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<h2>Get a Free Software PDF reader!</h2>

<p>Het PDF formaat (Portable Document Format) is een populaire manier om 
opgemaakte tekst en documenten uit te geven. Er zijn verschillende varianten 
van PDF, waarvan sommige {link: {path: os.html, attr: {:link_text: Open Standaarden}}} zijn, sommige een <a href="http://www.iso.org">ISO</a>-goedkeuring 
dragen en sommige door <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/projects/swpat/background.nl.html">software patenten</a> bezwaard zijn. U kiest er allicht voor om de varianten te promoten die Open Standaarden zijn, omdat die Open 
Standaarden interoperabiliteit, concurrentie en keuze bevorderen. <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/projects/os/os.en.html">Lees meer���</a></p>

<p>There are many programs to read and write PDF documents. All of the PDF readers in the following list are <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/documents/freesoftware.en.html">Free Software</a>, respecting your basic four freedoms to use, study, share and improve them. This gives you control over your computer and helps protect your privacy. <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/documents/freesoftware.en.html">Read more...</a></p>

<div class="rec-description">A <span class="green-background">green background</span> indicates that the reader is recommended for your operating system. The recommendations are based on ease of use and install and do not reflect the technical merits of the software itself.</div>

<table id="readers-table"><tbody><tr>  
	<th>Readers</th>
  	<th class="win">Windows </th>
  	<th class="mac">MacOSX </th>
  	<th class="gnu">Free Operating Systems <a class="footnote-link" href="#fn1">[1]</a></th>
</tr>
<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://bepdf.sourceforge.net/">BePDF</a></td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"> - </td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://www.bebits.com/app/1438">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/">ePDFView</a></td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"> - </td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/wiki/Download">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr class="recommended-gnu recommended-win">
	<td><a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/">Evince</a></td>
  	<td class="win"><a href="http://live.gnome.org/Evince/Downloads">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="mac"> - </td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://live.gnome.org/Evince/Downloads">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gv/">gv</a></td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"><a href="http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/print/gv/Portfile">Download</a> (<a href="http://guide.macports.org/">guide</a>)</td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gv/">Download</a></td>
</tr>
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<td><a href="http://kpdf.kde.org">KPDF</a> </td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"> - </td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://kpdf.kde.org/download.php">Download</a></td>
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<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://www.mupdf.com/">MuPDF</a></td>
  	<td class="win"><a href="http://www.mupdf.com/">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="mac"><a href="http://www.mupdf.com/">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://www.mupdf.com/">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr class="recommended-gnu">  
	<td><a href="http://www.okular.org">Okular</a> </td>
  	<td class="win"><a href="http://windows.kde.org/download.php">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="mac"><a href="http://mac.kde.org/?id=download">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://okular.kde.org/download.php">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/">Sumatra PDF</a></td>
  	<td class="win"><a href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/download.html">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="mac"> - </td>
  	<td class="gnu"> - </td>
</tr>
<tr class="recommended-mac">  
	<td><a href="http://home.gna.org/gsimageapps/">Vindaloo</a></td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"><a href="http://download.gna.org/gsimageapps/Vindaloo/">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="gnu"> - </td>
</tr>
<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">Xpdf</a></td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"><a href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html">Download</a></td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura">Zathura</a></td>
  	<td class="win"> - </td>
  	<td class="mac"> - </td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/files">Download</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>  
	<td><a href="http://view.samurajdata.se/">psview (online)</a></td>
  	<td class="win"><a href="http://view.samurajdata.se/">Go to website</a></td>
  	<td class="mac"><a href="http://view.samurajdata.se/">Go to website</a></td>
  	<td class="gnu"><a href="http://view.samurajdata.se/">Go to website</a></td>
</tr>

</tbody></table>

<p>Other proprietary alternatives to Adobe's PDF reader also exist, but like it, their internal working is a trade secret and these programs do not respect your right to control your own privacy and data.</p>


<div id="fn1" class="footnote"><i>[1]</i> Note that most Free Operating Systems provide package management systems and do not require you to download any files manually from project pages. You will find instructions on how to install these packages on the website of your distributor. The download pages referred to will provide source code, should you desire to build the software.
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