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xournal mentions (6)

• Ask HN: When did you stop using printers and why?

  I do the using Xournal [1] which is tailor-made for creating annotations. It leaves the PDF as is, saving your edits to a sidecar file (*.xoj) which when loaded pulls in the original PDF. It exports edited documents to 'real' PDFs with selectable text etc. [1] https://xournal.sourceforge.net/ (packaged by most distributions). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Is there good way to apply a hand written signature to a pdf in linux?

  If you don't mind the signature being raster (not vector), I've used Xournal for this in the past. It's extremely lightweight and easy. Just open the PDF file with Xournal, draw the signature, and then export it to PDF (Control + E). This will not rasterise the PDF itself (to the best of my knowledge), but rather just superimposes a layer containing your signature on top of the original PDF. Source: almost 2 years ago

• The Xournal ++ app

  Xournal++ exists since 2013. Maybe you typoed and by your comment about abandoning you were referring to Xournal without the ++? The Xournal website even suggests to try Xournal++. Source: about 2 years ago

• Adobe Acrobat not provided by the university, how do you read/edit PDFs?

  Xournal works pretty well for me on GNU/Linux. You just have to turn on the "Legacy PDF Export" option. Source: over 2 years ago

• Looking for a journal-type program that I can write notes and stuff in that stores it like a book, rather than in individual txt files

  If by "writing" you mean with a stylus on a tablet, Xournal. Source: almost 3 years ago

Okular mentions (44)

• Signing PDFs

  If you mean signing as in "signing with your handwritten signature", you could use Okular () which easily allows you to do that. Filling out forms also works nicely. Source: 3 months ago

• Alexandria: A minimalistic cross-platform eBook reader

  I was in a similar position lately until I found Okular. Have you tried it? https://okular.kde.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Help with PDF's

  I would try Okular first, though, which is free and open source: https://okular.kde.org/. Source: 9 months ago

• EPUB 3.3 becomes a W3C recommendation

  KDE's okular might be a good choice. I haven't personally used it for epub but I know it supports it. https://okular.kde.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Are there any good PDF viewers for large (10Mb+) datasheets that can save search results in the actual PDF, and take notes on the PDF?

  I use okular, don't think it has web export though. Source: 10 months ago