I’m specifically looking for something that can both add text and works well with a stylus + tablet (specifically a surface pro). The best I’ve been able to find is Okular, but it’s been very finicky for me, especially while editing text. Is there anything better, or does what I’m looking for just not exist yet?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’ve used Okular for a while now on my desktop and it’s generally been fine (definitly far better than GNOME’s pdf reader), but I’ve found it’s text insertion routine to be a bit finicky (although it’s possible I may have missed a better way to do it), and I don’t think it’ll work well on a tablet. I will still give it a shot though once I can!

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      1 year ago

      Oh, I almost forgot that it exists! I seem to remember it being a bit glichy (but the whole of libreoffice was like that on my system then due to an unrelated issue) and I’m not sure how well it will work on a tablet (it is libreoffice though, so even if it doesn’t work well out of the box, I can probably get it to work better). I’ll definitly give it another shot though!

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      Well, I’m putting it on a Microsoft Surface Pro (which really is just a tablet with an optional well-integrated attachable keyboard, and I’m only really going to be using it as a tablet). Due to it being a Microsoft device, it doesnt completely work out of the box with Linux, but there are a few projects out there to help it do so (like this).

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    Xournal++ if you need to edit pdf, Rnote if you need to take notes (it has infinite canvas like onenote). You may also want to check Krita, it is primarily a drawing application, but can draw on pdfs as well (not very practical tho)