

The rise of products such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Hadoop, R is a clear and strong proof of this. Linux is a kernel on which several operating systems are based.Īs for the “nobody wants to use it” part, should I remind you that the great majority of servers run on Linux based OS, that Android (Linux based) has a big share of the mobile market and that many embedded systems run Linux? Also, many governmental agencies have in the last few years switched to Linux OSs and to open source software.

You probably just want to have a go at the troll… but it just comes out as ignorance on what Linux is. Update: Adobe Reader X for Linux is not available, but you can download previous versions of Adobe Reader for Linux from here.ĭownload Adobe Reader X : Windows | Mac You can get it here: or use the direct links provided below:

So, if you open a PDF document which has scripts include that may try to change your computer’s file system or registry settings the “Protected Mode” will protect you against it. With Protected Mode enabled, all PDF file operations will run in a restricted manner inside a confined environment, the “sandbox”. It is similar to the Google Chrome sandbox and Microsoft Office 2010 Protected Viewing Mode.

Protected Mode is a sandboxing technology based on Microsoft’s Practical Windows Sandboxing technique. Adobe had announced the upcoming version of their Acrobat Family of Products last month with a new feature that provides better security via “Protected mode.” This feature is enabled by default in Adobe Reader X.
