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[Alberto Pessoa <biohazara@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there, regarding acroread, have you tried to open those PDF forms on the
latest version of evince?
I've used it to edit some PDF forms in the past.


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jan Groenewald <jan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Deploying Ubuntu for science servers and desktops institutionally since
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Ubuntu_4.10_.28Warty_Warthog.29
>
> I now work on this: https://launchpad.net/~aims
> (we also make a aims-desktop.iso with UCK and above for low-bandwidth
> installs. Still have to do trusty.)
>
> 3 biggest trusty bugs for us:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/1236951(do-release-upgrade from 12.04 LTS fails if tex-common installed)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1312267(can't sudo apt-add-repository ppa:aims/aims-desktop, ugh)
> No acroread in trusty repos. not even an old version. (Students need this
> for some university application (PDF) forms).
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
>
>
> On 25 April 2014 18:12, Leopoldo Pena <leopenausa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ubuntu Scientists,
>>
>> nice to be here. I am a research professor in oceanography, geochemistry,
>> climate change that has been using Ubuntu exclusively for more than 6 years
>> at work and since Dapper Drake at home.
>>
>> I can offer my experiences (good and bad) about working using Ubuntu in a
>> Mac-dominated world (at least in the US, not in EU).
>>
>> Let me know if I can be of any help!
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> leo
>>
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