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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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submitted 2 months ago by warmaster@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I thought this would be relevant to Linux, since the options available to us Linux users are either unmaintained, hard to use, require a subscription, an account, or to upload your content to a server.

BentoPDF is the opposite of all that.

I just hope they add a dumb-proof way to install it (PWA? Flatpak?) for easy access.

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

FWIW https://gitlab.com/pdftk-java/pdftk works well. Sure it hasn't been updates for a couple of years but maybe it's not really needed.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah, I just use Inkscape, I know it well and it's very well maintained. But it's overkill for most people.

[–] Levi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They work great in combination. I used to generate report pages by generating SVG with ruby scripts and then convert to PDF with inkscape and then use pdftk to assemble the pages and add stamps where needed. :)

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've never tried the inkscape cli, how is it ?

[–] Levi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Its been a while since I've used it, and I don't remember it being great, but more than enough to convert a SVG into a PDF reliably.

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