everyday multimedia not supported...

[Ed Sutherland]

Karl wrote:

>I don't understand what's wrong with xpdf. Or what Adobe software has to
>do with Ubuntu. Not a troll, just wondering.
>  
>
xpdf is fine; indeed I've used it in a crunch when I just had to print 
some PDFs. The Adobe (and kpdf, for that matter) are simply more refined 
PDF applications. What does this have to do with Ubuntu? Ubuntu has this 
wonderful (and most times well-deserved) reputation for being the Linux 
distribution that "just works";  very little tinkering, twidling or 
gear-headedness required. This one instance (Mozilla Firefox not being 
able to display a common PDF file in a modern PDF reader) where Ubuntu 
didn't "just work" took me aback -- hence the original question.

Ed