PRODUCT: Acrobat Reader VERSION: 3.x PLATFORM: Unix RELEASED ON: 01/14/97 TITLE Acrobat Reader 3.0 for Linux ADOBE BBS (206-623-6984) LOCATION File Library, adobe, acrobatreader, unix, 3.x, acroread_linux_30.tar.gz (3673K) ADOBE FTP LOCATIONS ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/3.x/acroread_linux_30.tar.gz (3673K) ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/3.x/acroread_linux_30.tar.Z (3673K) DESCRIPTION Adobe is pleased to introduce Acrobat 3.0 (formerly code-named Acrobat Amber), the fastest way to publish any document on your corporate Intranet, on the Web, or on CD-ROM. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 enables you to view, navigate, and browse PDF files seamlessly within leading Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator 2.0. For more details, visit Adobe's Web site at http://www.adobe.com/. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS * LINUX 5.3 or later operating system software * 12 MB of available hard disk space * A 32MB machine AVAILABLE OFFLINE? No HANDLING NOTES To decompress a ".tar.gz" file on a Unix system, use "gzcat [myfile.tar.gz] | tar xvf -" where [myfile.tar.gz] is the file you want to decompress. To decompress a ".tar.Z" file on a Unix system, use "zcat [myfile.tar.Z] | tar xvf -" where [myfile.tar.Z] is the file you want to decompress. INSTALLATION NOTES Please read the documents included in the archive for complete installation instructions. ADDITIONAL NOTES Adobe develops and tests this Reader on the Yggdrasil 1.2.13 Fall 95 release configuration (1.2.13 Linux kernel, XFree86 3.1.2 and the following system libraries: libc 5.0.9, libm 5.0, libdl 1.7.10). However, we believe and have heard from users that it runs well on the following system configurations: * Redhat Linux 3.0.3 and kernel 2.0 * Slackware and the 1.2.13 kernel * XFree86 3.1.2G X server * XFree86 3.1.2 server using S3 Trio64 hardware * Linux 2.0.4 ELF system * Linux 2.0.21 * XFree86 3.1.2G (beta X11R6.1), libc 5.3.12 , ld.so 1.7.14 * Debian 1.1 with kernel upgraded to 2.0.21 * Slackware 3.1 * 2.0.18 and a hacked-up Slackware 3.0 install * Red Hat 3.0.3 Picasso system (Linux 1.2.13 kernel) KEYWORDS amber