are docs available in pdf?

[R S V Reddy]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:

Adobe software has become a prime vector for all sorts of malware. Commonly
> Adobe reader is used to view PDF documents.  While there are alternate PDF
> readers out there, most users continue to use Adobe Reader.  Recently, it
> seems that Adobe has even taken steps to "lock in" users so they must use
> the Adobe reader.  The problem with Adobe software is until recently, Adobe
> hasn't taken security seriously.  In addition, most Adobe software is old
> and has patch upon patch.  They really need to have a fresh start.
>  Recently, Adobe has given indications that they are going to abandon Flash
> and go to HTML-5.
>
> Unless the files are huge, are the bandwidth savings really worth it? Also
> just because we are using Linux doesn't insure one will not get malware.
>  I've heard that some of the security holes in the PDF format might allow
> malware to be installed on Linux computers.  I might be paranoid about
> security and from my point of view, going to PDF is just not worth it.
>

No, then your suggestion is good, I am happy with either Okular or
Evince... whatever, but thought that could done the part of making that pdf
of 'User contributed Ubuntu Documentation'...

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