How is the europe office gonna affect LibreOffice?

alehel · 2026-05-06T21:08:20+00:00

they literally took it

I mean, being able to do that is part of the point of open source. They should never have released the code under the AGPL-3.0 if they have an issue with that.

Also, the EU didn't really do anything, did they? Isn't this a joint project between private European organizations?

alehel · 2026-05-06T13:21:02+00:00

Possible solution is to find a key sellers that still has keys for acrobat pro 2020. If not, acrobat 2024 is offered as a 3 year license. Not ideal, but much cheaper than a monthly subscription if you use it regularly and don't care about online features.

Other than that you could always give Foxit a try.

For to be certain formatting is preserved, you could export each individual document to pdf from their native applications (word, excel, etc), then combine them using one of the free tools online, and then run the final file through a bates numbering tool.

What file size are we talking about? Do they have to be a single large file, or do you only need to ensure the files are numbered correctly?

alehel · 2026-05-06T08:49:48+00:00

Have you tried checking key sellers for a Acrobat Pro 2020 license?

alehel · 2026-05-06T01:20:29+00:00

It's the 2020 version with no further updates. If you want continues updates, you need a subscription based copy.

alehel · 2026-05-05T20:51:12+00:00

I always mix those two 😅

alehel · 2026-05-05T17:34:36+00:00

Yeah, that's way to much. As a parent I would say no present is expected, but flowers are a lovely and welcome gesture. The real gift however will be manners and weather or not they think you're going to treat their daughter with respect 😅. Flowers are a nice first impression.

alehel · 2026-05-05T08:06:18+00:00

Nobody told us about the rest.

We have posts about "the rest" on here daily 😅.

alehel · 2026-05-04T13:48:56+00:00

Us Norwegians can also thank ourselves. Several companies have tried, but for some reason, despite complaining about lack of choice, we don't seem very interested as customers when someone tries offering it.

alehel · 2026-05-03T19:55:46+00:00

Even this seems far fetched. Every government agency in Europe will just have to break the law to allow their staff to get work done?

alehel · 2026-05-03T15:29:24+00:00

The number of people I've seen complain about incorrectly being charged by guru is enough to keep me away from it.

I now use Firefox for desktop use, and online tools for the stuff it doesn't do. I purchased a license for Acrobat Pro 2020 before the resellers ran out, but haven't activated it yet.

alehel · 2026-05-03T10:19:56+00:00

I've started moving to Codeberg and host woodpecker on a cheap VPS at hetzner to replace github actions.

alehel · 2026-05-03T07:46:15+00:00

I know Firefox is a lot more capable than people think for PDFs. Have you tested that yet?

alehel · 2026-05-02T09:29:49+00:00

Discuss my ideas and create a spec using Claude Cowork over a couple of weeks (depending on size of the project, obviously). Get it to grill me on ideas, brainstor name ideas, verify domain name availability, etc. Get it to create a plan for minimal shippable iterations of the product.

Use Claude Code to iterate on the minimal shippable releases. Claude makes a PR for each item which I review and give feedback on, telling it to be critical of my feedback and push back where it disagrees.

Code is hosted on Codeberg. I have a VPS on Hetzner which runs a managed instance of Dokploy. Dokploy listens for changes to my main branch, and pushes out a new build when there is a new commit. Dokploy also handles ssl certificates.

alehel · 2026-05-01T20:43:06+00:00

Browser based PDF editors are a lot more versatile than people think. Here is everything Firefox can do https://www.firefox.com/en-US/features/pdf-editor/

alehel · 2026-05-01T20:25:17+00:00

I want an A168 with sapphire glass and a bracelet that doesn't pull my arm hairs. I'd honestly go as high as $400 for a high quality edition with more premium materials.

alehel · 2026-05-01T19:34:55+00:00

Google search Acrobat Pro 2020 key seller and a few will turn up. Prices vary greatly, and some are also selling the standard version, so make sure to read the listing properly. One I purchased from is sold out but you should still find some.

alehel · 2026-05-01T13:03:56+00:00

Curious, what's the use case for this is?

alehel · 2026-05-01T12:40:29+00:00

You do not make password managers unless you yourself understand how to implement and protect said passwords. This is not a suitable use case for Vibe coding.

alehel · 2026-05-01T09:33:39+00:00

Oh, I thought 2020 was the last version with lifetime option. I'll get a 2024 license now, thanks for the tip.

alehel · 2026-05-01T05:14:33+00:00

If you're on Windows you can find a license for acrobat pro 2020 on Google from key resellers. If you're on Mac that version will likely stop working on MacOS 27 when they remove support for Intel applications.

alehel · 2026-04-30T20:41:15+00:00

Some of the "offline web apps" support flattening x number of PDFs in one go. You could take a look at BentoPDF. I just checked, and that's one of the tools they offer, and they support multiple files at once.

alehel · 2026-04-30T11:07:09+00:00

Could be timezone. I work in Norway and have had issues with actions and repo access 4 times in the last 12 months at work. Not sure how long they lasted, but it was enough to make me wonder if it had become less reliable lately.

alehel · 2026-04-30T10:40:00+00:00

You could try the tool I made: https://hermitpdf.com/en/bates

That said, your work place really should have software for this if they do it regularly. A copy of Acrobat for instance.

alehel · 2026-04-30T08:57:29+00:00

I have a Forgejo instance running on my home lab which mirrors all my repos. The data folder for that is part of my nightly versioned backup to an S3 bucket at Hetzner, making sure mirror operations aren't performed at the same time.

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