Best Foss and convenient Pdf viewer that saves page where you last read?
from Reshirams_Rad_Slam@mastodo.neoliber.al to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 2025 07:38
https://mastodo.neoliber.al/users/Reshirams_Rad_Slam/statuses/115014653004983104
from Reshirams_Rad_Slam@mastodo.neoliber.al to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 2025 07:38
https://mastodo.neoliber.al/users/Reshirams_Rad_Slam/statuses/115014653004983104
@nostupidquestions Best Foss and convenient Pdf viewer that saves page where you last read?
Forgot to add Android
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Linux: KDE's Okular
Android: Librera Reader
Librera FD. Not sure if it is the best but works for me
@theupsanddownsof Librera fd? The f-droid one doesn't seem to have fd in it
installed and it has fd in it - edit
on Linux, definitely Okular. If you use Windows, SumatraPDF is pretty good.
Okular is on Windows and most of the KDE apps also are on Windows
Oh, I didn’t know about that. Good to know :D
I use Sumatra at work. Might be windows only.
At home I use whatever distro default is. No clue I’ve not opened a pdf for months.
i use zathura on Linux which does this…
MuPDF Viewer and MJ PDF both do this
I used to use okular but now use the new flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Papers which seems to be faster. maybe because it written in rust?
OMG it really is a cult.
what you mean?
the new paper app is faster and that is from someone who usually hates gnome apps because of lack of setting option. (even this app has that issue with gnome-brain UI that put the night mode on the left side sidebar option removed from all other options that are on the right side)
I understand the motivation behind people that think rust is a good language to write software in as it has better memory safety but I don’t think everythink needs to get rusted.
but I understand even less the people that make fun of passionate people that like rust and like safer software.
at first the meme was rust is a cult. now the meme is those who made fun of them are a meme.
example: techrights.org/…/Sami_Tikkanen_Explains_on_Rust_L…
I read this article with the expectation that it was a fair pro-con examination. and it had some bit that was very good point (like the discord part) but the theme of the article was just rust is bad because I say rust people are pod people.
this is not a good technical discussion.
and I ,as a non-programmer that have used linux for that last 20 years and like to follow software trends, like that rust is making a large part of security problems of apps be less severe.
I don’t that make me a cult member.
Look, I put that out there to see what would happen. Don’t write a dissertation to defend yourself; just tell me to fuck off.
but that would be rude. I just wanted to promote an app that I quite like (it is faster than the kde app I used)
You’re clearly using AI in your posts (no hate). Or your brain might be wired like mine. I knew you’d leverage that to give me a nice rundown of the situation. I do plan to install both gnome paper and ocular from this thread. And the kde app because others suggest I at least try it. And now I’m inexplicably feeling the desire to learn rust…
sure. I am AI itself.
btw okular has way more options that I like. like color palettes. but paper is way faster for browsing.
Sounds like there are valid use cases for each. Thank you, AGI 💖
you are welcome human.
remember that you are just a meat bag. future is AI overlord. don’t ever forget your place/.