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23-12-2007, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
phreak0ut The Thread Killer >:) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,185	Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? 2 days back, I downloaded 3 ebooks from Microsoft. I downloaded it because, they were giving the whole book for free and who needs to pay exhorbitant prices for hard-bound books. Anyway, the download was from my linux distro(Mint). After the download, to my dismay, Evince showed that it was password protected. I started looking out for PDF password crackers and even tried some common words like microsoft, microsoft.com, name of the book, the filename but nothing helped. Just out of curiosity, I try to open the file from Windows and it opens!! Is this restriction something to do with MS or Evince? __________________ Want to make this world a better place? Then, start seeding and don't be just a leecher :)

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23-12-2007, 01:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hitboxx Juke Box Hero Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,204	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? Give me the link to download them.

23-12-2007, 01:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
phreak0ut The Thread Killer >:) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,185	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? I'm not sure if it's ok to share that link with others. Will check it out and post it here in a moment. Here you go. It's legal http://www.microsoft.com/learning/vs...ult.mspx#EBOOK __________________ Want to make this world a better place? Then, start seeding and don't be just a leecher :) Last edited by phreak0ut; 23-12-2007 at 01:56 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

23-12-2007, 02:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
praka123 left this forum longback Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: - Posts: 7,536	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? i saw only flash based chapters!crazy! __________________ left this forum long back.Admin Can Delete this Account and posts Permanantly.Thank You Get GNU/Linux - http://getgnulinux.org

23-12-2007, 02:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Hitboxx Juke Box Hero Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,204	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? argh!! Sign up! I don't want to,. Please attach the book here man.

23-12-2007, 03:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
NucleusKore TheSaint Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Antigua Posts: 3,447	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? Introducing Microsoft Silverlight Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Introducing Microsoft LINQ All the above open in Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 on OpenSuSE 10.3 __________________ http://www.neville.in http://www.linuxrocks.in "The Future Is Open" Last edited by NucleusKore; 23-12-2007 at 03:34 PM.

23-12-2007, 03:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Hitboxx Juke Box Hero Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,204	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? Nope no problem here, it opens fine.

23-12-2007, 05:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
praka123 left this forum longback Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: - Posts: 7,536	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? it opens fine in evince and acrobat in Linux __________________ left this forum long back.Admin Can Delete this Account and posts Permanantly.Thank You Get GNU/Linux - http://getgnulinux.org

23-12-2007, 06:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
phreak0ut The Thread Killer >:) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,185	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? Strange! Thanks anyway guys __________________ Want to make this world a better place? Then, start seeding and don't be just a leecher :)

23-12-2007, 11:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
NucleusKore TheSaint Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Antigua Posts: 3,447	Re: Microsoft's PDFs don't open on linux? Update: Above files as a single 7z archive, md5sum a98b101dbf3890d49f466ef0f50a3dc4 http://rapidshare.com/files/78581093/micro.7z __________________ http://www.neville.in http://www.linuxrocks.in "The Future Is Open"

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