Converting pdfs

[chris]

On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 16:03 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Which is why so many of us have left Ubuntu
cheers the kiwi