On Linux most PDF viewers are poppler based, we have also mupdf but its interface can be a bit too simple for some users. When some PDF is not properly rendered by PDF, people can be a bit upset after seeing it was ok from firefox or Chrome but, once downloaded, don't. Firefox can open PDF files simply running "firefox ...pdf", I would then append pdf to the list of MimeTypes for the desktop file to be also offered as an option when people try to open pdf files. Thanks
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0dd7700f7bc66994a4100b12137379df2c93f732 commit 0dd7700f7bc66994a4100b12137379df2c93f732 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-03-29 01:04:53 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-03-30 11:45:09 +0000 www-client/firefox-bin: update .desktop file - Add support for application/pdf mime type - Add additional actions ("New Window", "New Private Window") - Add translations Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/705324 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.96, Repoman-2.3.22 Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> .../firefox-bin/files/firefox-bin-r1.desktop | 230 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../firefox-bin/firefox-bin-68.6.0-r1.ebuild | 16 +- www-client/firefox-bin/firefox-bin-74.0-r1.ebuild | 16 +- 3 files changed, 252 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=108645f338284b2ab1dc180edcf5697ba28c87c5 commit 108645f338284b2ab1dc180edcf5697ba28c87c5 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-03-29 00:40:06 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-03-30 11:45:09 +0000 www-client/firefox: update .desktop file - Add support for application/pdf mime type - Add additional actions ("New Window", "New Private Window") - Add translations Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/705324 Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> www-client/firefox/files/icon/firefox-r1.desktop | 230 +++++++++++++++++++++++ www-client/firefox/firefox-68.6.0-r2.ebuild | 16 +- www-client/firefox/firefox-74.0-r2.ebuild | 16 +- 3 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Thanks!
(In reply to Larry the Git Cow from comment #1) > The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): > > https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/ > ?id=0dd7700f7bc66994a4100b12137379df2c93f732 > > commit 0dd7700f7bc66994a4100b12137379df2c93f732 > Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> > AuthorDate: 2020-03-29 01:04:53 +0000 > Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> > CommitDate: 2020-03-30 11:45:09 +0000 > > www-client/firefox-bin: update .desktop file > > - Add support for application/pdf mime type > > - Add additional actions ("New Window", "New Private Window") > > - Add translations > > Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/705324 > Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.96, Repoman-2.3.22 > Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> > > .../firefox-bin/files/firefox-bin-r1.desktop | 230 > +++++++++++++++++++++ > .../firefox-bin/firefox-bin-68.6.0-r1.ebuild | 16 +- > www-client/firefox-bin/firefox-bin-74.0-r1.ebuild | 16 +- > 3 files changed, 252 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/ > ?id=108645f338284b2ab1dc180edcf5697ba28c87c5 > > commit 108645f338284b2ab1dc180edcf5697ba28c87c5 > Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> > AuthorDate: 2020-03-29 00:40:06 +0000 > Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> > CommitDate: 2020-03-30 11:45:09 +0000 > > www-client/firefox: update .desktop file > > - Add support for application/pdf mime type > > - Add additional actions ("New Window", "New Private Window") > > - Add translations > > Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/705324 > Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> > > www-client/firefox/files/icon/firefox-r1.desktop | 230 > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > www-client/firefox/firefox-68.6.0-r2.ebuild | 16 +- > www-client/firefox/firefox-74.0-r2.ebuild | 16 +- > 3 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) This change was so unneeded, firefox/thunderbird all share /etc/mime.types, the change should have been made to app-misc/mime-types