' ' -f1 )?
> > They are in the Ubuntu repositories.  They run on Ubuntu without
> > needing Wine.  They are OpenSource.  Pick a term that encapsulates
> > those qualities and probably several others that I haven't mentioned,
> > and that's the term I'm looking for.  Until someone thinks long and
> > hard to come up with the perfect term, let's defer the ontological
> > philosophizing and call that elusive term "Linux native."  Whadayasay,
> > eh?  :)
> 
> Nope. :-)
> Why is "without needing X libraries" a requirement? Why are Y
> libraries ok? Or Z libraries? That's making no sense. These are all
> Linux native libraries.
> 
> Are you looking specifically for FOSS? Or are you looking for
> something you can apt-get? I can't tell what your criteria truly is.
> I'm afraid that if your criteria is "something that wasn't
> specifically designed to run on Windows", you'll have to give up the
> Firefox.... :-)  If your criteria is to be completely free of anything
> remotely Windows-ish you'll need to drop the OO.o that supports
> Microsoft document formats. :-)
> 
> 

    While wolfger and I have discussed this on IRC, I want to say that I
think Robert's request is totally reasonable and understandable.  I
think he got his answer that Ben R. looked for alternatives and don't
use wine and didn't find one.

    Adam