Linux versions of software

[Matt Alexander]

Had to hunt a bit for Acrobat:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Had to hunt even more for RealPlayer:

http://www.real.com/realone/sysreqs.html

You'll need to click the link that says you don't meet the minimum system
requirements.  It's rather odd that Real only lists Windows as a supported
platform.  You'd think they'd be smarter than that since Microsoft would
love to put them out of business.  I believe you're correct that these
companies need to be reminded (politely, of course) that there are a lot
of us out here that use their products on Linux.
~M


On Wed, 29 May 2002, Carl Parrish wrote:

> Okay I'm ready to admit that I haven't been able to find anything today so it may be me. however if not I'm worried about this becoming a trend. Today I haven't been able to find the linux version of Real's "Real One" (or any real player). Adobe's svg plugin or their acrobat reader. from their website (though I may have found it on their ftp server). If anyone has a moment to check and see if I'm just out of it today and yeah they are easy to find. Or that no they don't have the links easily visable anymore. If the latter I think we need to remind them how many of us there are. I mean in each of these cases I *know* they have a linux version. I just can't find them on their sites. Amd yes the fact that I've gotten them before lends to the theory that I'm losing it, but I can accept that. What I won't accept is if companies are starting to hide their Linux version to software.
>
> **Note** on Real's site I did eventually find a page that asks what version did I want to install (not trival). It even had RH 7.X listed but when I made that selection it just said not available.
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> Carl P.
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