cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58911678
The law firm that I work for is has finally decided that we should embrace Linux.
When of the key programs that we use a PDF Editor that has e-sign capabilities. Most people use Adobe and I use Foxit.
The problem with Foxit is that it doesn’t run natively on Linux. I have to use WINE which is already going to be a problem cause we need a program that works out of the box. Having a program work out of the box cuts down on IT support and makes it easier for everyone to use.
The features needed:
- Bookmark
- Move/delete/insert pages
- Redact
- Bates numbering
- E-sign
- Change orientation of the page
- Resize pages
- Add notes
- Highlight
- Charges in Canadian dollars
- Offline program
- User friendly
Bonus points: It’s a non-American company
The ones that I have looked at:
- PDF Filler (not a fan of it being almost 100% cloud based)
- Master PDF Editor
- PDF Studio
Edit: Distro would most likely be Mint or Zorin.
Most more advanced pdf handling tools I’ve used on linux were cli based.
Not ideal.
Were I responsible, I think I might look into creating a self-contained executable, wine wrapper and all, for whatever windows editor ends up being used. That way IT can forget about setting up wine on each machine, and just ship the whole thing ready to run. For updates, just rebuild the executable with the new exe or wine version.
PDF is such a mess of a format, feature complete “editors” are few even on windows, and essentially a giant collection of hacks around the limitations and features of the format. I’m not aware of anything linux native that’s even close to parity.