Converting pdfs

[NoOp]

On 10/25/2012 08:40 PM, rikona wrote:
> I have a ton of stuff stored in pdf format that will need to be
> accessed for many years to come. With Adobe dropping some linux
> support, is this a significant risk? Is there a way to convert pdfs to
> another format, **reliably**, so I can start to convert docs to a more
> accessible long-term format?

Take Alexander Skwar's advise. Regarding non-Adobe readers, be aware
that there is a significant bug that affects evince with forms:

<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668791>
[PDF created by evince unreadable in other pdf viewers]
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/897322>
[PDF saved forms are not compatible with Adobe Reader ]

This also is apparent with xpdf, okular, and any other PDF application
that uses the libpoppler rendering library. Were I you, I'd be more
concerned as to why Ubuntu hasn't fixed the problem in 12.04 & only
upgraded poppler in 12.10 Quantal. It's the same BS as usual... ignore
LTS release fixes and only concentrate on the next 6 month release.